With agreement from my boss, I took an couple of days holiday at the begriming of the week. Three reasons: My knee was really giving me gyp but not sufficiently so for me to justify taking sick leave; My eldest daughter was due to register for 6th form college on the Monday and I wanted …
Category Archives: Health
Bath mats and low chairs
My knee felt a lot better after a quite settled weekend that did not require me to do much. The drive down on Monday was nice and easy and a physio session in the afternoon helped me a lot – although, as always, I was very uncomfortable for the rest of the day. Sadly Tuesday …
Wandering the Internet because I cannot walk anywhere
My knee problems have limited the potential for fun this weekend. The physiotherapist advised me to not sit for more than about half-an-hour without moving my leg BUT to keep off my leg as much as possible this weekend. Hum. I did think about driving somewhere, hobbling a little way and taking photographs but decided …
My knee hurts
I was in danger of ignoring this for far too long. There was no obvious trauma to explain why my knee started to hurt when I got up after sitting for an hour or so. It first started a few weeks ago and it was a minor inconvenience that I was sure could be walked …
Brain op girl – not for the squeamish
A colleague shares a few tasteful photos of her brain operation. She had a life-threatening brain tumour and a major operation. She has bounced back seemingly positive and looking forward to the future.
Swimming again
Last year I had got into a healthy habit of swimming very regularly: pretty much every morning when staying in a hotel and also on Saturday and Sunday mornings at a hotel local to home with my eldest daughter. Then I got derailed earlier this year by, well, coughing – a bug that went around …
Ill health in the family
Yesterday was a bad day. I am not at liberty to share information here but I have certainly been given reason to revaluate my lifestyle. I came home during the morning yesterday, having taken a day’s leave for personal reasons at no notice. I always feel bad taking time off – I know I am …
Another day in the office
Quote of the day: To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent. – Robert Copeland I have a somewhat odd role at the moment. Not unusual for me. This time I have gone from leading some slightly odd development projects as part of a …
How hot a curry can you take?
Read an article in the Daily Mail this morning about how much our body can take in terms of cold, punching, blood lose, heat in a curry, etc. Fascinating. Naturally, the curry entry was of particular interest to me.
My first ever major back-problem
Back in May last year I hurt my back whilst attempting to carry out a trivial task. Final straw me thinks. I ended up in considerable pain and off work for six weeks. I have never had that much time off work before nor had any time off for a back problem.