Long exposure
It’s been a while, a really long while. For almost a decade, my camera and I were almost inseparable. And I excelled at…
Dear Cigarette
I know you like to convince me that you are my best friend. That you are there both before and after each life…
Six and a bit days…and out of hospital
Bank Holiday Monday – it is traditional for it to piss down, though it is dry right now. Where where we. Ah yes,…
Songs
A year or so, we had two funerals in as many months. My aunt on Dads side of the family passed away after…
MRI Friday
Its now Friday afternoon. Since my last post I’ve spent most of the time in hospital, waiting for various results. Last night I…
Giving up may make you ill
Not really, but it is starting to feel that way. I am writing this from a hospital bed after being admitted last night.…
T+15 hours
So it’s 15 hours since my last cigarette. I’m here writing this, in order to let another craving pass me by, which seems…
Stop Smoking!
Grrrrrr. I am told by my wife that I am a grumpy bastard in the morning. Even the kids agree. Hell, even the…
Prepaid Prescription Card
This was a revelation to me, I have to spoke to a number of people since learning of it and noone else had…
A first visit to the Smoking Cessation Clinic
So I called them Monday and spoke to a helpful chap called Andrew, who explained the opening hours, location etc. Basically you can…
Second visit – day 2
Day two was never going to be as simple as day one. The instructions were to have nothing to eat or drink after midnight…
Second visit – day 1
Having passed the initial blood tests – apparently we needed six positives and one specific negative – another set of tests were scheduled…