Bren K30's blog

I start typing these little epistles with a clear idea of what I intend to put in and before I know it off I go at a complete tangent. The blog posts end up like one of Billy Connolly's stories, you know when he goes off on different subjects before eventually getting back to the point. So now the title gets added at the end when I peruse the thing and see what ended up in here. Today was my MRI scan so about 10 minutes…

After spending frustrating hours trawling through site after site looking for travel insurance I have finally got the price down just below £1000 for an 18 day trip to Florida next year for my son's wedding. I'm already fuming because the price for me is about £230 dearer because of booking a single room, and the flight and hotel alone has come to £929. "That's easy! says my son. "You just get somebody to go with you…

August is usually a quiet month on the work front, and just as well really because I worked myself to a frazzle in July. In previous years, before the c word, I spent most of the months between May and September hurtling around Europe with a load of Indian passengers (that's asian not red btw) so it's strange to be here. But travel insurance, post surgery, for a policy covering work is astronomical, and with a load of…

I've just spent the morning at the breast clinic and my head is up my nether regions. To make a short story long, I was examined by my GP for swelling and pain in the tissue of my left breast. he ordered blood tests and one of the things he asked for tests for is a condition called Gynaecostia. the results for that came back negative, and he then referred me to the breast clinic. After a (too long) wait my appointment…

Well I still feel like the Average White band after Tuesdays visit to the orthopaedic clinic. I was, in my mind, turning up for an MRI scan, That is what I had been referred to them for, but no that's much too straight forward it seems. Just to refresh, I have been bouncing in and out of the local PCOS, which I worked out to mean primary care orthopaedic service, being pulled and pushed in all directions whilst they…