“I think I have a fever” says Herself the other morning. She looked fine to me. No red face or anything. I gave my diagnosis. “No you don’t.” “No,” says she. “Go and get the thermometer.” Being the nice person … Continue reading →
I continue in my quest to screw as much as possible from the system. I booked a free home eye test for Herself. I didn’t know how this was to work as modern eye tests seem to require equipment that … Continue reading →
“When did we grow old?” Herself asked me that the other day and it made me think. Frankly it did come as a bit of a shock as until then I didn’t think I was Old [with a capital O]. … Continue reading →
It has been an extremely busy couple of days. On Monday I had to bring Herself into hospital. It was a simple enough procedure – a couple of injections in her back and that’s that. Except that it wasn’t that … Continue reading →
Immortality is apparently the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Unfortunately most of us fail to achieve this goal by inconveniently dying. Now those who subscribe to the Church of Health believe that there is only one … Continue reading →
Most days I glance through the headlines in a couple of newspaper sites. Generally it’s the same old crap – the murder of the day, the latest crisis in the Health Service or yet another idiotic tweet from Trump. For … Continue reading →
I see there is another “study” out. Flu increases heart attack and stroke risk, study claims. So? A lot of things increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. In fact we are constantly told that the main culprits are … Continue reading →
Obesity is climbing at alarming levels. Or rather, the mention of obesity is climbing irrespective of the actual weight of the population. What I find interesting about this is the timeline. Things remained fairly static from1900 to around the … Continue reading →
Christopher Snowdon has a piece in the Spectator. It got me thinking, not about CRUK and their obsession with people’s health but his statement that “‘Overweight’ is a term that has no medical significance.” So what weight should I be? … Continue reading →
The tests are all done and the results are in. I got the car test over with this morning. It got the usual pass with flying colours apart from the usual warning that I need to replace two tyres. Apparently … Continue reading →
