Weirdly I can’t really tell whether the last few weeks, since coming back from the US, have gone slow or fast, a bit of both I guess.
This week I had my last appointment with the ENT consultant, and really after spending just over £2,000 (thankfully paid directly by the insurance company) it’s sort of back to square one.
I am a bit disappointed.
When ( Read more... )

I always hope for a quiet week before we set off on holiday, and I never get one ( Read more... )

... what do Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mapplethorpe and london1967 have in common?
Well (according to Wikipedia for the first two, and to my dentist for the last one) they all suffer(ed) from 'Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis' aka 'trench mouth'!

It's my second bout in 2 and half years, and it's not fun at all.
I almost begged my GP for antibiotics on Monday ( Read more... )

Another week, another post about my health.Hopefully, this won't become a habit!

My friend Franco visited for a few days and on Sunday we were supposed to go to The Wolseley for afternoon tea. 
Sadly, my body had other ideas and a couple of hours before we were due there, I suffered from a sudden and serious attack of vertigo, followed by nausea and ( Read more... )

Today I met my doctor for the first time.
I arranged to work from home and managed to get an appointment when I rang up at 8 am, as instructed.

My appointment was at 9:50 am but it was another 20 minutes before I was summoned to the consultation room (I was lucky: Adrian told me that once that he had to wait for 90 minutes)

And now I know the reason: ( Read more... )

 Here are a couple of "random" London pictures (Crimean War Memorial on Lower Regent St.)


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