Freedom day it was supposed to be. The end of lockdown 2 officially arrived at 12.01am to be replaced with Tier 3. Our MPs huffed and puffed including bids to decouple towns from cities lumped together now for simplicity, bugger the consequences. Today I can go to the gym, tomorrow I will play tennis againContinue reading “Can I take back my clap for the NHS?”
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I’m running out of patience with all the negative news
Struggled to drag myself out of bed this morning. It was another restless night’s sleep hampered by this totally unexplained knot of anxiety in my lower abdomen keeping me awake. After two hours of just lying there after Mrs Jones left for work I finally motivated myself to get out of bed and go forContinue reading “I’m running out of patience with all the negative news”
The care sector tragedy we could have avoided
I know a bit about the care sector. Over the years my business has provided marketing services to a number of public, private and charitable organisations looking after vulnerable older people. I’ve got a close friend and a family member who work in care homes and last week I learned of an elderly relative who’dContinue reading “The care sector tragedy we could have avoided”
In the midst of the virus, life goes on.
Yesterday morning my Dad rang to break the news that his partner of two years had been diagnosed with “terminal cancer”. She’s not long turned ninety so both she and my Dad have been self-isolating. She was alone when she was given the news and he was alone when she gave him the news inContinue reading “In the midst of the virus, life goes on.”
I’ve signed up to be an NHS Volunteer Responder
I got personally thanked by the Prime Minister yesterday and in the same breath he mentioned my home city, Coventry. I’ve joined the huge army of NHS Volunteer Responders who have signed up to support NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. At the point he did his press conference about 325,000 volunteers – the population ofContinue reading “I’ve signed up to be an NHS Volunteer Responder”
I gave blood and it felt good
I bled for England yesterday. I made a blood donation, something I’ve been doing now for four years. It all started when I was diagnosed with Haemochromatosis, an inherited condition where iron levels in the body slowly build up over many years. If left untreated it can damage your liver, kidney, joints, pancreas and heartContinue reading “I gave blood and it felt good”