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I’m not quite sure how long it’s been, since i had my bout of medical madness and self-destructive fear about my heart.  I could probably look through my past posts and find out, but let’s play it all rock n’ roll instead and just guess at around six months.

In that time, I won’t pretend i haven’t had any incidents at all, where i’ve worried about something or reacted badly, but I’ve not really had anything worth mentioning.

This past week and a bit, I’ve had an incident worth mentioning.  On thursday last week (4th December) I made a rather stupid decision.  I was taking down my old bed and putting up a new one.  Rather than do the sensible thing of taking the old bed out the back and breaking it up, I decided to break it up while still in my room.  Of course, as some of you will already know, old beds contain dust, especially within the wood and fabric of the base, and also within the matress.  My asthma went wild - I was literally struggling to breathe.  Read More »

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It brings me great pleasure to announce that after however many weeks of treatement, I am finally finished at the Dentist.

Today’s little trip lasted around thirty minutes and wasn’t too bad.  Just a little bit of pain as she removed the filling she’d put there in the first place, in order to re-do it and extend it a little, to avoid a gap which was just big enough for food to squeeze into, and apply pressure to my gum.  But it’s all done now, and I would almost go as far to say I’m happy. 

Of course, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.  Tomorrow morning i have to attend the Royal Victoria Hospital for my pre-assessment appointment, with a Sister.  Where, no doubt i’ll be exposed to things like blood pressure tests, and questioned about illnesses and medication, to find out if I’m going to die as a result of the anaesthetic i’ll recieve in my operation (Which hopefully won’t be until after Christmas!).

But, for now, things are half decent.  Hurrah! 

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going through a bit of a — Actually i’m not sure what it is.  I’ve not been depressed, or even sad, just spending too much time thinking about things and prone to see the negative.

So to combat this, I’ve been watching a lot of comedy.  Chicken soup for the soul.

My comedic tastes are quite brutal.  I do like a lot of innocent comedians and their acts: like Ken Dodd, Ronnie Corbett, etc, but i’m really at home with the most disgusting and brutal comedians.  Read More »

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On Sunday morning, while my Dad was sleeping, my Mum noticed his breathing was dodgy.  She woke him up and discovered that not only was his breathing alternating between laboured and rapid, but he was building up a temperature too, his face was getting quite red.

We decided it was best to not take any chances and get him to the Hospital, after all, if it was just the beginnings of a cold, or Flu (He’d not long had the Flu jab), the worst they’d do is send him back home. Read More »

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Had my second appointment with the Dentist today, and i’ve completely changed my mind about the whole thing.

The first part was a piece of pish, just a little filling on a back tooth, where an old one had fallen out.

Then came the preparation work for a crown i’m going to receieve on one of my front teeth.  It started fine, as she drilled off some of the tooth, then as she worked lower it began to hurt.  Then the pain got worse.  And worse.  Read More »

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Today was D-Day.  That is Dentist day.

I haven’t really worried about it as the day approached, but last night i did have a dream about going to the Dentist.  It was quite a peaceful dream, where i had no pain, the work all went well and everyone was happy at the end of it.

The actual visit to the dentist went pretty much the same.  There was no pain, i barely even felt the injections into my gums, and apart from the strain of holding my mouth open wide, there was no suffering at all.  Read More »

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I had quite a busy and productive day yesterday, where i signed up for a night class at the local College, to study English at GCSE level (Yeah, i know, a quick read through my posts shows the need for it!), and, more strenuously (physically and mentally) spent 2 hours shopping in Tescos.

I don’t really mind shopping, under my terms and conditions, where i know what i’m going for, get it, and leave. But, shopping with my Mother is another experience entirely, as she likes to spend as much time as possible going through each and every individual item, in case she misses a bargain. Even a bargain on an item no-one in the house likes, is still a bargain and will often result in a purchase.

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As I was walking this morning (not long ago), i realised that although i had my mp3 player in my pocket, and my earphones firmly planted, i wasn’t really listening to the music most of the time.

There are two things i like to do while walking, one is listening to music, the other is thinking. Be it coming up with ideas, for stories, or working through something i’m trying to sort out in my life, or even about a list of games to bet on, in football.

But, i realised that i can’t really do both, certainly not well. And often i’d find myself drifting into thought, and missing the rest of a song, even when it’s a song i really, really like. Read More »

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I had my first visit to the Dentist today, in over 11 years (or thereabouts).

I was nervous, to say the least, knowing i need a fair bit of work done. I feared the expected “You should have taken better care of your teeth, and not visiting a Dentist in 11 years is just stupid and immature”, but instead i was faced by a very nice young woman, who just so happened to be skilled in bringing tears to the eyes of grown men.

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Well, isn’t this a big subject, with the potential to shock, outrage and titillate? No, not really.

It seems to be common consensus that celibacy and/or abstinence brings with it a clearer mind, a stronger spirit and a generally uplifted experience of life. I’m not buying it, and for once, i actually have some experience in the subject which may lend weight to my argument. Maybe.

In my not-so-humble opinion, not-so-firmly nestled in the foundations of my rather (or so i’ve been told) black and white view of the world, anything we deny ourselves as human beings, serves only to make us want the item even more, or transfer that energy into wanting something else, usually equally abhorrent.

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