Well the wait goes on and on. Who knows by the time I post this blog I may have heard back from a hospital, any hospital, preferably one I have visited in the last year But yes, any hospital. The first thing that needs to happen is for the CPEX test results to come back.… Continue reading Time goes so slow
Bringing you up to date
This too shall pass. As some wise person once said. It’s been about two weeks since my last update on this exciting adventure concerning my health. Well, you say, not much can have happened in that short time. But you would be wrong, as you will read but you probably will not believe what you… Continue reading Bringing you up to date
The saga continues
I think I can safely say it has been the best of times and the worst of times. That’s a bit dramatic but in the context of all my ailments I think it’s a fair summary. After 4 scans and a visit to the colon surgeon in Leeds and a five hour round trip to… Continue reading The saga continues
So what’s normal and is it fun?
My plan is to have as much fun as my health allows. Is driving my Land Rover Defender fun? Well it must be because that’s what I’ve just done. Admittedly not very far but it’s the first time I’ve driven since all this business started i.e. about ten weeks ago. I reckon that’s the longest… Continue reading So what’s normal and is it fun?
More wood and trees
I said at the end of my last health blog that I hoped that the anaesthetist in charge of my prostate operation would take the same sunny view of my blood clots and their effect on my operation as the doctor in charge of my colon cancer operation. I.e. their presence would not stop the… Continue reading More wood and trees
Woods not out of yet
The more astute of you may have noticed an absence of these retirement blogs for the last couple of weeks or so. The simple explanation being I have (and I don’t think I’m being too dramatic here) been very poorly. I’ve just come out of hospital after collapsing at home. Not just one ambulance but… Continue reading Woods not out of yet
Another new year again
Another new year again. I stopped making New Year resolutions or setting goals for the coming year a while ago. And let me tell you my retirement life probably hasn’t been any worse for their absence. All I wrote this time last year in my new (then) diary was that I would just go with… Continue reading Another new year again
Retirement Christmas number 9 (2022)
So Retirement Christmas number 9. Have they got better or worse as the years have rolled by? Well better in the sense that they have got simpler and that means with less obligation to others. No parents, or cousins or relatives of relatives or friends of children. Not all at once of course but in… Continue reading Retirement Christmas number 9 (2022)
Nearly Christmas, number 9 in retirement
Nearly Christmas. Well it’s about that time again and quick glance at my retirement life will tell me things are a little bit different this Christmas. Probably not with the actual Christmas bit itself but rather in the general context and lead up to it. I’ll let you know next time about actual Christmas. As… Continue reading Nearly Christmas, number 9 in retirement
Vineyard 94 :The challenge continues
Vineyard 94. It’s about 7 weeks since I wrote my last vineyard blog which is quite a long time in the context of this story of grape growing and wine making in the Yorkshire Dales – Nidderdale in case you’ve forgotten. And it’s not as if nothing much has happened in the meantime as might… Continue reading Vineyard 94 :The challenge continues