My shock from pacemaker/defibrillator
An ICD (implanted cardioverter defibrillator) as imagined by AI – ChatGPT. In reality they are about 1 3/4inches across inside […]
Health
My Cataract Experience
LOOK! NO GLASSES! The cataract operation The eye has to be cut making a very small incision. The cataract clouded
British Heart Foundation – Why I support it
British Heart Foundation – Why I support it How important is the British Heart foundation? My personal interest in its
UK Care Crisis deepens – brilliantly explored in BBC programmes with Ed Balls
A care worker in the BBC programme Crisis is not too strong a word to apply to care of the
Crowded beaches were actually covid safe
Last August (3rd) I wrote a post saying that the dangers of covid had been exaggerated by the media. I
What’s wrong with my heart? A surprising heart problem, my recovery and ICD pacemaker
Anyone who meets me would probably think that I am a very healthy individual. I have felt very well this
My Sunburn Experience, July 2020
I should have known better, but I love the sun. I worship the sun. Most summers in the last twenty
Face masks must be a health hazard as well horrible to wear and of little use
I wore a face mask yesterday when I went to a shop for the first time in five months. It
My unexpected experience as a heart patient – Part Two, the Angiogram
What it’s like having an angiogram – actually a very interesting experience I was moved into a cardiac ward and
My unexpected experience as a heart patient – Part One, a lucky start
I believed I was reasonably fit (February 2019, age 76). After all, for about 10 years I’d been doing a
Can too much exercise kill? – How I nearly did too much
I’m now 76 (August 2019). For the last ten years or so I’ve run a little under two miles every
Disturbed heart rhythm – risk of sudden cardiac death
If you are in tip-top physical condition and exercising a lot you may be in greater danger than you realise.
The greatest threat to our civilisation today – social distancing
Social Distancing has already trashed our economy and ruined many lives. Thousands of businesses have closed permanently. Tens of thousands
Closing Norway’s Schools May Have Been a Mistake
Norway’s Prime Minister has second thoughts about closing Norway’s Schools. On Wednesday night, Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg went on
