Tag: health

  • I Quit And Stayed Quit

    It’s been awhile since I’ve quit smoking, and it never ceases to amaze me how easily I quit and how quickly I quit. I was lucky though. My wife and I were both heavy smokers, going through roughly a pack a day at the peak. It must have been terrible for non-smoking visitors to come…

  • Sick Of The Flu

    There has to be several strains of flu going around, and there has to be an epidemic with one or all of them. I cannot possibly be sick for so many weeks – getting better then getting sick again. My upper respiratory tract is having its own Groundhog Day. GP clinic waiting rooms are packed,…

  • What are you taking for your “flu” that won’t go away?

    I went to the doctor’s yesterday for the sixth time in 2 months, and he doesn’t seem too concerned that I’ve made so many trips for the same problem. He thinks I’ve been infected by several different strains of flu, and quite possibly, with H1N1 as well. I’ve been on three courses of an antibiotic…

  • Two kinds of horror

    I got diaper duty Sunday afternoon when we were at Paragon because Naomi was busy at some shop – so Kai and I made our way to the diaper change room at level 5 to get him cleaned up. He knows the drill, and he’s familiar with the change room, which is small, functional, and…

  • The other day

    I took my father for his monthly check up at Gleneagles, and being the way he is, my father is usually very sian about his monthly check ups. Probably from not knowing what the doctor will say, probably from expecting the doctor to say that his condition has deteriorated. While we were sitting waiting for…