Mostly personal experience, but covers a range of personal and academic interests, including psychology and mental health issues, neural disorders, and renal failure / kidney disease
Heart attack waiting!? Observations about a Telegraph article and NHS test for checking your heart age, based on lifestyle choices. Smoking and obesity factor high. I just read an interesting, if a tad morbid, article in the Telegraph about an NHS calculator that predicts when you will have a heart attack! Curious to note their […]
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Reasons to quit smoking This started as a footnote to trends about New Year Resolutions in my Daily Post, and about a thousand words later, it made sense to give this article its own page here. What was your New Year’s Resolution? To diet? To Exercise more? To give up something? Take smoking; you don’t
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How kidney failure concerns led to discovering an embolism Health is a precious commodity You don’t realise how valuable it is – until it starts to run out! There’s an eye-opening headline for you, eh! Certainly melodramatic, probably but by no means definitely an exaggeration, but, in essence, it’s true! Perhaps "Having kidney failure may
Pulmonary Embolism – having kidney failure saved my life! Read More »
Autistic UFO hacker Gary McKinnon Posted this reply (to them) in response to The Inquirer’s story about ‘Autistic petition for UFO hacker’ because some of the replies – and even the writer in one place – didn’t have a clue what they were talking about! (The Inquirer site now redirects to TrustedReviews). For a start,
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So near and yet so far /cry My wife just come back from Asda with a groceries and some Cain’s Fine Raisin Beer that were on special offer. And I can’t have any ‘cos of my meds and beggared kidneys :( Next time I see my nephrology consultant I’m asking for a Doctor’s note to
Ah for the taste of Cain’s Raisin Beer! Read More »
Personal update, 1st July 2007 I’ve had a ghastly week, it feels like my blood urea is right up again and my kidneys are giving me loads of grief – not a good thing as by the time you can feel the pain… Just as well I’m back in hospital next week to have my
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NHS Whiston Trust apology: ref 244/2006 (The 244th complaint ?) Dear Mr Ackerley I write in reply to your letter received on 12 September 2006 regarding your recent admission to ward K3. I am sorry to learn of your recent dissatisfaction with our service and in particular the overall care you received during your admission.
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Follow up and comments for the letter to the Chief Executive of Whiston NHS Trust I sent my letter first class on 9th August, 2006: PALS responded straight away, saying as I’d moved to another hospital there was nothing they could do. St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust finally replied over a month later
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