These were views from my hospital room window.
The stepped facade motif was very popular in Dubai up to a decade or two ago. The obelisk is part of Wafi City which is one of the older shopping malls and has a strong Egyptian theme.
It may not come across very clearly in this montage, but the mosque sitting in the centre of a courtyard of taller buildings and seen through a narrow gap, presented a striking contrast of scales and styles. Quite a nice little set piece.
I spent 4 nights in this room, but for much of the time I was hooked up to an IV drip and in any case, struggled to get out of bed without help. So I was only able to appreciate the views on my last day. Thank you to American Hospital Dubai for being such a great place : location, buildings, healthcare, people. 👌
Monday was a busy day. If I have two hospitals appointments in the same day I usually try to move them close together so that they don't consume the whole day. Sometimes I can fit lunch in between the two, which is also fine. But this time I had a couple of extra hours to kill. More on that in another post.
For now I will just reflect on the beginning and the end of that day. The morning appointment included the usual checks, a discussion with my oncologist, a bone strengthening injection, and giving blood for the usual monthly testing regimen. That was in a room that overlooks the atrium.
I love those rooms. You sit on a bench seat looking out sideways waiting for the doctor, then waiting for the nurse to come back. The view here is of that same atrium, but viewed from the lift lobby. It's been quite cool lately, by Dubai standards at least, and we had some light rain in the morning.
Lunch was my favourite avocado stacker, then I went off on a little adventure. It was getting dark by the time I got back to see the surgeon. Dressings came off and he was very happy. They tested more than 20 lymph nodes in ten section of colon that was removed and no sign of cancer having spread beyond the one tumour.
So I walked out into the Dubai night. Palm trees and buildings looking very pretty through my rose-tinted glasses. Time to get my exercise and diet routine back on track. Enjoy each day as it comes.
I stumbled on this old song. I wrote it in Sheffield, late 70s, when I had a band called Jump (inspired by the name of a village near Barnsley, and the "Jump Circular" bus route.
The recording is from 2006 when we were trying to introduce original songs into the set list of the office band.
Slide show is from my phone gallery in recent months.
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