Back at Home - Reflections on Leaving

Leaving somewhere you have a tried being and where you have spent 30 days is always going to be an interesting psychological phenomenon. The clinic becomes a really important part of your life, as do the people around you: your fellow patients, the nurses, Anastasia, and Dr Fedorenko. 

First and foremost, you are in a safe environment: if there is ever any problem, you merely press a button and there is someone there to help you. As soon as you are out of that clinic, that safety net disappears. Suddenly, everywhere is its risk. And this includes your own home. Here are my initial thoughts on leaving the clinic and coping with life at home:

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Leaving the Clinic - the Final Morning

On the evening of 9th April, my partner Helen was due to arrive in Moscow and to come to the clinic to visit me. After 30 days without seeing her in the flesh, this was something I was really looking forward to. However, as fate would have it, her flight from London was cancelled and she had to get an evening flight that meant that she arrived at the hotel Vega at 05:30 on the morning of April 10th. She managed to couple of hours in bed for having to get herself together and come and visit me in the clinic.

When she did arrive, dressed in all her blue clinical overrobes, it was still fantastic to see her. She was able to look around my room and see it for real having seen it so often on the videos that I have been recording. After a short wait and look around the clinic, we finally got to see fellow Dr Fedorenko in his office for his final debrief.