Off to an oncology opd appointment. Routine follow up. Thankfully I was treated in mid 2019 because if it had been a year later, goodness knows what it wouldve been like. Staff at Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital have always been great throughout. Got to love #nhslothian

Here’s my #introduction with #HashtagsForMastodon. Im a retired #nhslothian #nhs #nurse living in #Edinburgh. I like to listen to an eclectic mix of #music on my #hifi #turntable and currently enjoying exploring #thebeatles back catalogue. I have a #LhasaApso to walk most days of the week. Enjoy #sport especially #SPFL #NFL #football #cricket. Don’t travel a lot but enjoy trips to #Berlin & have an interest in #railways. Support #ScottishIndependance #scottishpolitics and have an #Irish passport

We were again really lucky - we got pregnant quickly, had a very smooth pregnancy, and a labour with minimal interventions and easy recovery. I want to highlight here that the #MaternityServices and #midwives we dealt with in #NHSLothian were superb. Couldn't fault them, though they were clearly overworked and underfunded. This is another representation of my privilege I know, in that I am very capable of navigating NHS systems, but it deserves to be said they were wonderful