Month: August 2007

The last treatment of 14 or so days worth of acupuncture and acupressure arrives.  My knees are better, I’ve lost a few pounds, I sleep well, my infection is cured.  And I am happy this is the last session for a while, as a two hour chunk out of every day  has become onerous.  Of… Continue reading Acupuncture Again

At the second acupuncture session, I get an assistant to do my acupressure.  This is not a good idea for two reasons.  Although she is also Chinese, is a university student in economics, has been in the UK for six years, she is a bit of a lost soul. And, well, she is studying economics,… Continue reading Heavenly Hope –

I am assigned an 8:00 time slot for the angiogram.  I get up early so I can eat something before 6:00 a.m.  I haven’t slept well.  We enter the by now familiar Royal Surrey Hospital, walk past the pond with water plants in it, turn right to Cardiac Day Care.  A very blond and pleasant… Continue reading MATTERS OF THE HEART —

I undress and stretch out on crisp,  white sheets tucked into a blond wood bed frame.  The light is low, soothing,  the room sparsely decorated. Stone- ware pottery  stands on a shelf, a monotone print in grays and  whites hangs on the wall.   Dr Fei begins with my head, pressing gently, then harder,   finding places… Continue reading Out with the old —

It is a sunny day, at last.  It has been raining and cloudy since May, but now summer seems to have arrived.   The High Street is bustling with shoppers in short sleeves, buskers singing and playing guitars whose cases, sprinkled with starter coins, lie open in front of them.  It’s like a spring fete,  people … Continue reading Trying Anything

I’ve been neglecting this blog, lately –  lots of visitors have been here, especially Jono and family from Uruguay, some heallth issues, and generally my spirit has not been available.  I have been nervous about this angiogram, though I know it isn’t really a big deal.  But wait a minute.  How can a wire going… Continue reading Angiogram –