Today was Joan's day for minor surgery to remove a growth on her leg. We got to the hospital at 8:00 and there were already 40 people waiting but not all for the same doctor. Her appointment was at 8:30 and she was called in at 8:34. That is very good. I went with her into the changing room and told the attendant she didn't speak Polish so he told me to tell her to put on a gown he gave me and coverings for her shoes. A few minutes later he came back and took her into another room. Ten minutes later she was done. I asked her what happened and she said a doctor who did not speak English and who DID NOT numb the area where the growth was, took a scalpel and cut it off her leg. She said it hurt very much but that did not stop the doctor from cutting. She said he did not really cut it off, it was more like he scraped it off her leg, bandaged it and he was done. The attendant told me it would be sent to a lab for examination and to return on September 11th to a different doctor who would tell us the result of the examination and check the spot where it was removed.. Previously, the oncologist who first saw it said it was nothing to worry about so we are not worried about the result. She has to wait two days before she can shower and change the bandage. As you can see, their bandage is much bigger than the actual spot removed. So that is how our Friday started.
Because of the surgery, I postponed my Polish lesson until 11:00 but it was no problem for Zbyszek to come at that time. It was the usual lesson of grammar, grammar, grammar. Am I actually learning something? It's a question I often ask myself when I compare it to the progress I have made learning Spanish. I can speak things in Spanish I still can't speak correctly in Polish.
The Duda/Kaczynski presidency is in full swing now. The latest thing implemented was to take down the Rainbow Coalition structure that had been erected a few years ago in one of the plaza's in Warsaw. It was erected by the previous administration to show tolerance toward gay/ lesbian people, something there is still not a lot of in Poland. The new government does not want it seen in Warsaw so they are dismanteling it.
Dzisiaj by艂 dzie艅, kiedy Joanna usuwa艂a drobn膮 naro艣l na nodze. Byli艣my w szpitalu o 8:00 i by艂o ju偶 40 oczekuj膮cych os贸b, ale nie wszystkie do tego samego lekarza. Jej wizyta by艂a na 8:30 i zosta艂a wezwana o 8:34. Bardzo dobre. Poszed艂em z ni膮 do szatni i powiedzia艂em piel臋gniarce, 偶e ona nie m贸wi po polsku, wi臋c powiedzia艂a mi, aby ubra艂a koszul臋 szpitaln膮, kt贸r膮 mi da艂a i na艂o偶y艂a ochraniacze na buty. Kilka minut p贸藕niej wr贸ci艂a i zabra艂a j膮 do innego pokoju. Dziesi臋膰 minut p贸藕niej wr贸ci艂a. Zapyta艂em j膮, co si臋 sta艂o, a ona powiedzia艂a, 偶e lekarz, kt贸ry nie m贸wi艂 po angielsku i kt贸rzy nie znieczuli艂 miejsca, gdzie by艂a naro艣l, wzi膮艂 skalpel i wyci膮艂 z jej nogi. Powiedzia艂a, 偶e to bardzo boli , ale to nie powstrzyma艂o lekarza od ci臋cia. Powiedzia艂a, 偶e tak naprawd臋 nie wyci膮艂 tego, raczej zeskroba艂 z jej nogi, zabanda偶owa艂 i sko艅czy艂. Piel臋gniarka powiedzia艂a mi, 偶e wycinek b臋dzie wys艂any do laboratorium do badania, a wynik b臋dzie przes艂any w dniu 11 wrze艣nia do innego lekarza, kt贸ry nam o tym opowie i sprawdzi miejsce z kt贸rego naro艣l zosta艂a usuni臋ta. Wcze艣niej, onkolog, kt贸ry jako pierwszy to zobaczy艂 powiedzia艂, 偶eby o nic si臋 nie martwi膰, wi臋c nie martwimy si臋 o wynik. Joan musi czeka膰 dwa dni zanim b臋dzie mog艂a wzi膮膰 prysznic i zmieni膰 opatrunek. Jak wida膰, banda偶 jest znacznie wi臋kszy ni偶 miejsce usuni臋cia naro艣li. Tak rozpocz膮艂 si臋 nasz pi膮tek.
Ze wzgl臋du na chirurga prze艂o偶y艂em moj膮 lekcj臋 polskiego na 11:00, ale to nie by艂 problem dla Zbyszek, aby przyj艣膰 w tym czasie. To by艂a zwyk艂a lekcja gramatyki, gramatyki, gramatyki! Czy ja naprawd臋 si臋 czego艣 ucz臋? To jest pytanie, kt贸re sobie cz臋sto zadaj臋 , gdy por贸wnuj臋 polski do post臋p贸w, jakie zrobi艂em ucz膮c si臋 j臋zyka hiszpa艅skiego. Niekt贸re rzeczy mog臋 m贸wi膰 po hiszpa艅sku , a nadal nie mog臋 m贸wi膰 poprawnie po polsku.
Prezydentura Duda / Kaczy艅ski jest w pe艂nym rozkwicie. Najnowsz膮 spe艂nion膮 obietnic膮 by艂a likwidacja konstrukcji Rainbow Coalition, kt贸ra zosta艂a wzniesiona kilka lat temu na jednym z plac贸w w Warszawie. Zosta艂a postawiona przez poprzedni膮 administracj臋, aby pokaza膰 tolerancj臋 wobec gej贸w / lesbijek, a kt贸rej w Polsce nie ma za wiele. Nowy rz膮d nie chce jej widzie膰 w Warszawie, wi臋c j膮 demontuj膮.