The Genuine BESH Palais. To misquote Carlsberg, we're probably the barrenest TTC-ers in the world...

twinks you worked the streets in Soho??!! I never knew ;)

Moll when I had my lap I had a blue bum and blue pant snot. When I first got off the bed in hospital I also thought I'd shat myself but the nurse assured me it was sterile cleany thing they wipe you down with. I'm still not convinced though, it was a real shit colour. Well done for getting through the day. How you feeling now?

Who had cystitis? How is it now?

Stephen Moffat wrote Scandal in Belgravia. I have to say I disagree, I thought Irene Adler was well written and ultimately she won, because Sherlock was smitten with her. It's a much better result than in the original story where her big plan is simply to get married!

I enjoyed all the Sherlocks except the Scandal in Bohemia one. Mark Gattis has a retarded idea of woman, which mars otherwise excellent work.

One last post-surgery note from me: we need to add Laparoscopy Blue Rinse to the pant paint chart

I liked that one. It's the Hound of the Baskervilles that's the weakest, I think, but then that makes up for a shakier-than-usual case by having the best character interactions of all - Sherlock and John are to die for in that.

No-one ever sets anything in Cambridge, so I've never had the street issue. Weird, really, it's so beautiful and steeped in history (not to mention easy travelling distance from London) you'd think it would be a desirable filming location.

Oh I know what you mean about streets in programmes. My old school was used as the set for Teachers and the shots of Andrew Lincoln "cycling to work" really used to wind me up. He's usually going the wrong way or in a totally different part of the city!

IMHO the second Sherlock episode, The Blind Banker, is the weakest, but it is still good.

frank yes I started with A Study In Pink. It was very good, and they gain points for at least attempting to show that the investigating officers are aware of forensics at a crime scene (it really bothers me!) It loses points for showing shots of Soho streets that aren't where they're actually running - and the route they're shown to run makes no sense at all! - but I don't think that would matter to most people. I just worked in the streets of Soho for several years so know it very well indeed.

cap'n glad to see you are back on board the mother ship. I am agog at your treatment. That jumped-up assistant wants assassinating. We should set-up a BESH hit-squad for fuckers like that (and Rasp's donut eating useless cuntbag at the hospital can be stabbed in the neck whilst we're at it). Good for you for telling her to sod off.

euro sounds as though you have run the gauntlet getting home ! Women wielding umbrellas are fucking lethal. Perhaps they should be our weapons of choice, to stab incompetents and instadiffers with.

Hello to everyone else.

Norks x

I am at home, swaddled in blankets and very well looked after by my luffly man. It is pouring with rain outside, which is one of my favourite noises from inside my boat. I think stormyness is en route, Hest.

You know, if it wasn't for the sage advice of the BESH, I may not have had a womb left at the end of today. I'm really not naturally given to disagreeing with medical professionals. So thank you all very much for your beshly wisdom.

faif thanks for the tip. I've picked up one of those silicone gels. I'm not really worried about the healing - I tend to heal quite quickly usually - just about the mark that is left. Is silver good for that too?

How are you and minifaif doing?

I got Sherlock on DVD today - we'll be watching later too twink.

hest just plenty of rain here. I've been dodging brollies - the spikes are all at wound height!

moll I hope you are home now. x

Twinks you will luff it. Regardless of what you think about the Cumberbatch's looks, he is a sublime actor, as are the other stars. I hope you are starting with A Study in Pink.

Enjoy, Twink! It's SUPERB

frank I'm settling down to watch Sherlock on your recommendation, better be good!

It's about as stormy as norf London/west Essex gets, ie rainy and windy but not enough to worry about the chimneys.

Crikey Moll I'm glad you were firm about your choices going in. Make sure you take plenty of painkillers regularly the next few days. Worry about your choices later.

euro if I were you I'd get something with silver in. Brilliant at healing wounds. Not cheap but we use it in hospital so it's evidence based.

Happy stabbing hesty.

Moll have they given you painkillers? Surely the only point of being in hozz can be access to the good drugs. Maybe steal some from the lady opposite. She sounds like she might have too many.

Can you go when BE gets there?

Thank you for the advice when you have so much more going on than my headbump! The nurse said that the act of rubbing something into it matters more than the product, so I might give that a go. I have silicone gel stuff too. It has micropore over it to splint it for a few more days yet though.

Thanks beshes. Feeling a bit sore now - anaesthetics wearing off.
The expression the cow wore was very much a mixture of "you silly child, doctor knows best" and "oh for fucks sake, ruining the paperwork with your nonsense".

I've been opposite a laughing boss-eyed crazy lady for about 5 hours now. She keeps trying to play pat-a-cake with herself. No euphemism intended.

BE has been moving home in a literal boaty sense all day so he's not here yet. I want to go home now.

I find good old savlon really helps cuts heal nice and cleanly with less scarring, Euro. Might be worth a go?

Blimey Cap, that's a rough old day! Hope you are holding up ok.

When does the stabbing commence Hesty? I start my droid-enducing pills tomorrow so if all goes according to plan I will start stabbing again around 3rd June-ish.

Bloody hell, moll that sounds like quite a day! You must be glad you were very particular about what you did and did not consent to. The gynae's assistant sounds awful. How could she not understand what a big deal something like that would be for any woman, let alone one who has not had a family yet? When can you go home?

I've had my stitches out today. The wound doesn't look great, tbh, but is covered up again now. I just have to keep telling myself that it should only improve from this point.

Tis quite a day for the BESH lumps and bumps.

That's a helluva day cap'n. So the Lumperdinck saga continues. The gynae assistant needs a smack, a hysterectomy is a huge deal even for women who feel that their family's complete. Will you be getting home today?

I am very nearly Better from my chest infection. Even though I have a cough that is still keeping me awake at night, I know I am nearly better because I am finally bored and want to go outside.

At least it's over now? And the gynae assistant needs a lesson or two in manners, never mind beside manner! Stupid cow.

The photos sound fab though :)

Good lu ck with the stabbing, hesty.

Urrrrrgh groggy moll here.
So came round panick-attacking again, now just sleepy and gently ouchy. Whatever the anaesthetist tried didn't work
Lumperdinck is a monster apparently - too big to remove as I'd not given permission for hysterectomy, and the risk of serious bleeding leading to need for hysterectomy was too great.
Right tube all clear, left one mostly ok but possibly a little blocked at the ovary end. I have a couple of options now - a course of drugs to suppress OV for 4-6 weeks which will help shrink Lumperdinck sufficiently for safer surgery. Or, my suggestion to Dr, is that since the fibroid is not affecting chances of conception, to carry on ttc and deal with it later if ttc is successful, hence making potential hysterectomy less of a massive trauma.

Gynaes assistant pre-op was a massive dick - the look of scorn on her face when I said I didn't give the hysterectomy permission was just plain rude. Gynae himself was clearly a bit pissed off but explained it all carefully, and when he could see I wasn't convinced, he ripped up the form in front of me and rewrote it there and then. He's been really nice since. He showed me lots of photos of my innards, which was oddly fascinating.

They're now going to look at progesterone levels properly and explore that route for why no baybee.

I want a massive gin plz.
Over and out.

Good luck old thing.