​Greetings everyone and welcome to this very very overdue update. My last post was back at the end of February when I had not long returned home from The Christie hospital in Manchester. Following a massive operation I felt sore and pretty ill but I was also really optimistic that my protracted health problems might finally be coming to an end. Sadly things haven’t quite worked out like that and I know I’ve been very quiet online since. Many people have been asking via Twitter, Facebook, email and other means just what’s happening. I hope I can clear that up today. Also, it’s 26 hours to the end of 2016 as I sit down to write this and it seems a good time to reflect on a year most people are quite happy to leave behind. Read more ›

Hello everyone, I’m back!!! Well, partially back I suppose. I just wanted to write a quick update to let you all know that I’m at home now recovering from my operation and all went as well as could be expected. At this early stage all indications are that I could be healthier than I’ve been in over a decade but it’s going to take a long time to recover. There were a few unexpected events during the operation which left me with a drain in my chest for a few days, I wasn’t expecting that but I don’t have the energy to explain it all now. Maybe I will in future. The important thing to remember is it went really well, the surgeon seems really happy and he was practically dancing when I saw him the day after the operation.

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Hello! As that Nirvana song goes “all apologies”. It doesn’t look like I’ll have time to post my Pixel C review before my operation now. I’m actually sat here in the Christie hospital in Manchester writing this and the ward has wifi. How cool is that? I’ve already written over 2000 words of the follow up to my last post, the server story. I hope to post it tonight perhaps before my operation tomorrow but who knows whether that will happen. I’ll do my best. In the last 2 or 3 weeks I thought I’d have more time but there’s just been so much stuff to sort out. Read more ›

Hello all, we meet again. In my last post I said I’d be writing about technology here in the future rather than my ongoing health saga. As the title of this post suggests though, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”. Here’s some info on the quote. I was recently informed by The Christie that they are postponing my operation with less than a week to go. I was due to be admitted on Jan 13th and now that’s been put back to Feb 10th, with the actual operation to take place on Feb 11th.
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A Date At Last

Hello all, I have some exciting news. It’s been a long time since I’ve had cause to use this sentence but… I’ve got a date! Sadly in this context I’m only referring to a date for my upcoming surgery. I’ll be going under the knife at The Christie in Manchester on January 14th 2016. Not far away. Read more ›