I’m out the other side, and very grateful for the kind and skillful care I received all day. I’ve never had this much experience with the provincial healthcare system, and I knew we were lucky to have it, but I’m even more convinced of that now.

Many thanks for all the wonderful love and support that came from so many of you, I felt buoyed by it all day. Surgery went well and I am, happily, feeling better than I had expected to. I’m tired and sore, but not in pain.

I had great company with me all day, and Julie Kerr just made me a delicious dinner. Netflix here I come!

The photo is of a bouquet and vase by my dear friend Evonne Smulders, I’m soaking up its beauty as I write this.