Just call me ‘Stumpy’ … | Sybaritica

Not a terribly happy day today…

I had the hand surgery I mentioned several posts ago and I am now in just a bit of  pain. Naturally, I missed today’s part of my National Criminal Law Conference here in Ottawa and I rather suspect I may not be up for it tomorrow either. I really also have to apologize to all the people whose comments have gone unanswered in the past few days. The conference, excursions around the city, and now my hand issues are keeping me a little tied up… it is a bit of a chore just typing this, I must say.

Anyway, I was given a prescription for ‘Hydromorphone’, which is a morphine derivative that is actually about 6 times stronger than the actual morphine (or so I read at Wikipedia). I have also opened a ‘Tusker’ Beer from Kenya (as appears in the picture above my now missing digit). You are not supposed to consume alcohol with this medication really, but thus far, the can has lasted about an hour and is still half full and so I don’t think I am in any danger. The drug doesn’t totally kill the pain exactly, rather it just makes me feel a lot ‘happier’ about it

What with the conference and everything, I haven’t had the chance to review as many restaurants as I would normally, but I have written up a few places so  far and have also sampled some interesting dishes that will feature in ‘Notable Nosh’ posts in due course.  Stay tuned… I will be ‘back in the saddle again’ very shortly.

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