The Tate Is Closing
I have just received this e-mail from the Tate, where I am a member.
It is not unexpected. |
A New Slant On A Bring A Bottle Party!
I was talking to a friend last night and she gave me a new slant on a bring a bottle party!
Her son, turned up for supper and he brought his own toilet paper with him!
Times change!
Advice On COVID-19 From The Christie Hospital In Manchester.
This is a comment on COV-19 Isn’t Good For Chuggers.
I am not surprised. although I won’t be seeing many chuggers. Was at Christie this morning and the dept I was in are telling their patients to stay indoors as much as possible and keep washing our hands. Avoid shopping centres, department stores, restaurants, sports stadia, etc, but we can go on walks in the open air if we aren’t close up to people. I did say that is difficult and boring, he pointed out that it is better than the alternative.
Surely, the Christie would know what they are doing!
As Fraser would say! “We’re all doomed!”
Isis Issues Coronavirus Travel Advice: Terrorists Should Avoid Europe
The title of this cost is the same as this article on the Sunday Times.
This is the introductory paragraph.
The Isis terrorist group is steering clear of Europe because of the coronavirus. Having previously urged its supporters to attack European cities, the group is now advising members to “stay away from the land of the epidemic” in case they become infected.
I think on balance, this could be a good thing, given that Iran doesn’t seem to be very successful in controlling the coronavirus.
My Past Is Worrying Me!
It must have been in the early 1970s, when I was acting as a mathematical-modelling consultant.
I was asked to do some modelling by a major drug company of the propagation of a virus through the UK population.
Their aim was to show how serious these pandemics could be and they wanted to get substantial grants from the Government to fund various lines of research.
With their data and the model I built, we were able to show how a dangerous pandemic could evolve.
But I never found out how successful they were in obtaining the money needed to start the research!
It does look like this pandemic could be the one that researchers at the company were predicting nearly fifty years ago.
Micturition Syncope
It is now appearing that I most likely suffered from micturition syncope.
This is from Wikipedia.
Micturition syncope or post-micturition syncope is the name given to the human phenomenon of fainting shortly after or during urination. The underlying cause is not fully understood but it may be a result of vasovagal response, postural hypotension, or a combination thereof.
People often become pale, lightheaded, nauseated, sweaty and weak before they lose consciousness. Sometimes defecating, coughing, or severe vomiting may cause fainting in a similar way.
In some ways I think I have been lucky. This picture was taken forty-eight hours after I fell.
I’m looking and feeling a bit better now!
Daily Bulletin – March 7th, 2020
I seem to be getting weaker in my left leg every morning.
Look at this picture of my left toes.
They are all dry with the nails in a bad way.
This second picture shows how the left foot is redder than the right.
I’ve noticed this before in my life and I certainly have a problem with my left knee, which I told my doctor about three months ago. As he suggested it, I now wear a support bandage, which doesn’t seem to help much.
Could it be that the reason I fell last Friday night was that the knee just gave up?
Blood Pressure
I’ve just measured it at 08:10. It was 132/47/75.
An Aside On My Physical Health
Every morning and evening until I had the fall, I used to do twelve sets of physical exercises; including press-ups, Superman stretches and arm openings. I used to finish by standing for twenty seconds straight on each leg.
I can still do the right leg for twenty seconds, but I can’t do more than a few on the left without support.
Is The COVID-19 Having An Affect On Lending At Zopa?
I lend money on Zopa and at the moment no-one seems to be borrowing any money.
I put some of my pension in my lending pot into the peer-to-peer lender each month and it’s still there sitting safely in the queue for a borrower.
Perhaps everybody is being cautious because of the COVID-19 alert
A Medical Bulletin On Myself
About two on Saturday morning, I got out of bed to go to the toilet and tripped into the en-suite bathroom causing myself a head injury. I also cut my hand, but what on I do not know! I suspect, that I knocked myself out and when I woke up, my bedroom and living room was like a murder scene with blood everywhere.
The Royal London patched me up, putting a large plaster on my left hand and I stayed Saturday night in the hospital.
My son brought me home on Sunday and I slept that night at home.
On Monday, the cleaners tidied up the mess.
Tuesday, I called 999 again, as I was on the point of falling over and the Royal London found my blood pressure was low, when I stood up. It had been like that, when I had my stroke in Hong Kong and they had to resort to using old-fashioned mercury blood pressure meters.
There was no extra damage and I came home in a taxi.
I’m a bit more normal today, although I seem very sleepy and my INR is just 1.2. 111 told me to start Warfarin yesterday. Which I did!
I shall watch the football on the television and go to bed tonight.
Will I Get Coronavirus?
Everybody is saying that washing hands regularly in soap and water, is the best defence against the coronavirus.
How do I wash this hand?
Wish great difficulty, I assume.
All Boots could sell me was a packet of Milton Baby Wipes.
Let’s hope they work.
The Anonymous Widower 