Allergy Testing
Allergy testing has been on my ‘to-do’ list for about 20 years. I’ve always suspected that I’m allergic to pollen and maybe milk too. When I was able to eat I used to avoid dairy products as they made me feel ill, and in my youth I was regularly prescribed an inhaler for hay fever. […]
A New Hickman Line
As I’ve mentioned many times on this site, I can’t eat normal food so instead liquid food is pumped into my body through tubes. Unfortunately those tubes have a limited lifespan and one of mine recently failed. A Hickman line is a long piece of silicone tubing which is inserted through the skin on your […]
A Blog Makeover
The sharp eyed among you may have noticed my blog looks a bit different today. I think I’m known as a stylish and contemporary kind of guy 😀, but this style update was totally forced on me. The company who make the software for this blog decided to phase out some of their older products, […]
Are All Administration Sets Sterile?
A slightly different style of blog post for you today. At a stretch you could call it ‘investigative journalism’, although some might think ‘paranoid rant’ is more accurate. Either way this issue was an annoying problem for me for a while so it seemed appropriate to write about it. Intrigued? Here’s my rant… Unfortunately I […]
Applying for a Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
I’ve been physically incapable of work since I was in my early twenties. Obviously I’d have far far preferred to be healthy and earning money, but you need to feed and clothe yourself and I’ve always had health related expenses too, so since then I’ve had no choice but to claim state benefits. I’m hardly proud […]