We were so different from the eager lads of our early days in the services. We were all eager to get out and back to our lives.
Nothing is ever so simple.
No one accepted eye contact. The consultant was handed a folder containing my notes which he perused. Only then did he look up to meet my eye. He prescribed the treatment, the curtains were removed and after seeing one more ward member they left. Soon afterwards a nurse appeared carrying two blocks of wood which were placed under the feet of the bed so that I would be lying with my feet raised.