health

Take Your Free Medicine from GSmudger 99 days old

[ ... ] National Health System (NHS) is being misrepresented in the US media that I feel compelled to jump into this debate with a native corrective. ...

No Pain, No Gain from GSmudger 364 days old

Chronic pain is turning my head into a pressure cooker, the gristly contents stewing away while the odd jet of steam escapes in a random splutter. The ...

Inaction Man from GSmudger 403 days old

Yesterday, I experienced paraspinal lumbar injections with the benefit of full consciousness and a fair view of the near-live xrays guiding the surgeon's ...

The Unrest Cure from GSmudger 495 days old

Thin as my recent output has been, it has all but come to a grinding halt. This is because I'm currently enjoying the unrest cure at Harrogate. Within ...

Skin Deep (A Dermatalogical Rant of Limited Interest) from GSmudger 633 days old

Psoriasis is the reason I skulked through adolescence like an albino leopard. I was shy enough when I started secondary school; when my pale skin developed ...

Pro-Life v Pro-Choice (Extract from Helium Debate) from GSmudger 635 days old

A society in which a woman has no right to choose abortion would be a morally stunted one, fit to take its place with those patriarchal, medievalist ...

Shoot The Messenger from GSmudger 661 days old

We've just converted our house into an adult play zone. The lounge is arranged around some top-notch audio-visual gear and lovingly alphabeticised CD's ...

Copping a Blighty from GSmudger 667 days old

Yesterday, a little after my lunchtime pilates session and a little before my afternoon blog, the real world called and I was stupid enough to answer ...

The Two-Wheeled Parasite from GSmudger 678 days old

I am (relatively) young, fit, active and, by upbringing, reticent about troubling the state for any kind of boon. I don't smoke, don't drink to excess ...