This afternoon I lay comfortably and safely on my left side. It felt fantastic. I've been sleeping reasonably well but only able to lie on my back or at best prop myself on pillows at an angle ( Read more... )

Now is your chance!

People everywhere dream that they could bask in the glamour, revel in the adulation and wear my underpants*, if only for a few measly hours.

And now they can.

Regular, common, garden variety people are invited to attend this.

Rally for Research

12:45 - 2PM at the State Library.You will be there to represent the special ( Read more... )

The remains of Colin Campbell Ross have been returned to his family.

He was convicted for murder and subjected to the death penalty in 1922. He has now been pardoned as it seems he was wrongly convicted.

A good moment to give thanks for the fact that we do not engage in that barbaric practice anymore.

Today is/was a crash day, which would have been best spent at home. But I had the gastro appointment, so 10B had to leave work and take me in with the wheelchair ( Read more... )

*looks pointedly at bookgirlwa*

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Already it's adding things to my read/re-read/watch list, dammit!

Thanks shadow_5tails for this link.

Internet censorship gets underway in Australia. This link is to Conroy's media release.

It's time we banned all variations on the phrase "the safety of families". It's always a euphemism for something nasty.

Via communicator.

He is a survivor of domestic violence and patron of a British DV charity, Refuge.

I am not the only client my home-care worker has who doesn't want workers coming in when they have colds or influenza (or anything likely to be contagious). When you have chronic medical problems and you're sick to start with, and maybe you're on a truckload of things that effect your immune system, it's a reasonable request ( Read more... )

While I entirely appreciate that a court case is the best way of determining culpability, if you ever think I whine too much about quality of care for disabled people, consider the following.

An excerpt From The Age, November 3, 2009:

Four Charged Over Betts Killing(I'm not including the details, they are distressing and not relevant to my gripe ( Read more... )

Hilary Johnston's take on XMRV. She certainly makes clear the effect of the political stuff on human suffering pretty clear.

(Thanks braunie)

Like most of us, as far as XMRV goes, at this point I am 'watching with interest'.