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anteros_lmcLast week I buggered up my back and ever since then it has been an almighty pain. It's just one of these things that happens from time to time so I am now going through the almighty palaver of trying to get re-assigned to the excellent (and rather cute) NHS physio that fixed me last time.
In the meantime, the lovely fangirls have been on hand with "helpful" medical advice.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
esmerelda_t suggested drugs and alcohol. Okay, maybe the alcohol was my idea, but esmerelda_t definitely suggested the drugs. nodbear, on the other hand, suggested a baronetcy.
In 1796, in recognition of his heroic rescue of passengers and troops from the East Indiaman Dutton which had run aground on the rocks below the Citadel in Plymouth Sound, Pellew was created Baronet of Treverry. In the words of Pellew's biographer C. Northcote Parkinson:
I wonder how long the waiting list is to get a baronetcy on the NHS?!
In the meantime, the lovely fangirls have been on hand with "helpful" medical advice.
esmerelda_t suggested drugs and alcohol. Okay, maybe the alcohol was my idea, but esmerelda_t definitely suggested the drugs. nodbear, on the other hand, suggested a baronetcy.In 1796, in recognition of his heroic rescue of passengers and troops from the East Indiaman Dutton which had run aground on the rocks below the Citadel in Plymouth Sound, Pellew was created Baronet of Treverry. In the words of Pellew's biographer C. Northcote Parkinson:
Pellew was unaffectedly pleased to be made a baronet. As he himself put it, this promotion "cured his back" which had been bruised by the mainmast of the Dutton.
I wonder how long the waiting list is to get a baronetcy on the NHS?!
