Tag: #health
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A Visit to the Doctor, not what it used to be!
I played hooky yesterday. The earache that has been gradually driving me mad for months seemed even worse and, with the added headache, left me in a foul mood. In the past, when this happened, the best thing to do was lie low. Find someone to hide and keep my head down. Not wanting to…
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More Bad News…
We have been dreading getting this new virus fo the last two years, and as time has passed, it seemed to have given us a miss. So when number one son came home with it, we knew we would probably get it too. Most people only get a mild version, so we thought we would…
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Coming to Terms…
“Huge oaks from little acorns grow…” This phrase has been running around in my head for days, and I’m pretty sure it has something to do with my present marketing endeavours for my latest story, Ghost of a Chance. Marketing is not the easiest thing to do, at least with any degree of success, especially…
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The Hospital…
The QA hospital is one huge building, been around since 1904. Parts of it are old and past their best. After twelve hours of sitting in the emergency department, they sent me to one of these old wards. This ward was not the cleanest place I have ever been in. It was shabby and untidy,…
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Jaye’s Week… Life – as we know it now…
People can fail you. When the world fails you, we just grit our teeth and get on with it. But when your body starts to fail you, and your teeth are long past being able to chew, let alone grit anything, you know you have just stepped on to that slippery slope. Very slowly…over the…
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Not the Best Update…
Waiting five weeks for the MRI was bad enough, then we had to wait for the results, so when the telephone rang, our hopes soared. Our hopes quickly dived again when it wasn’t the results, just the Cardiac Failure nurse, ringing to make an appointment to visit and run checks on Anita’s progress. When she…