As the title suggests, this is going to read like a smug post. In fact, I feel more relieved than smug, and I offer it here in case it encourages others. As regular readers know, back in the summer I had blood tests which by chance revealed that I was pre-diabetic. My GP advised me… Continue reading How to reverse pre-diabetes
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Sugar, sugar…
Sugar cubes: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Würfelzucker -- 2018 -- 3582” / CC BY-SA 4.0 When you reach the age of 60, the UK NHS offers you some exciting experiences - or at least that was the case before the pandemic. There's a one-off general health check, which wasn't very encouraging about my body weight, but at that point I didn't… Continue reading Sugar, sugar…
The end of the road
I've been thinking about writing this post for a while because, as someone who - as I said when I started this blog - only knows what she thinks when she starts writing, I need to process my mother's death. I could do that on my own and with friends but, as I have already… Continue reading The end of the road
Having a fall: what’s right and what’s wrong in the NHS
Some people fall over: others have a fall. There's an important difference. When you're young, you fall over, and you get up. Nobody makes much of a fuss. Life resumes immediately after a few moments of interruption. When you're older, however, you have a fall. This can be devastating. My father had a fall, broke… Continue reading Having a fall: what’s right and what’s wrong in the NHS
Dialling 111
Last night we had a call from mum's emergency alarm button people to say she'd fallen and was on the floor. Fortunately we were at home eating our dinner, so whizzed round and were there in an instant. Unlike the previous fall nine months back, she hadn't hurt anything but just couldn't get up without… Continue reading Dialling 111
The retiring academic 