Bugger Me!!
After the PFO Procedure last Wednesday, I had a quiet weekend …after booking an appointment with my GP on the Friday, for 0900 on Monday. The purpose of this was to start the ball rolling to get my license back, or perhaps more correctly, since they didn’t actually take my license off me, to get a clearance e to drive. That went quite well. We had a chat, he checked the various correspondence on the file, checked the blood pressure, did a basic vision and peripheral check, then advised to go to the optician and gave me a copy of a letter for them. I promptly made an appointment for that and managed to get in at 1340 today (26/11/20). I haven’t been very optimistic about getting my license back, but after the Doc appointment I was sort of optimistic. I went to the optician today, handed over the letter and went in. She sat me down and did a vision test with the specs on and asked if I could read the top the line …after doing that she asked if I could read others, so I read the bottom line (fist pumps were happening in my mind) I then took the specs off and was able to read down to the 2nd last line. She then did a basic peripheral check then we went through for the test. 1st was both eyes on a driver test jobby, that had 120 clicks …and I scored 120!! Then it was the proper optical eye test (one eye at a time) and apparently, my results were a marked improvement on the test I had back at the beginning of June. Yowser! …and more internal fist pumps. Then I had back-of-the-eye photos, pressure and some other test and we were done, she filled out a form and said, “You’re good to drive, here’s a certificate if you need it and I’ll send a letter to your GP.” Like I said earlier, “Bugger Me”, I was gob-smacked!!! I paid up and left to join Ann and on my way across the road the tears erupted. It was all over! I got to the car and Ann saw my state and obviously though I had failed between that and the babbling, but we cleared that up, I asked her to continue to drive and as we exited J’ville to go for fuel, I pulled my phone out and started to make a call. “Who are you calling?” Ann asked, to which I replied, “I have to book a warrant for the bike so I can take it out on the weekend.” I didn’t look but I could sense one of those “Oh FFS" thoughts going through her mind. We fueled, went home, I donned my gear and I now have a WoF on the ST, so I have ridden …and I have a program of rides to clear off the schedule. I didn’t expect to get all emotional about this but, LJS is back and man am I relieved that life is about to return to normal. It’s actually been a wonderful journey over the last 6 months, I am feeling exceedingly lucky, I’ve lost 10Kgs, I’m quite a bit fitter, I now get about with my own ‘built-in’ defribulator and I’ve had a puncture repair done on the heart so that’s good for a few more Km. Life is good!!
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Rob Nelson
26/11/2020 18:28:16
Best news!
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LJS
26/11/2020 20:19:25
Thanks Rob
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Marty
26/11/2020 23:08:32
Great news Greek. We were riding the S Island a few weeks ago and caught up with Ron in Kaikoura. He was positive about the outcome for his op and was looking well. If you are going to be near Katikati let us know
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LJS
27/11/2020 21:16:12
Good to hear things are positive for Ron. Katikati huh. Trouble with my rides is they tend to be missions and I'm sure my 45 second checkpoint allocations just wouldn't cut the mustard.
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Simon Gotlieb
27/11/2020 07:30:01
Good to hear John. Wouldn't be the same roads without you on them.
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LJS
27/11/2020 21:11:51
Thanks Simon, I'll try not to behave like a dog let off the leash!!
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