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Find out more about my consensus-based technology at Crowd Wisdom Project

Health

Tory Contenders and Covid Deaths

Reflecting on the shameful vote this week by the majority of Tory MPs to support disgraced Tory MP Owen Paterson, and then for the Government’s immediate volte-face, my sense is [...]

Tory Contenders and Covid Deaths2021-11-05T13:17:40+00:00

Dysautonomia 2: The Sequel

When your daughter theoretically starts to design the colour scheme for my custom-made electric wheelchair (I have not ordered one, for clarity), to enable me to attend her dance performance, [...]

Dysautonomia 2: The Sequel2021-09-30T00:02:11+01:00

On Wasps, On CBT, On Oxbridge, On Change   

As a six-year-old, I had a crush on a classmate. I’ll refer to her as ‘S’. One pleasant summer’s day, our family went on a walk, along a former railway [...]

On Wasps, On CBT, On Oxbridge, On Change   2021-09-27T21:46:25+01:00

The Good Thing About Suspected Heart-Attacks 

Although my robust heart has seen me through a lifetime of sport, including two marathons, this last six months she has become increasingly unruly. In the week that my umpteenth [...]

The Good Thing About Suspected Heart-Attacks 2021-08-15T20:45:26+01:00

Tears For Fears

Men like me don’t cry: we aren’t supposed to cry. But we do. I do. I have, and I will. Four times in the last week I have been moved [...]

Tears For Fears2021-08-09T20:49:07+01:00

Surely, we can do better than this, right?

Wired-up to a portable ECG monitor whilst I type, I feel like a hybrid human-cyborg. Doubtless this state-of-the art gizmo is cleverly reading all the electrical signals going to my [...]

Surely, we can do better than this, right?2021-08-01T01:10:30+01:00

A New Vocation

This chronic illness lark is like having a new job. So many appointments to attend. So many biological readings to document. So much research to undertake:   a never-ending, insurmountable amount [...]

A New Vocation2021-07-29T23:16:38+01:00

Get Well Soon?

Chronic conditions are the hardest to treat - as the prophetical Seth Godin just blogged here – simply because we don’t pay them sufficient energy. This is not just true [...]

Get Well Soon?2021-07-18T13:17:00+01:00

Diagnosis: Dysautonomia

(This is written primarily for my kids, and for me) Dysautonomia is my diagnosis. I hadn’t heard of it, either. Essentially, it’s a syndrome – a collection of symptoms with [...]

Diagnosis: Dysautonomia2021-06-09T11:35:40+01:00
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