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Life Happened: Pumpkins Exploding Everywhere

Posted on October 31, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last Monday marked a year and a day since my osteotomy, so on Monday 24 October 2015, I started the day about 8.30am, by moving from my bed to my sofa via a wash and a change of pyjamas. Yes, my … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Busy but you don’t know it

Posted on October 24, 2016 by nicdempsey

This week was supposed to be prosaic and a bit dull. After last week’s coughing frenzy, I wanted a quiet, easy week and I thought that’s what I got but as it turned out, it was quite eventful, it was … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Harder to breathe

Posted on October 17, 2016 by nicdempsey

Monday started with a trip to the doctors for a spirometry test. The good news is that I don’t have lung disease, but the nurse said that the results were classic asthma, my peak flow was lower than it ought to … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Time with the boys

Posted on October 10, 2016 by nicdempsey

So the news this week was that work was tricky because I’m still wheezing and coughing. The coughing is the worst because once it starts it’s hard to stop, twice this week, I’ve coughed so much I’ve thrown up. It’s … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Into October

Posted on October 3, 2016 by nicdempsey

I went from a busy weekend to a busy week. For most people, or even my 20-something self, this wasn’t a busy week but migraine fortnight was upon me and it seemed like there was a lot to do. I … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: The only way out is through

Posted on September 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

Honestly the only good thing that can be said about last week was that no-one died. It’s been a week full of petty annoyance. I got knocked off my feet by a guy not looking where he was going, a … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: September Heatwave

Posted on September 19, 2016 by nicdempsey

For some reason known only to the climate, it got very warm in the south-east last week. Warm weather never lasts long in England but three days in a row of 31C weather is unusual and in London during a commute, … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Hot

Posted on July 25, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week, the hot weather hit, I did a lot of watering and everyone was tired. And that was about it. This is not to say it was a bad week, it was a good week and a better weekend … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Burnt

Posted on July 18, 2016 by nicdempsey

This week was another normal week for me. I was on top of work but it was busy, I worked from home on Friday and over the weekend we had amazing weather. Ma and I worked really hard on Saturday and … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Snatching positivity from the jaws of a bad week

Posted on July 11, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week did not feel like like a good week but it wasn’t actually all that bad. It absolutely had it’s moments but some of those moments were pretty good. I had three trips to the allotment. For watering and … Continue reading →

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