Is it the heat?

Could be my Monday.

Two croissant, a boiled egg and coffee for breakfast. Drove the 30 miles to Berwick on Tweed garden centre to get some essentials.

Returned 2 hours later to find greenhouse at 30c, opened all the vents and and evacuated all of the plants other than seeds sown the day before. Went back into greenhouse and started sowing more seed. An hour later and it felt oppressive:temp up to 42c so decided to evacuate myself from greenhouse. Plants in pots and trays outside now looking sad so I gave them a fine spray. Noticed handkerchief, wallet and car keys on the lawn. Stopped spraying moved forward and bent down to pick up said items. Remember slipping on wet grass. Suddenly I notice I am on my side with garden rake apparently trapping right foot. Move rake to find that one tine has gone through big toe entering behind the nail on outside of toe and exiting at base on inside then puncturing next toe. Can't get it out so its 999 (always have your mobile in shorts when gardening). Thirty minutes later blue lights and a hacksaw job to remove the handle of the rake - they could not work out how to get me into the van with the rake attached and I did not want to wait for the fire brigade.

Forty mile journey to nearest accident and emergency. Sandal cut off and, eventually the head of the rake removed - but only after they had done all the other checks/x-rays etc while they waited for the medical photographer. Foot photographed then taken to ward to be given intravenous antibiotics (but wondering why large downward pointing arrow was drawn on right leg). (Budding artists those orthopaedic men was comment from nurse.)

Shower with foot in poly bag. Offered evening meal of Cod in butter sauce and broccoli which looked good until I lifted the fork and a man in blue coveralls suddenly arrives, whisks away plate, tells me I should pee if I need one and removes me to the theatre - and not to see a show either. The good news was that I missed the tendons and the main nerve. Epidural and the remainder of the business completed in 20 minutes or so but numb bum and legs that were not mine for another 5 hours. Missed evening meal so I had the outstanding offer of either a sandwich they had in the fridge or a slice of toast. Breakfast at 08:00 - apart from cereal it was either a roll with butter and jam or - yes - a slice of toast.

Moral of the story is have a decent lunch before starting in the garden, keep out of hot greenhouses, don't leave belongings on lawn, don't leave tools on the lawn and invest in sandals with steel toecaps.

Good thing about being Type 2 with rake embedded in foot - instant access bypassing queue at A&E. For same reason decision to do the rest of the business that evening (because diabetics take longer to heal and the need to prevent any infection building up from what the rake might have left inside). As I had no medication on me I was give a full 28 days supply of aspirin, metformin, ramipril and simvador along with all the oral antiniotics and painkillers needed for home use.

It can only get better!

wow what a disaster. Hope you heal up ok.

ive been virtually hypo all day sunday and monday,tuesday, the heat does it for me i cant stand it,
sunday night id a bad hypo in bath and couldnt get out (not easy with my cast on) slipped and bruised my lower back :?
thank goodness its cooler tday, my bloods are back on track

Hana, what a weak excuse to gorge yourself on shortbread. I was going to say that takes the biscuit - but you've already done that!! :lol:

My goodness TTP, you couldn't make this stuff up, could you :shock: I hope you are feeling better soon.

We had shortbead in the office today, which someone had brought back from their holiday. I loved shortbread :cry: i had to make them take it away.

Heat can do quite odd stuff :?

<shriek> what a horror story!

I just had a slightly weird day, my post-breakfast reading was 0.5 - 1 above what it should have been so I was expecting a bad day, but the rest of the day I was absolutely nailed in the fours and low fives despite walking and gardening - even my postprandials. Don't know how much the heat was to blame.

I do have a bunch of cuts and scratches (roses) and a couple of spelks and plant hairs embedded in my fingers but nothing that won't heal up in time. Oh and the mandatory midge bites.

How long before it becomes mandatory to complete and file a Risk Assessment before gardening?