I got up at about 9 after a really bad nights sleep my neck felt terrible this morning.
I cleared the site and after a quick shower called in at the Wardens office to find out where the nearest doctors was. Luckily it was only just down the hill on the shopping area in Anglesea itself and I gingerly drove down there trying not to turn my neck. The doc, who was called Dr Ho (not Who!) was actually a Malaysian who had trained in the UK but now works here, diagnosed me as having and abscess caused by an ingrowing hair. He suspected it was due to my neck getting too sweaty at night. (I put this down to my inflatable pillow) He gave me local anesthetic and cut it open to drain off some of the puss and then patched me up. He also prescribed me a course of strong antibiotics which means no booze for the next week – bugger! The treatment and doc's fees cost $85 but luckily I found out the UK NHS has a reciprocal agreement with the Australia's equivalent Medi-care. So I had to pay up and then find a Medi-care office on the way to get a refund. This seemed too simple but we will see.
So I set off from Anglesea after a coffee and tablets along the Great Ocean Road. I kept stopping every so often to take pics, but the 'pain in my neck' was starting to come back as the anesthetic wore off and I got as far as Apollo Bay before I had to pull in and find a Camp site for the night.
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2 comments:
gross
should have him use the sonic screw driver!!
thought you may have had one of those parasites you see on the telly
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