Category Archives: life

Back in the saddle…

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Carps

So that’s it then. Brain recovery complete. Barring the scar – which I’ll bear forever as a reminder of my little brush with mortality – I am fully functional member of the community again. I was lucky. In the hospital … Continue reading →

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Post Brain Surgery Recovery

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Carps

As I’ve averred elsewhere, no two brain operations are exactly alike. I wouldn’t take anything written here as anything more than just some personal reflections. As the pile of Macmillan Trust pamphlets on my bedside table attests, meningioma is the … Continue reading →

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Meningioma operation. And beyond

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Carps

Note to readers: I am no expert in this stuff. Nothing in this blog should be taken as medical or psychological advice. In fact, I’m writing it in what is still realistically a post-operation haze, so my opinions are probably … Continue reading →

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In which I discover I have a brain tumor

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Carps

Following my brush with mentalism, it’s rapidly turned into a running joke about the house – which is just the way I like it. Everything works just as it ever did. I’m still forgetful, bumbling but generally healthy and aside … Continue reading →

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Having a seizure

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Carps

Friday night. It’s bedtime. Tracy’s already gone up but, despite being tired, I fancy farting around on the internets a while longer. A bit of Facebook… tinkering with the band website… and then noticing that somehow the clock has skipped … Continue reading →

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Drowning in Beer

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Carps

When you ask people how they’d choose to die, you might get a chortling response that they might like to drown in lager. Well, never say that I’m not prepared to go through the mill for you, gentle reader, for … Continue reading →

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