In praise of the humble pea Peas. I've been eating them since I've been eating. This small green seed is not my favourite food, I doubt if it is anyone's favourite food, but there is a lot to say in favour of the humble pea. Technically the pea is a seed, not a vegetable, but …
Category: Health
Anti Anti-Vax
Why vaccination should be compulsory There is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism Which of the following is the most contagious? The common cold Measles Ebola HIV If you chose Measles you'd be right. Yet in the developed world there is no reason to fear Measles, there are vaccines that protect from it. …
When I meditate I feel discouraged
When I meditate I feel discouraged When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah Psalm 77:3 ESVUK When I meditate I feel discouraged. Words from the Good News Bible from the above verse, and for a lot of my time in the last 14 years also my experience. Following an accident, not …
Healing
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 23 Healing Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield - Sunday 11 March 2018 Another sermon on the Exodus, and I have worked out where we are going, we are headed towards the Passover to coincide with us remembering Christ's passion which happened at the memorial of that event. This either shows …
Five types
5 types of diabetes? The morning news bulletins are saying that Scandinavian scientists are saying there are not two types of diabetes, as previously thought,but at least five, and could be more. The research, from Sweden and Finland, shows that there may be sub types with different causes. These are broken down into clusters: …
Come further in! Come further up!
2017 What an interesting year There is a saying, "May you live in interesting times, and come to the notice of the authorities." That phrase is believed to be a curse. My interesting time this year was July and August, my work was deteriorating due to ill health and at the end of August I …
I’ve only gone and done it
I've done it Giving up working that is. That was at the end of August So now I have the time, why no blogs? It's because I retired early because I was exhausted. Not just tired, but thoroughly exhausted. So I have being reviewing everything, including whether to carry on blogging, and what to blog …
Exhausted
10 days on. It is ten days since I decided I was giving up working, and I am now working a month's notice. I am also on much lighter duties for this period, but despite this I am still exhausted. This last week I have attended the doctor's surgery and the hospital for a blood test …
End of an era
I am stopping working. I am too tired . Far too tired. All I do is eat, sleep, work and come home too tired to do anything. I am exhausted. Quality of work is being affected as well as quality of life. I am putting quality of life first. The right foot is still arthritic, …
Diagnosis doubtful
Diagnosis is not imminent. The BBC this weekend featured a story that one health authority in England is to restrict diagnosis for autism to the most severe cases, whatever that means. Who decides the most severe before diagnosis? Isn't that what diagnosis is about? Story here. As an adult I have been told, after being strongly …
Making an ass of myself 