Category: life
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5 positives about getting older
… and by getting older I mean quite a bit older, like over 70. And of course excluding the obvious ‘it’s better than the alternative’. You qualify for discounts. That’s the big financial one of course and it ranges from free bus passes on the one hand through special lunchtime menus at pubs to lower…
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29 Aug 26: stent plus seven
It’s now seven years since I had a stent inserted in my left coronary artery after my cardiac event of 2019 and since I’ve just had a full lipids blood test I thought I’d checked if I’m OK. Superficially the numbers look OK but given my history I checked with Gemini, Google’s AI system and…
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One year on (Dupuytrens 7)
It’s been a year now: how’s my right little finger doing? I was pretty good at massage and exercise for the rest of last year but have to confess that I’ve done less this year although I still do some. I also have a number of ‘informal’ exercises which I do as part of my…
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Call me David
I’m pretty relaxed about my name. I’ve got few hang-ups when it comes to people using my first name, this might to some degree be due to the time I’ve worked for American companies , although I do draw some lines. I certainly don’t expect people to call me mister just because of my age.…
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What’s happened to used car sales people?
Many of us will remember the time when a visit to a car showroom prompted immediate contact with a sales person, most of them were men, who wouldn’t let you go until you’d told him what you wanted to buy, how much you had to spend and when you were likely to make a purchase.…
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My big eye test
A year or so ago I had my eyes tested. I get it done every two years and this time it meant getting new lenses. But that’s incidental, what was significant was that the lady who conducted my test told me that my right eye had developed an epiretinal membrane (ERM). According to the RNIB…
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What’s happening to coffee shops?
There are more coffee shops these days and most of them serve good coffee. That’s good but there’s a trend and that worries me because it degrades the essential experience that you go to a coffee shop to enjoy. And that experience is the opportunity to just drop in when you want and get a…
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Not a bad start to the week
There was a time when I regarded getting up at 0700 as being pretty normal but in recent years, basically post Covid, post stent and post (semi) retirement, that’s not been the case. However I’d agreed to an 0815 appointment at Addenbrooke’s on the grounds that it would be an easier drive in than the…
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Visible progress (Dupuytrens 6)
12 weeks in and I visited my physiotherapist feeling rather positive. This comes just 10 days after a visit to Addenbrookes where the lady got her protractor out and ‘measured my finger’. My biggest frustration has been the loss of flexion which prior to the op ws just fine. But they do warn you and…
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What you really should know (Dupuytrens 5)
I should have realised this when the consultant I saw in July said that he’d only operate privately once I’d arranged post-op physiotherapy. What he meant and what I now fully accept is that the surgery is only a part of the treatment. What you do afterwards to recover lost functionality is very much up…