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Tag: NHS

  • My big eye test

    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…

  • Three cheers for the NHS (again)! (Dupuytrens 1)

    Three cheers for the NHS (again)! (Dupuytrens 1)

    The day started badly. OK I had to get up earlier than I like these days and there was slow traffic at first on the M11 but I arrived at Addenbrookes, Clinic 7 shortly after 0900 for my 0930 appointment. That’s when the receptionist told me that my appointment had been cancelled and rescheduled for…