Alcoholic Daze

I've never particularly liked the character of Phil Mitchell in the soap Eastenders nor been remotely attracted to his looks, but  I hav...

After recent visits to two consultants, they have written a summary of their findings to my GP, copied to me,  describing me as a fit 65-yea...

The GIST tumour growing in my st omach is rare. Benign, thankfully, but rare. There are only three hospitals in the country that can remov...

T'was a day of mixed emotions yesterday. Sunday was the sixth anniversary of Greg's death. Six years! Felt a little maudlin and had ...

In my working life as a civ il servant , I used to do the daily commute from the suburbs to the London city centre. It involved standing on ...

Oh my word, this is my 400th post. I was about to write about something else then saw that this was post number 400. To some bloggers that i...

Just wanted to share the following comment written by a young doctor on facebook. You've got a job that cost you £60,000 and 6 years ...

Following on from my last post, I saw the lung consultant last week. He decided I needed a further three tests before everything can be wrap...

Do you remember that old poem "For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost"? For those, who don't know it, you can look it up he...

Kay had her five minutes of fame yesterday - her photo was on a lot of the media websites as she protested about junior doctors' work...

Today I got quite a big shock. The 12th January is the date Greg and I moved into our house.................in 1988. When I worked it out I...

Christmas always comes and goes in a flash in our house. I spend weeks, if not months preparing for it, making lists, ticking things off lis...

I mentioned in my last post that I had had a health scare a few weeks ago that required further investigation. Part 1 of the investigation (...

I had a milestone birthday this last weekend and am now officially an Old Age Pensioner at 65, although these days the retirement age is any...

Why can't the world live in peace? Why are there some evil people in the world who want to destroy things for everybody else? Why a...

I don't know whether it's something to do with these dark early mornings and  dark late afternoons or the cold windswept swirly-leav...

Greg's sister has been staying with me for the weekend and yesterday we had a lovely drive down from London through the beautiful autumn...

I'm not sure why, but I have noticed a definite downturn in blog production. Not production of my own blog - I've always been a once...

A good friend of mine has recently been diagnosed with cancer. She is not comfortable with hospitals or things medical, tending to feel fain...

It suddenly dawned on me the other day that it has been a whole year since I last went to an Al-Anon meeting. The  Al-Anon meeting I used to...