THE alarm goes off to remind me to call the doc as soon as the surgery opens (8am) to see if I can get a face-to-face appointment.

My shoulder/upper arm and back still giving me pain and discomfort and the ibuprofen gel the nurse practitioner prescribed a couple weeks ago hasn’t done any good. He’d ‘diagnosed’ rotator cuff problem but I’m not so sure…I’d like the doc to have a look nd he can’t do that with. phone appointment.

I’m lucky today and get through in time to bag a late afternoon appointment.

After checking the bank I realise we’re in financial do-do (again)…a bit of brainstorming and it seems like a loan to clear the credit card and cover some unexpected expenses might be a sensible solution. I do some research online – mainly via the money saving expert – and apply for a loan online. Looks like it’ successful. Not ideal, but the best of a crap range of options.

In the studio I restring the acoustasonic. Been having third string ‘unwrapping’ issues resulting in a ‘dead’ sounding string. Newtone has sent me some different options to try out but I’m beginning to wonder ion the problem is down to the locking tuners. I may be over-tightening the posts and damaging the delicate winding on the third/G string.

Margaret runs me to the village where the doc reckons I need to go for an x-ray – which I can go for anytime (tomorrow I hope!) – and a scan..whoch might be a while away.

I enjoy the hour-and-a-bit walk home despite the drizzle then spend some time in the studio and, now my Wildcats’ Facebook group folks have seen it, upload the Younger Days video to my YouTube channel and Facebook page.