one thing i never realised before the stroke is that not only can it affect your movement, it can affect your sight as well (hence why in the early days of the incident i kept getting asked how well i could see). however, it doesn't normally affect it like this: Stroke cures man's failing sightA grandfather has described how a massive stroke " ( Read more... )

as some of you will know, i suffered a stroke on june 9th ( Read more... )

I have a more than sneaking suspicion that the flu I've been congratulating myself on having dodged so far this year has finally caught up with me. Something to do with how my sinuses feel like they're about to undergo gravitational collapse and turn the inside of my head into even more of a black hole than it usually is ( Read more... )

Grave prediction for diabetics: study Alarming new diabetes research predicts almost a third of Australians with the disease will die in the next decade ( Read more... )

Gastric banding "bargain" for diabetics Stomach surgery can cure obese diabetics of their twin diseases for the "bargain" price of $17,000, according to new figures surgeons hope will make the procedure more widely available ( Read more... )

Home from Ascension before midnight. Probably shouldn't have gone at all. I had a hypo* this evening (I'd almost had one on Thursday afternoon but had some food just as it was about to hit, so managed to stave it off; clearly it would not be denied for much longer, though) and that's kind of fucked me over a bit since then, cos after that I was ( Read more... )

Browsing the SMH's health section, I spotted this story headline:

Some diabetic kids need depression check-up Poor blood sugar control and frequent emergency room visits are among the signs that a child or adolescent with diabetes may be suffering from depression, according to new research ( Read more... )

Hello God? This is James speaking. I want a refund on that shit-useless left ankle which keeps collapsing under me every few years that you gave me, you cunt.

I am fluvaceous again. As per usual, if someone around me gets a cold, I wind up getting it from them. Bah ( Read more... )

Well, given how fucked I've been since Wednesday, it was no doubt foolish of me to even imagine I'd be up for Wake The Dead tonight. I have been death warmed up all day... shit night's sleep, throat like sandpaper with small sharp objects embedded in it so that swallowing and coughing are pure pain, sinuses feeling like they're about to undergo ( Read more... )