Category Health and Wellbeing

Cotton Buds

Every box of cotton buds comes with instructions that they should not be stuck in people’s ears. I find this absolutely amazing. For they are the only everyday item that springs to mind where the product warning describes exactly what…

The Weigh In

Here’s a tongue in cheek one for you today. I thought that I’d spell that out in advance. Slowly, slowly, despite today’s nice elephant photo, my weight is going down. Experts say that’s the way to do it but I…

HRT Update

Time for a HRT update three months on from when I was first prescribed a cocktail of oestrogen and progesterone. So how’s it gone? Well I’m normally a happy little soul so let’s get the negative out of the way…

Bad Diet Day

Here’s my ultimate dessert dream from childhood, an illustration from The Cat In The Hat Dictionary Beginner Book a very well thumbed volume from my early years and still available now.  This funny clever book would be an ideal gift for…

Faux Covid

I’ve been physically poorly this week. I put it down to ‘Faux Covid’. I mainlined lateral flow tests but they all came back as negative. Thank goodness for scheduling posts ahead! Yesterday was the first day that I felt somewhere…