Tuesday 15th November 2022 Health update This afternoon I have an appointment at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for physiotherapy on my injured left shoulder to deal with a cycling injury. Here's the health story so far: Saturday 1st January 2022 I started the year with a cycle ride, just a short ride from home to Dewsbury …
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Movember, 10 days in
Movember continues, on 10th November there is a little bit more mo to show for it. The parks has come out for the first time this autumn too. For those who are confused by that openning sentence, Movember is not one of my many typos, it is a campaign to raise awareness of men’s health …
Movember, 5 days in/
Movember, 5 days in. Movember has started, and on 5th November there is not much mo to show for it yet, just what looks like a dirty top lip. For those who are confused by that openning sentence, Movember is not one of my many typos, it is a campaign to raise awareness of men's …
The beard has gone (but not for good)
Here are two pictures. One from eight years ago, when my beeard still had some colour left, and a recent one taken on 31st October, just a few days ago. My face has not been so naked in a long time. The reason I braved the shave is Movember. What is Movember? You may well …
I’m scared
Not only that the invasion of Ukraine by Russia could escalate, but yes that scares me. What also scares me is my health. I do not need another disability. On 1st January 2022 I went cycling making the most of the low traffic on a morning when many are sleeping off the New Year hangover. …
How did it get to be needing to work back at pre-pandemic speed and levels?
I remember the start of lockdown, people working from home and putting in the same hours in front of a computer in the back bedroom found that by missing out on the daily commute they could achieve a better work/life balance than they could previously. Meetings over Zoom and Teams meant that contact with coworkers …
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Looking after yourself
That'sthe Olympic games over until Paris 2024, as well as great sporting achievement another theme has surfaced hereand in other sports, the need to look after your mentalhealth. Naomi OsakaImage from Wikimedia Commons Naomi Osaka was the face of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In June this year she announced that she would not be taking …
I shall continue to wear a mask
What is so good about normal? Does anyone actually think Britain before lockdown was an idealist utopia? So why is there this desire to return to normal when that normal is flawed. It looks like there is a vast lack of willingness to help when society could be enhanced. "I want to be able to …
Going Deaf?
I clicked on one of those adverts that crop up on social media. It could have been Facebook or Twitter, all I know is that it said free. Get your hearing checked free. Creative commons picture from Hadley Paul Garland on Flickr I am always sceptical of these adverts, I have heard of computers having …
There is a lot more good news than you think
Why is there so much bad news? The reason is that bad news happens fast. Good things tend to be slow. Why is there no smallpox in the news? Because it has been eradicated, the last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in 1977, even then the WHO did not declare it extinct until 1980. Apart …
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Making an ass of myself 