My health news is pretty good.
Scans showed half the heart not working, and it was said to be permanent and long standing, it explained why I'd been short of breath for 2 years (!) thinking it was lungs or slight long covid, whatever. I was being helped to manage it as it would not improve.
Then a miracle; a scan early this year showed the heart was working normally! This recovery was unexpected as it's rare.
After a cautious waiting period I started physio and it was brilliant! I'm now fitter than I've been for 2 years.
8 weeks later I was signed off. Work on the boat was done (to a very poor standard, no hard work) in a week and I did a race, sailing gently.
I think my general active lifestyle may have helped; gardening, DIY, sailing.
First I had a lot of garden work to do to catch up, then a couple of significant DIY jobs, but now I'm back to the Lotus; only slowly and for limited time.
The paintwork is coming along well. I've now almost finished building up the small defects, much of it ready now for finishing. I had good success with one part, lower quarter. The new paint was flattened down and the existing paint was renovated with 2500 grade wet and dry, then all done with rubbing compound (2 grades), good results. The old and new matched very well, and overall the panel looked excellent; so I'm encouraged to carry on the same way.
The roof had a coat last week, intended to be the top coat, but I didn't thin the paint enough (out of touch after a year off) so there are a few brush marks, might be fixable but more likely I'll do another coat. Bonnet has had some treatment to defects and an overall coat, looks good but needs a bit more work, no problem.
I've been working on the rear brake self adjusters, a lot of work but some success, more to do; worth telling about in a more specific thread.
I do have limited time, I have to work at half effort and half speed, but I'm making progress.
Best regards
Mike
