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New Knee or not New Knee? That is the question

10th February 2026 Going Postal 0

I have an old Collins Sporting Diary from 1971. Quite why I have kept it, I don’t know. In amongst the entries about how bossy my sister was, that I’d asked Chi-Chi to go to [more…]

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A View From A Hospital Bed; Folk (Nowt So Queer As Edition)

11th November 2025 Colin Cross 0

It’s the waiting that gets to you. I’d arrived, as requested, at 7am and was escorted to a curtained cubicle. The people looking after me, although my needs were minimal at this time, were all [more…]

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A Truncated View (Truly) From The Greenhouse; A Better Life (Part 2)

28th October 2025 Colin Cross 0

By the time my loyal reader gets around to reading this shorter than usual missive, I should be the proud owner of a brand new left hip. I take nothing for granted, but I’ve lost [more…]

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Total knee replacement

18th January 2024 Going Postal 0

The NHS will be playing no part whatsoever in this article Background or “Why should anyone care about your bloody knee?” A few weeks ago I asked the question on GP whether anyone had any [more…]

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