I have two regular carers at the moment. The first to arrive greets me with her usual efficacious, “Good morning,…
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Last week’s column, “The Loneliness of the Long-distance UTI Patient,” dealt with my dive into the Eastern (bloc) world…
When did I first become aware of the word “phage”? “Star Trek,” of course! It was an episode about…
OK, you’re not all science fiction nuts, so I’ll explain: The Borg are a cybernetic race and the lead baddies…
It was 3 p.m. last Thursday. Things should have been good. I had filed the copy for my previous…
Eurgh! Poo is what I fear most at the moment. I thought turning this column into a diary was cool.
It’s usually best to write with time for reflection. I often feel like a foreign correspondent reporting from the front…
I’ve been a moderator at MS News Today Forums for a while. One of my jobs, besides rejecting the…
There’s always something! As a columnist, that comes in handy, as then I don’t have to think too much. Stop…
Albert Einstein proved that the faster you go, the less you’ll age compared with those you left at home. This…
In June, I wrote a column about accepting I’d have to physically retire from directing and producing my own…
Helicopters were whirling in my brain. Turns out, it was a solitary police one. Though it was another hot night,…
Maybe I should have called this one “Short and Sharp 2.” Yes, I’ve had another relapse, following my last…
It all started on the hottest day of the year here in the U.K. My phone said it was 99…
Strap in: This is not going to be a fun one. Even less so for me — though I’m writing…
For an espoused leftie, you might be surprised that I’ve always had the brush of the rugged individualist about me.
In the U.K., stand-up comedy is currently dead. Like Python’s parrot, it “wouldn’t move if you put 4,000 volts…
In this case, the woman in question was yet again my wife, Jane. The hour in question was 4 p.m.
Yup, it’s the annual whinge about what heat does to most of us, this time livened up by a…
Last Wednesday my days of rest suddenly smashed to a halt. At one point it seemed like the majority of…
It hasn’t been that quiet in my surrounding world! Last week there was a crow fight so loud in our…
Ah, it’s not the blank page that all writers fear that I’m worried about. Those days have long left me.
“At the center of it all” is the dignity of allowing myself to retire with grace. And it only…
It was 4 a.m. and a crisis was brewing. I knew that this time, I’d be a nincompoop if I…
This column will be short as I am quite ill. That’s nothing too unusual for those of us with MS.
Hi there. It’s me, typing again on my very ownsome! For the last two weeks, I’ve been too ill…
My stomach is grumbling. I’ve just had the worst weekend ever. And that includes when I had my first sclerosis…
I’ve never done this before, but I’m dictating this column to my wife. She has many attributes, among them being…
So far, this week has been horrible, but I’ll give that a brief mention later. The truth ain’t pretty, nor…
I knew a urinary tract infection (UTI) had come a visiting again. I’m now attuned to the slightest hint, like…