6.30am. I was up with the sound of birds and the faint sound of a hovercraft! A bright blue sky outside suggests today might be a fine day weather-wise. 8.30am. Breakfast calls, so it’s a short walk across the road (!) and in through the back-door to the breakfast-room. It wasn’t a very big room, …
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Category:Health
Big Mac and a Big Disappointment
I went for my six-monthly check-up at the local dental practice today. The dentist I saw was new and boy, was he rough – ouch! Last time my mouth was that stretched was back in the 1970s when I used to eat a whole Big-Mac in one mouthful! He looked as serious as hell throughout …
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Humberto in Hospital
Lee rang to tell us that H had been rushed into hospital today. Early days yet, but Lee was told it was possibly a mild heart-attack. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in …
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Let’s (not) Dance (Week 4 of 7)
We didn’t go to the dance-class tonight as I’ve had a really bad headache on-and-off since Sunday night. An early night for me tonight to try and shake it off. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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Ann’s not well
Ann took the day off today. It looks like her ear infection has returned together with a raging sore throat. Fortunately, the doctor prescribed some anti-biotics, so we’ll see what difference they make. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My …
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Chinese ‘blow-out’ with Jo and Janet
In preparation for giving-up something for the period of Lent, we were invited to Jo and Janet’s for a mega-Chinese meal! I’m aiming to give up chips and ice-cream (and possibly chocolate too) for forty days! (Cue soundtrack from Mission: Impossible!) Ann is giving up wine and chocolate! The Chinese-food was probably the best …
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Family Meal – Cancelled
When we got home from our meal last night there was a message on the answerphone. Mae’s cold had turned into Bronchitis and she was cancelling the family meal. We were due to drive to theirs today. Plan B is that Roger, Jane and Oliver are going to drop into us for coffee later today. …
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Cholesterol results
I rang the surgery to get the results of my cholesterol check. Good news!! The figure was 3.1 which is the lowest it’s ever been! ..and definitely on the right side of ‘5’ -the magic number. Maybe the fact that I was on loads of other medication at the time of the blood-test for my …
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Firing on all four…
Well, not quite – I still got the mother-of-all-coughs – but I certainly feel a whole lot better today. I even managed to catch-up with most of the work I’d been too ill to look at last week! The biggest difference is that I feel much more energetic and that period of lethargy has now …
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Feeling better/Annual Health Check
I woke up this morning feeling much better. I’d had a good night’s sleep and although the cough remains, I’m feel less lethargic and the wild extremes of temperature that I was experiencing, seem to have disappeared. Ironically, today is my annual health-check and I’m also going to see the Doc about trying to get …
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Snow/Feeling Crap
I woke up today to find: Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute …
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On the mend?
Well, I’m starting to feel a bit better. The ‘sweats’ seem to have stopped and I had a good night’s sleep last night. I’ve still got the chesty cough, but a switch to Boot’s own cough mixture seems to be helping… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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Nicki visits…/New Doctor Who announced
Nicki drove up to see us. The plan was for us all to go shopping in Birmingham. Although I’d slept well, I just kept coughing and spluttering from the moment I got up, so I stayed at home and the girls went to Leicester to ‘try-out’ the new John Lewis there. I went (back to) …
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Still feeling like crap!
I thought after feeling better yesterday, I’d be feeling even better today – Nope! I had a very restless night running a temperature. At one point, I coughed so hard, I felt sure I’d find one of my lungs, the other side of the bedroom! I just can’t seem to shake-off this cough…and all the …
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New Year’s Day
I slept well, but still felt like c**** when I got up. Still, I just about had the energy to get the money up-to-date and make a few changes to the OCA web-site. Ann went off to Bicester shopping and I went back to bed until lunch-time. Ann got back about 3ish. By that time, …
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New Year’s Eve – Feeling yuk!
Bugger! I really wanted to be better for today. In fact, I think this is the worst I’ve felt. I stayed in bed all day (didn’t get up until 6pm). I’ve still got this chesty cough which makes me sound like I’m smoking 60-a-day..and I feel so lethargic too! Ann’s joining Jo and Janet for …
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Feeling yuk! (Still!)
I felt very lethargic today and therefore did bugger-all. Hope I’m I’m feeling better for New Year’s Eve tomorrow! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness …
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Feeling yuk!
I’m getting worse…sweats, feeling cold…yuk! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute a …
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Mum returns home/Debbie and Stefan’s for nibbles!
John arrived from RLL Flightlink at about 11 to taxi Mum back home. Apparently, it was a terrible journey due to the sheer volume of traffic. Instead of it taking around 2 hours – it was closer to 3!! We popped into town to have a look around. It was quite quiet and the shops …
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Boxing Day 2008
We both had a restless night again with most of the sleeping hours wrestling with bedclothes and windows – we were either too hot or too cold. I eventually got us around 7.15 and after having a shower, I started to feel a bit better. I can’t seem to shift this cough I’ve developed – …
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A day in bed!
This virus has really got a hold of me. I felt very light on my feet and I was alternating between being freezing cold and having longs bouts of sweating. Yuck! I felt like s***. I didn’t sleep a wink last night and so stayed in bed well into the afternoon. I got up aqt6pm!!!! …
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eBay PDA and a bad day for technology!
The PDA I won on eBay turned up and it looks great. However for reasons too complicated to describe here, after an initial ‘OK’ with the phone, it now won’t recognise the O2 sim card. Bugger! …and my first attempt at restoring all my data failed too with the device freezing in the final stages …
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It got me…!
After being extremely careful for the last week or so trying to avoid catching what Ann has…it seems it finally got me! It began last night – I was a bit sniffy and I woke-up this morning with all the signs of a very bad cold. Excellent! Just in time for Christmas!!! 😬 Humbug!!!! Steve …
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Christmas Tree
I started to put the tree up on Sunday, but didn’t get around to finishing it off. Today I added the lights and the final remaining decorations. Hhhmmm. I think I should have added the lights first! Ann was feeling better today!!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first …
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Ann’s still not well
It’s very unusual for Ann to be ill – apart from the odd cold. This all started Saturday with a sore throat…then swollen glands. She saw the Doctor yesterday who confirmed that ‘there’s a lot of it about’. It seems she has some form of viral tonsillitis. Overnight, all those symptoms seem to have disappeared, …
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