It's not. I love British humor, but this book just didn't do it for me. The squirrel parts weren't funny at all. I thought I knew a lot of British slang but had to look quite a bit up to make sense of it all This was such a weird book, I think I ultimately came to suspend belief and embraced it for what it was. So many plot points that were unbelievable, and the squirrels just pushed it over the edge for me. Quirky, yet forgettable. We share the recovery timelines for some of our most common general surgery procedures below: Gallbladder removal surgery

Piles are swollen veins that appear as small, fleshy lumps in the wall of your rectum and anus. These can become bulged and irritated, especially when you go to the toilet. Piles bleed easily, usually causing fresh blood when you use the toilet. They can also be painful and itchy. The operation to eliminate piles relies on a specialist miniature ultrasound device to locate the blood vessels in your bowel that supply the haemorrhoids. During surgery, your Consultant will cut off blood supply to the haemorrhoids by ligating each of these blood vessels with sutures (tying them closed using a protective stitch). Over the following few days, your piles will shrink, and your symptoms will resolve. During surgery, your Consultant General Surgeon will begin by making small incisions beside your belly button and on the right side of your tummy. They will then insert a small tube into one of these incisions and pump carbon dioxide gas into your tummy, inflating your abdomen to allow access to your gallbladder. Next, they will insert a laparoscope (a long, thin telescope with a light and camera attached to it) through the larger incision, allowing them to see inside your tummy on a monitor. They will then insert specialist surgical instruments through the other incisions to remove your gallbladder. The gas will be released from your tummy and the incisions will be closed with stitches and covered with dressings.In preparation for surgery so that your Consultant can see your upper GI tract clearly, you will not be able to eat or drink for up to 8 hours before the procedure. You can take most medication as usual, but you may need to adjust or stop some medication for a brief time before your upper GI endoscopy.

The plateau has experienced intense volcanic activity, both effusive and explosive. It includes the densest concentration of lunar sinuous rilles, including the largest known, Vallis Schroteri, which is about 160 km long, up to 11 km wide, and 1 km deep. The rilles in this area begin at "cobra-head" craters, which are the apparent vents for low-viscosity lavas that formed the rilles. These and other volcanic craters may have been the vents for a "dark mantling" deposit covering the plateau and nearby areas to the north and east. This dark mantling deposit probably consists primarily of iron-rich glass spheres (pyroclastics or cinders), and has a deep red color on this image. Rather than forming cinder cones as on Earth, the lower gravity and vacuum of the Moon allows the pyroclastics to travel much greater heights and distances, thus depositing an extensive regional blanket.A different cosy mystery read with some comic aspects thrown in. Pacing is a tad slow but wait for the punch lines. Gary Thorn is a fairly anonymous legal assistant who talks to squirrels. He's trying to trace the woman he’d bought a drink for at the pub. His ‘sort of’ mate Brendan ends up being murdered after leaving the place. Gary needs an alibi and he rather liked Clementine so he tries to find her. Life becomes a bit more dangerous than Gary had anticipated. There’s the rub! It is normal to experience a sore throat and bloated tummy for a couple of days after surgery. This will resolve over time, but be gentle with yourself as you rest and recover by drinking plenty of fluids, and take painkillers if you need to. Speak with your Consultant about your symptoms and the best way to manage them if they concern you. Some people bury their faces in their smart phones all day. Not me. I’ve had the same old Nokia phone for years and years and have never bothered with social media and the like. I don’t see the point of it; I’ve got enough strangers in my life as it is.” Comedian Mortimer’s quirky debut novel follows a hapless protagonist on the adventure of a lifetime... The author’s comedy chops translate well to Gary’s deadpan voice... and he never lets the frantic pace flag. Here’s hoping Mortimer has more mysteries up his sleeve.” — Publishers Weekly Gary, a legal assistant, is kind of a boring guy. One afternoon he goes to the pub with Brendan and while there meets a woman reading “The Clementine Complex”. She leaves before he gets her name and shortly thereafter Brendan disappears.

At around 2am I made myself a hot Bovril for the avoidance of caffeine and to receive its meaty punch’.F)illed with witty dialogue and a distinctive quirkiness.... This whodunit’s memorable characters help set it apart from more traditional crime fiction. Will appeal to readers who appreciate a healthy dose of eccentric humor with their murder mysteries.” —Library Journal