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Introducing Mr I.T. Geek and Mary Migraines Chin Hairs.

Let me just set the scene: it’s a Wednesday morning, I’m on my first bucket of tea (yes, a bucket), Mary Migraine is lurking somewhere in the shadows like a nosy neighbour, and grandchild number four has kindly shared their latest superbug with me. I have a cough and a sore throat. “Have grandkids,” they […]

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Title: Results Day: Bladdergate & The NHS Circus (Yesterday’s Letter Re-Written)

Dearest readers, accidental clickers, and people who just like a bit of British medical mayhem, brace yourselves. It’s Results Day, aka “The Grand Reveal”, aka “Will I Cry in the Hospital Car Park Again It’s been six weeks of living in a soap opera written by someone on too much NHS prescription cough syrup. The […]

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Title: Dazzle Dutchess Debbie and the Lasagne Lunch of Champions

It’s another classic Friday Lunch Club at the community centre, where glamour meets chaos, and the aroma of ambition (mainly garlic and bubbling cheese) fills the air. Dazzle Dutchess Debbie, armed with her apron and a spatula that could double as a baton, is orchestrating a lasagne operation that would make Gordon Ramsay cry tears […]

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Living the Dream (and Driving the Nurses Mad)

It’s the fourth day out here in the middle of nowhere, and it is fucking lovely! Matthew is healing nicely, getting plenty of rest, and miracle of miracles, actually letting himself recover. Meanwhile, I’m not just writing this blog; I’m officially starting to transfer it into a publishing file. That’s right, Screw Cancer: Rodger the […]

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Shitflix, Tea, And Waiting For Lab Results

It’s Monday morning. Normally, at this point, I’d be embarking on the noble ritual of getting ready for work, solving the community’s issues, and solving problems like the fucking awesome sauce leader I am.  However, NOT TODAY!  Yes! My dear reader, I am not going into work this morning. Instead, I am in a holiday […]

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HOLIDAY MODE: ACTIVATED… SORT OF.

It’s Raining, But We Are Still Smiling!12 Glorious Days OFF.Phone notifications: OFF. Stress: OFF. Bra: also OFF.I came to the holiday cottage to do absolutely fuck-all, and so far that doing fuck all is going so well. Yesterday the two sausage security guards were in their hi-vis and tiny cowboy hats taking up 90% of […]

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Breakfast Tuesday: Toby’s Bottomless Brunch and Meet Rodney the Chicken.

I didn’t work the Breakfast Tuesday shift this week because I was on Nanna duty with Toby. But from what I heard, the team served over 30 people! At this rate, they’ll need to hire a full-time chicken just to keep up; maybe give it a little chef’s hat and call it Rodney the chicken. […]

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Rodger the Dodger: The Case of the Leaky Kettle and the Mighty Morphine Power Stranger.

Right, gather round, dear readers, for another episode of Rodger the Dodger, because apparently, the Universe thinks my life is prime-time comedy. Yesterday was Friday (thank you, small mercies), and after Friday Fitness,  I was ready to melt into the sofa and become one with the upholstery. Complete, unapologetic exhaustion. But no, of course not. […]

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Grief is a universal language that we all speak.

Grief is an emotion and sad feeling that the whole of humanity can connect with. We can all agree that at some stage in our lives we have lost somebody we loved, or somebody close to us. We can all understand that deep sadness that grief leaves behind and agree that we feel shock, disbelief and sadness.

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