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  • Post 236: Throbbing pains in lumber and groin!

    Mr U
    Post 236: Throbbing pains in lumber and groin! Vital statistics: Temp: Normal but some hot bedsweats BP: perfectly normal. Weight: steady, but no appetite Hair: Needs a trim in a couple of weeks. Anything else: Steadily going down hill. Looking fo...

  • Post 235: How much pain is too much pain.

    Mr U
    Post 235: How much pain is too much pain. We enjoyed a mince pie meeting with my surrogate mother’s new boyfriend — the 81-year-old who didn’t look a day over 70. He told us, in passing, that his family have old-growing bones: a 10...

  • Post 234: Young, free but not single.

    Mr U
    Post 234: Young, free but not single. Less than a week ago I opted to be youngish, freeish, but never single. It was a determined effort to keep away from anything to do with hospitals, tests and phone calls about my health. So here I am, not even...

  • Post 233: Another bad night and an A&E morning.

    Mr U
    Post 233: Another bad night and an A&E morning. The last thing anyone wants is another day of woe because of pain that simply refuses to shift—but that’s exactly what I got. By 2 a.m. I was ready to call it quits and ask for help. S...

  • Post 232: I want to do more — but I can’t.

    Mr U
    Post 232: I want to do more — but I can’t. Last night’s bed-rest was the lousiest I’ve had in ages—pain between a 6 and a 9, and comfort stuck at a solid 9. These aren’t scales I usually think in, but the last ti...
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