Category Archives: Sick

Self Care for Season Affective Disorder

Posted on September 10, 2019 by nicdempsey

September is not my favourite month, even on its warmer days, there’s a chill in the morning and evenings and over the course of the month we lose two hours of daylight. Which for people like me who are seasonally … Continue reading →

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York

Posted on June 25, 2019 by nicdempsey

The York trip was one of those brilliant ideas Ma and I have sometimes. She was driving to Scotland for a holiday and said that she was thinking of breaking the journey and from there a plan evolved. I’d come … Continue reading →

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Cold Cures

Posted on March 20, 2018 by nicdempsey

I feel that I get more than my fair share of colds but apparently the average adult gets two to four a year and it’s been two and half months since I had the last one. Mind you that lasted … Continue reading →

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The Annual Cold

Posted on December 19, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’ve been full of cold over the last two weekends and it seems as though it’s going to last into Christmas.This cold seems to have bought it’s friend, hacking cough, along too. Any of you that have been following along … Continue reading →

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My immune system is basically worthless

Posted on April 13, 2016 by nicdempsey

I have another cold. I thought I was doing fine, I would work through it, sleep, take the drugs, and it’d be over in a couple of days. You know what that was folks? Hubris. I spent yesterday in bed, throat … Continue reading →

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The New Normal

Posted on January 6, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week, I started to wear trainers on both feet. I was hoping that it would be time to say goodbye to the special boot, sock and crutch!I didn’t expect that it would take so long to recover from the osteotomy … Continue reading →

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The Cough of Doom

Posted on June 17, 2015 by nicdempsey

My immune system must be in actual bits because I’ve caught something (again) and all I’ve done over the last couple of days is cough and cough and cough and cough….It’s not been a fun and happy time, I carry … Continue reading →

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The Cold that will not die and other things I’m not happy about…

Posted on February 3, 2015 by nicdempsey

Ok it’s official, this cold will not go away…I’m now on the third week of feeling grotty. I have a sore chest, coughing fits and am bunged up, in fact at night when I turn over, I’m woken up by … Continue reading →

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Catching up..

Posted on April 23, 2014 by nicdempsey

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m broken. There is the mysterious rash that is still on my chest and still mysterious. There is my back that decided that working was not something it … Continue reading →

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Winter is Coming

Posted on August 29, 2013 by nicdempsey

I know that it’s not quite the end of August but the nights are drawing in and this week in the office we’ve been talking about having to put the lights on in the morning to get dressed and put … Continue reading →

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