Diary of a Survivor

Freedom Day hasn't changed much for those of us with cancer problems, and somehow things aren't clear - friends are still reluctant to join crowds and so am I. We aren't clear about when and why we should or shouldn't wear masks;  if we should or shouldn't meet up...

During lockdown, I've enjoyed watching old TV series I missed first time round. I remember the days when one was actually out at a party, or having a meal with friends, so missed them first time. Settling down for an orgy of old TV shows, I turned on Yes Minister!...

Let me be blunt. It's hard enough handling cancer problems, without having to put up with incompetence from bureaucrats.  Paid a fortune, yet they step away from problems without a care for the consequences.  I have been trying to get the anti-covid vaccination since...

When Tony Blair was an aspiring MP, he gave a speech to newspaper Editors about 'photo opportunities'.  Up until that time, no-one had thought much about the science behind these pictures - but he and his team were to suss out every possible advantage to be gained...

Events organisers are back in business, targetting NHS Trusts.  These Trusts are one of the biggest buyers of their services, as most have an unlimited budget for these events, such as the latest entitled New Deal for the NHS. STOP!  WE DON'T need any more New Deals. ...

I never win anything - except once at a very smart Ball I won a year's supply of deodorant, my raucous friends thought this very funny,  but I've won nothing meaningful.  Until this Christmas Eve, when Dave our postman called up to me to say he had a special...

In today's complex world, when our leaders don't even know what is the law - or even abide by it - I found this update on the Commandments; it seems to make more sense than rules which change every day.  I quite like Nos. 1 and 3  - to be repeated when dealing with...

Yet another scandal hits the NHS, this time contained in the Cumberlege Report, covering investigations into Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh, and chaired by Baroness Cumberlege.   Taking its title from The Hippocratic Oath, ... First, Do No Harm - it paints...

Currently the media is full of comment about relaxing regulations around lockdown. But, if we have successfully self-isolated, and probably developed a new way of life, there is nothing to say we have to revert back to how we were before.  If we are worried about...