Good afternoon fellow downhillers. My consultant has just rang to say my MRI scan carried out last week shows no change it is stable. I am so chuffed, admit was worried as head had been hurting recently but possibly due to my medication. My consultant says he will book new appointment for March and then …
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Morning/afternoon/evening (delete as appropriate). How is everyone keeping in this time of gloom and despondency? I hope you are all going ok. What news from me well, unfortunately one of our cats had to put to sleep at the vets last Monday due to a tumour that had spread to her brain, I know f@*#ing …
And so it goes
Good morning downhillers. I know been aeons since my last comments have been published. I hope is ok and keeping well. What news during this apocalypse. Well appointments are being rescheduled from consultation face to face to over the phone, how do you diagnose something over the phone. I have a further MRI on 16 …
MRI latest
Hi downhillers I know been aeons since my last post first and foremost sorry. Have my most recent MRI scan on 1st September and today the nurse rang me to say no change its stable and will arrange another MRI for 3 months time. So yippee 🥳 life goes on. How is everyone keeping? What …
Good news
Hi fellow GB downhillers. Well the nurse rang me yesterday and said there has been no change on my last MRI and no further signs so chuffed with that. Next MRI is sometime in September. I have also taken up painting (commissions taken), but only paint blue sky and sea so dont expect a Vermeer …
Latest news
Good morning my fellow downhillers. I hope everyone is well? I had my MRI scan yesterday, face mask and had to go in alone. First attempt to insert needle into my vein failed miserably, second one successfully completed, however left bruises on both arms. I have to wait now for the results, (whenever that is). …
Life is what it is ……
Hi downhillers. Hope everyone is ok? Everybody’s life is on hold with this virus and that is not good for us select few with underlying conditions. So how do we get over this boredom threshold? The cornflakes jigsaw lasted one breakfast and I ate my finished article. Tasty but it was never going to make …
Lockdown
Hi everyone. I hope you are obeying government guidelines regarding self isolation. How am I, probably the same as everyone else bored. I may or may not previously mentioned my MRI was supposed to have been carried out on 3th April but as my wife and daughter had a cough I cancelled it to be …
Latest news
Hi fellow downhillers. I hope you are all keeping safe and isolating. If you are all like me you must be totally bored not being able to see family and friends. I can only watch so much TV without getting bored. It’s bad enough we are the people who are classed as vulnerable and we …
Treatment during this crisis
Good afternoon fellow downhillers, apologies for time between postings. So where am I? Well I had my bloods carried out on Monday and my nurse spotted me in the clinic and said have your bloods done and go straight home, however in these turbulent times we needed food shopping. The theatres and concert venues are …
Brain Man 