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A Life Changing Event

3rd March 2025 Going Postal 0

On Tuesday 11th February at 08:10, I had a heart attack. The alarm had gone off at 07:30, downstairs, I made tea for myself and Mrs. 10210, bringing it back upstairs. We sat in bed [more…]

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The Days of ‘Our’ NHS Are Over

21st August 2023 Going Postal 0

Have you noticed something? Whether it is the nurses, who are no longer striking, the junior doctors, about to spend three days on the picket line in pursuit of their 35% pay claim, or the [more…]

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Misdiagnosis

12th May 2021 Going Postal 0

It was 05:45 on a Wednesday morning, in the spring of 2012, when my radio alarm woke me up at my normal time to get ready for work. I immediately realised something was badly wrong. [more…]

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Euthanasia Machine

22nd April 2019 Guardian Council 0

It all started innocently enough with my dad. Namely, with a botched Chinese take away for his 79th anniversary. He got so badly over it he had to go to hospital and had to stay [more…]

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