Update Just to let you know first of all, that the "mystery" which Alice had attributed to her lymph nodes in our previous post, was duly explored by palpation (prodding) ultrasound (a sort of x-ray with sound waves) and endoscopy (see below) a couple of days ago by a most kindly consultant and his able team. Our financially struggling NHS still has wonderful staff.
[ We couldn't find a really good photo for the procedure, so this will
have to do. And I had to reassure Ba that no, the inside of Alice's head
is not blue. It's just a diagram! ] The final verdict was that everything was perfectly normal - at least medically speaking. Even after she'd bravely endured the dreaded endoscope up the nose and down her throat! He thought the neck soreness was in her muscles, and probably caused by stress and anxiety.
Solutions to that and the so-called Post Viral Fatigue still need to be found, but at least there's no sign of any ghastly condition - not to be named here (like a certain fictional character?)
After that experience, and lunch, we went to the National Museum of Scotland, to see the wonderful Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, before it finished here on 29th April, and goes off on tour.
The display was very well designed and exciting. It was in a darkened gallery, with each blown up copy projected from behind onto a screen.
See also the Natural History Museum, where it has been on since 20th October 2017, and is continuing until 1st July 2018. Their website also gives more information about the individual images, photographers, and stories related to the exhibits. Follow the links in the titles below to find these.
Here is a selection of our favourite ones. [Don't forget to click and see a larger size.]
Children of the rainforest by Charlie Hamilton James, UK. Finalist 2017, The Wildlife Photojournalist Award, Single Image. This girl took her tamarin swimming in the river: he clung to her head, hating the water.Realm of the Condor by Klaus Tamm, Germany. Finalist 2017, Animals in their Environment.
Glimpse of a Lynx by Laura Albiac Vilas, Spain. Finalist 2017, 11–14 Years Old.
Anticipation by Marco Urso, Italy. Finalist 2017, Behaviour, Mammals.
Layers of Autumn by Uge Fuertes Sanz, Spain. Finalist 2017, Plants and Fungi. Isn't it lovley!
Wolf Watch by Lasse Kurkela, Finland. Finalist 2017, 11–14 Years Old.
Of course this last one was Alice's favourite, with her special love for wolves - including the now famous Direwolves from Game of Thrones. If, by the way, you are also impatient for Season Eight, have a look at her favourite theorist's YouTube channel: Talking Thrones.
Here we are back home, with our mementos of the exhibition. Yes, only one picture of ourselves this time round. Our photographer was rather niggly because the lighting wasn't the best possible, as we had to avoid flash, which bounces off the postcards with a glare.
Although Alice did have a bit of an emotional wobble today about all the foregoing health stuff, writing the blog has been therapeutic, as ever.
