13 January 2011
Lucy from Papworth hospital, kindly dropped in early this morning to readjust the respirator. Hopefully, when I try it  to night it will be a little more efficient. I must say I am extremely impressed with the service given by this particular hospital over what must be irritating little problems for them which, in a […]
12 January 2011
The first night with the new respiratory mask proved to be a bit of a nightmare. With the humidifier fitted the moist air seemed heavier and more difficult to breathe. Whenever I attempted to turn over, for example, I found myself gasping for air. We telephoned Lucy early this morning and she kindly agreed to […]
11 January 2011
Dr Lort, my GP, kindly telephoned this afternoon to give me the results of the four recent blood tests that Clare, the district nurse, carried out. The PSA was practically zero, which is good news confirming that the prostate cancer has not returned or spread. Two of the other test were to do with bone […]
10 January 2011
Just after midnight last night there was a power cut, or at least that’s what I thought. My wireless cut out but fortunately the emergency battery on the respirator kicked in. but in doing so set off the alarm which rang continuously all night, in my ears, I imagine something akin to tinnitus (continuous ringing […]
9 January 2011
Yesterday, I received a cuttingly sarcastic e-mail from a fellow committee member. You know what they say about sarcasm being the lowest form of wit but nevertheless it can be hurtful. My immediate response was to write back in an equally sharp manner which, of course, gets neither of us anywhere. The mature thing to […]
8 January 2011
I very quickly received a comment from one of my most faithful readers yesterday that not only did she not find yesterday’s joke offensive but actually enjoying it, so it couldn’t have been too bad. I was listening, during the night, to a programme about the European Single Farm Subsidies paid to farmers and whilst […]
7 January 2011
Apologies about yesterday’s joke, it could be said to be a bit ;near the knuckle’. Having written that I was curious to know the origin of this idilom. It is said that a joke is ‘near the knuckle’ if it refers to sex and therefore might be offensive to some people. In other words, in […]
6 January 2011
A record breaking period. Apparently it has been the coldest December since records began over 100 years ago but on the other hand it has been the warmest year for the last 50 years. Certainly something is happening to our climate whether through human intervention causing global warming, a change in the Jet stream due […]
5 January 2011
I suppose I must start with the daily dose of cricket. Don’t worry folks there’s only two days to go before the end of this particular series, but what a wonderful two days they should prove to be. England resumed batting overnight and only lost three further wickets during the whole of the day’s session, […]
4 January 2011
Another slightly uncomfortable night, alleviated, to some extent, by the cricket commentary from Australia. I mentioned the problem of my arms and legs are getting weaker and this is making it much more difficult to turn over in bed which I need to do to take the pressure off the painful shoulder or other joints. […]
D. Mark Cato
D. Mark Cato