Thursday 12 November 2009

The Positively Last Supper


Mushroom soup! Don't make me laugh. There's only one type of fungus this soup has seen


I was so excited about going home tomorrow that I was sick


Only joking. It's broccoli in cheese sauce with wet vegetables


A GP friend of mine (Hi Jane) thinks the NHS custard lake is there to keep old people hydrated. Old people may not drink water but they lap up custard like a cat


Beneath the custard lie cherries... apparently


Someone fetch an archeologist... now!

42 comments:

  1. Ugh, that does look sickening.
    So it's off to your home on the morrow is it?

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  2. Indeed. Parole comes tomorrow. Full fitness will take a lot longer.

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  3. I bet u will be glad to get out of there tomorrow won't u after that supper? All the very best xx

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  4. Dear god, that is disgusting! I think the NHS has just excelled itself. Wonder what Trades Description would make of this!

    Gill

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  5. I don't know what's wrong with me today but I'm actually looking at that pudding as if it's food. The rest doesn't look too edible though. Even if you don't blog tomorrow night when you're home, it would be lovely to see a photo of your first meal at home.

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  6. Hmmm. That meal is really *not* funny. Can't wait to see what your wife has stored up for dinner tomorrow night. Still can't believe they're actually going to spring you, but all extremities crossed!!

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  7. Yikes, if puke and soggy veg. were what you chose, I dread to think what the options you didn't choose might have been. Are you sure that's not custard on the broccoli, too?
    Mel

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  8. Oh my God I have just thought what did you order for tomorrow and the next poor devil who will be installed in your bed. Will you be giving him the password to the blog to allow him to take over from you or will we have to suffer saying oohh aahh I wish I was having that?

    Really chuffed for you, remember to take things steady.

    Ruth

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  9. This is a serious prediction, I don't think it will be very long before cameras and laptops are banned from hospitals. It'll be the old privacy or paedophile argument but I think that this site might cause senior NHS management to find a way of stifling criticism.. I would be very sad to think it might have contributed to that.

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  10. I predict that a much faster recovery will now take place. Now that Mrs. TM will be cooking meals for you. I don't see much nurtitional value in anything you have been given to eat since I have been reading the blog.
    God Bless.
    Betty
    Canada

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  11. Matilde from Sydney12 November 2009 at 19:54

    That meal is truly horrifying. Thankfully its the last one you have to eat there!!

    Good luck and best wishes and thank you for being a bright spot in our lives for the last few months.

    Matilde

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  12. I hope you are wrong but I wouldn't like to bet on it. We will just have to hope that once you feel a bit stronger and more settled you can take this further.

    Ruth

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  13. Wow, they really pushed the boat out for your last supper and achieved new heights (depths?) of awfulness didn't they?
    So glad to hear you will be homeward bound tomorrow, I'm sure your recovery will accelerate now!

    All the best for your continued recovery and getting properly back on your feet. But please keep posting...

    Best wishes,
    Vicki x.

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  14. You'll be missing that custard ere long. Be demanding of Mrs TM that she makes slop soup for tea. Craving some pastry to break your teeth on.

    All the very best for the future and thanks for adding to the gaiety of nations.

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  15. All the best, TM! Hope you've started a movement. (Which is more than most of that "food" will do...)

    (Captcha word = "upsycli"!)

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  16. Wondering what you've requested as your 'coming home' celebratory meal?

    Bet it is not potato & leek soup, soggy or cremated anything nor custard with roof tile.

    Happy Homecoming (or more accurately Homegoing)!

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  17. Dear homeward bound TM, so pleased for you that you are finally going home and delighted that you will continue the blog! There must be loads of lurkers that read it as well as all who post.
    John Smeaton stood for the Glasgow by-election today - reminded me of someone else who believes that things could and should change/improve. Wish I was on that electoral roll.
    Bon appetit for tomorrow!
    XX gill

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  18. I don't know how i missed it but have fun on the mend at home. Don't go posting Mrs TM 's food on the net else you might end back in the hands of the NHS

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  19. I liked this post. I have spent lots of time in hospital this year and have suffered the horrors of hospital food. I got out today - yesterday I was offered mushroom soup and vegetable hot pot. Both inedible

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  20. i am so happy that you are on your way home , but how about posting what your eating there as well . might be fun dont ya think ?




    rhonda,usa

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  21. I will. This story isn't over yet... Not by a long way.

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  22. TM, I'm very pleased to hear you're finally escaping! All the very best for a return to full mobility on your leg. :)

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  23. Congrats on the farewell to NHS food...do you think they gave you the cancer surgery leftovers so you wouldn't pretend you aren't well enough to go home?

    Hope to keep hearing from you, I've enjoyed updating my hubby occaisionally on your progress.

    LK Canada

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  24. I'm really going to need the support from each of you if I'm ever to recover and get back on my feet. It can get very dispiriting, especially during setbacks and pain. I go through highs and lows and it can be so difficult to maintain a realistic outlook. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I could not have come through the past ten weeks without you all. And as you're all over the world there's always someone around to encourage me when I'm down and can't sleep. I appreciate each and every one of you. XTM xx

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  25. All the best on your journey to full recovery XTM. This is my first post but I have been an avid almost daily reader, I have actually felt a bit stalkerish some times. As Gill said there are probably lots of us.
    I had to send my wishes to you on the eve of your freedom. I will never look at custard the same way again and I like the stuff!!

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  26. ET, now is the time for me to comment on the custard, it could have been worse, in the hospitals I have been in here in Perth Au, the custard is stone cold, sometimes extremely lumpy :(

    We will all continue to support you at home, if you need a moral boost, just remember we are thinking of you :)

    Regards,

    Kat from Perth.

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  27. Glad to see you're finally being released ETM. Just take each day as it comes. With some good physio you should do well.
    Getting back on two feet isn't easy, along with the rehab, I had to retrain myself mentally to know that I could start to put a little weight through my leg (I used a set of bathroom scales to get of feel of how much pressure X amount of kilos felt like). Baby steps ETM, don't push too hard, if it's uncomfortable, try again a little while later after a rest (and a salmon bagle!).
    I look forward to keeping up to date on your progress :-)
    BB

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  28. Best of luck today. I'll be thinking about you. Hope you finally get a decent meal

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  29. Have a good journey home, see you later.

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  30. Todays the day! Homeward bound at last. I am sure you will not miss the bubbly lime-yellow custard, apier-mache soup or wet veg, the cat-sick pate, stone pastry or meatless sausages, the eggbound quiche, limp broccoli mush or rock hard baked potatoes ...... shall I go on? Be prepared to be very bored at home as you wont be able to do very much physically. Nothing should stop you from blogging though. Be kind to the Mrs and the Cat.

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  31. So, it's custard with all three courses now, I see. Special treatment for you, obviously. I sense they are building up to a spectacular grand finale - and I for one can't wait to see what they come up with!

    But don't worry, whatever happens we'll definitely keep supporting you, even if the quantities of peas and custard do diminish.

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  32. Ah - I see I'm being very date-unaware and that was the grand finale. They didn't disappoint.

    So what's for breakfast then? Please don't say "a nice bowl of peas and custard"...

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  33. Paper-thin cold toast and warm tea.

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  34. Morning ETM

    What's time is ORF time?

    Bon voyage and hope that you can check in later with "first supper at home" report!

    Bon Voyage - hope that you are travelling in style.

    Cats' Mother

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  35. Safe journey home XTM, can't wait to see what have for your evening meal today.

    Remember today is the beginning of your new life.

    I bet your wife is so happy to have you coming home :)) She too must have been going thro hell.

    Let us know how things progress

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  36. So glad you are on your way home TM...Work hard and good luck with the rehab.

    I have been re-reading lots of your posts.....and the variations in texture/colour/viscosity of the custard never fails to amuse me....how can it be so different every day??

    Kindest of regards!

    J

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  37. Hopefully you are now on your way home, finally free of NHS custard.

    Enjoy your return home to Mrs TM, Whiskey, decent food and comfort.

    Mr PS and I will be celebrating your release tonight with a couple of steaks and a good bottle of wine (and I promise not to waste a drop).

    Please carry on the campaign for decent hospital food. If there's anything I can do to help, just ask. I'm sure there's no shortage of potential volunteers following your blog.

    Best wishes,
    F

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  38. Best of luck with the rest of your recovery. I will miss reading your posts and seeing the pictures of mystery food.

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  39. Congratulations on your release, Ex-TM! My hope for you is that with good, nutritional food and the comforts of home, your recovery will be more speedy.

    I am also hoping that this is an issue you don't let drop and that now that you are back in the real world, your first major article is an expose on the NHS.

    Congratulations and be well!!

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  40. Am just picturing that hospital bed now filled with yet another poor sod trapped into suffering the ghastly sludge masquerading as food.

    I am also positively slathering, thinking of that wonderful home cooking and fresh food you will be wolfing down from now on. Has Whisky given you The Look I wonder. Is he presenting his eloquently silent back to you?

    Anyway I'm absolutely thrilled you have escaped and are home with your wife and a tight-lipped moggy! hehe

    Keep us posted. We want pictures of tonight's dinner! Plus the glass of wine! hehe (I should get out more ..)

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  41. I trust that the lack of updates today means that you are home and enjoying the wonderful food that comes with the freedom.

    I am sure you will find the transition to the outside world difficult to begin with but you will get there. With the help of Mrs XTM and all that comes with being home you will be fine.

    Hope the food tonight was good!

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  42. Whisky has given me a huge cuddle, has purred his head off and is extremely pleased to have me back. Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder.

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