Blogs about: Aortic Valves
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Questions
Sometimes life with a chronic disease feels as much as anything else like being attacked by a flock of questions. Is the problem with my liver function going to get worse? If it does, will I have to s… more →
Wandering Thoughts
Questions
terence wrote 1 week ago: Sometimes life with a chronic disease feels as much as anything else like being attacked by a flock … more →
Windows
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terence wrote 2 months ago: I woke from a God-awful dream. For a little while I just lay there, letting it melt away; leaving th … more →
Don't Worry
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terence wrote 3 months ago: To the person who found my blog by googling “reiter’s syndrome will it kill me”. I … more →
A Year and two days
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terence wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday, a year and two days after open heart surgery, on a day when the nor’easter spilled … more →
Illness
terence wrote 10 months ago: Jeremy at Scoop Review of Books has very kindly published my review of Havi Carel’s book Illne … more →
Decisions, decisions...
terence wrote 10 months ago: It’s been almost three months since the relapse. And question of the moment is, “am I ge … more →
Post Perfusion Confusion
terence wrote 11 months ago: Yuck. I keep meaning to write about this side-effect of surgery but never do. When it’s happen … more →
Not Bullet Proof
terence wrote 11 months ago: Prior to surgery I was lucky enough to have the chance to speak to a couple of people who had been t … more →
Two!
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terence wrote 1 year ago: I’m no fan of blood tests. It’s not a rational thing. I know they won’t hurt. I kn … more →
What makes me tick...
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terence wrote 1 year ago: It was always going to happen and yesterday it did. In a quiet meeting room, something was distracti … more →
Warfarin Humour
terence wrote 1 year ago: One of the consequences of my new artificial valve is that I will have to take Warfarin for the rest … more →
The Month So Far
terence wrote 1 year ago: “Here we go. Think of something pleasant.” I closed my eyes and pictured myself riding w … more →
Life as a goldfish
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terence wrote 1 year ago: Terence: “Mum read through the list of common side affects of surgery today. Apparently, tempo … more →
Medical notes, 2023 hours, 21 Aug 2008
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terence wrote 1 year ago: It is only 8pm at night and I am struggling to keep my eyes open. But that is nothing. Terence was h … more →
Things I Wanna do After Surgery
terence wrote 1 year ago: Re-read Comet in Moominland. … more →
Update, a date, and gratuitous surfing
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terence wrote 1 year ago: Ok, PET scan results are in and there doesn’t seem to be any active inflammation near my heart … more →
Radioactive Blogging
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terence wrote 1 year ago: In the early hours of this morning, on the edge of an industrial estate, amongst the worn-out outer … more →
Update
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terence wrote 1 year ago: Here’s the run down. There is no question that my aortic valve needs to be replaced. And there … more →
She'll be Right
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terence wrote 1 year ago: They call him the Professor, although he’s not an academic as far as I’m aware. In the w … more →
