one last score for the Gipper

And so tomorrow I go back to hospital for what I hope is going to be the last in the seemingly interminable series of operations that started in the early summer.

Tomorrow's scheduled procedure is the stenting of a renal artery. A few weeks ago I had a couple of stents put into my femoral arteries, and suffered some colourful complications thereafter. This time, it being, ahem, a stent operation of an altogether different kidney, I'm hoping there won't be such a traumatic aftermath.

For those of you unfamiliar with stent operations, there are useful descriptions here; while, for some graphic accounts of the joys of extracting oneself (I'm being hellish polite) from a Texas catheter, this might be the place to consult.