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An update from day 68 in hospital...
15 October 2026
A further health update...
7 September 2026
What's that sound?
6 September 2026
Feed, Infection Control, Fluid Overload
17 August 2026
Admission, meds, vascular access...
11 August 2026
Thinking About Dogs
17 April 2026
The NHS Can Never Fail: There Is No Circumstance Where It Would Be Deemed Overwhelmed
20 March 2026
It's been ten years...
23 January 2026
Trying out the Nurosym vagus nerve stimulator for a couple of weeks
24 August 2025
My conflicted thoughts on the UK's assisted dying bill
14 October 2024
Why it's worth avoiding as many viruses/common colds as possible: mine led to permanent disability
7 October 2024
Rollercoaster days
12 September 2024
How long have I got, doc?
14 June 2024
Betting against the future
21 February 2024
On Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Things Most People Don't Know About It
14 January 2024
Points mean prizes
8 September 2023
New wheels
6 September 2023
On pain and subjectivity
7 May 2023
How do you get access to antivirals on the NHS CDMU system and does it work?
19 December 2022
I had Evusheld privately in the UK
2 November 2022
The politics of peer review and preprints in the real world
10 October 2022
It's Tricky
29 August 2022
A glimmer of hope
1 August 2022
How YOU can help people still shielding
5 May 2022
The Current State of Evusheld (tixagevimab/cilgavimab) in the UK
28 April 2022
On life, death, dignity, and Dignitas
11 December 2021
Abandoning restrictions should not mean abandoning the vulnerable. We need policies to help those who remain at risk.
5 July 2021
Shielding is being eased again. Here's why this is so frightening.
18 March 2021
On healthcare economics and valuing lives
21 January 2021
How much optimism?
18 January 2021
Attempted realistic observations on 2021
7 January 2021
Rethinking assessment during the pandemic, particularly re. disability equality
18 August 2020
The easing of shielding: the UK government's abrogation of responsibility
24 June 2020
Notes on vulnerability and COVID-19
28 May 2020
The new REF individual circumstances setup: the good and the bad
12 December 2019
Immunity problems
4 October 2019
How do you describe this kind of illness?
28 May 2019
On music, life, Tici Taci, and a new release
29 March 2019
My autoimmune diseases are attacking my ears and I am losing my hearing
20 November 2017
Open access in a time of illness
7 April 2016
I have suffered from an episode of cerebral vasculitis and a stroke
28 March 2016
On ten years of chronic illness
13 February 2016
The Rhetoric of "Fighting" Illness and Disability
25 May 2011
Alternative/Complementary Medicine and Mass Anecdotal Evidence as Theological in Structure
1 December 2010