1998 Archive 4: Time passes slowly
1998 was a year that felt like a decade to me. What did I learn? 1. Exploratory medical tests are often painful, uncomfortable and undignified. I…
1998 Archive 3: Pulmonary Embolus
It was a Wednesday morning. The doorbell rang. I hear EaZyD rushing down the stairs shouting for help. EaZyD seemed to be panicking – most unlike…
1997 Archive 2: My symptoms progress
I noticed the first clear symptoms in January 1997 – pins and needles in both feet that did not go away. Poor footwear, a back problem? …
1997 Archive 1: Life Change
For most of us life is good…until it isn’t. Even then, generally, things get better and then worse again, then better and so it goes. It’s…
Holidays Are Hell
Thank goodness it’s the end of the holiday season. No more ‘have you been away,’ or ‘what you need is a good holiday, why don’t you…’…
Mies Julie, Riverside
Just got an email from The Riverside Studios that Mies Julie ends this weekend. The Riverside says: Following a sell-out run and sensational reviews, the multi-award…
Nipple Clamps For Carers?
How hard is it to empathise with pain? Pretty damn hard, it seems to me. Case in point: This July heat has been killing me ……
Dinner, Mandarin Oriental
Phew, that was close … about the closest we’ve come to entirely missing our lunch reservation and, yet, making it by the skin of our teeth.…
Stiletto Wheels 