Sunday, August 30, 2026

Burke & Hare!


 

𝐈 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐞 , 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐧 ( 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 ) & 𝐇𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 [.....𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 ,𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 .] 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐱 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 ,𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬.
 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 & 𝐊𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲.
 It's now nearly 3 weeks since my Lymph Node Biopsy in Bradford .No news of any results yet.( obviously, I hold a small nagging worry about "cancer") I've had no reassurance or contact from anybody. There are no biopsy results on my NHS Apps.( national or Bradford Royal Infirmary's own one) My GP;s say they haven't received any information . I reached my Bradford Consultant.s Secretary's answerphone 3 days ago but she never got back to me.......
 On Monday I did get an appointment date from another of my Consultants ( this one being in Huddersfield) It's for a telephone consultation in the middle of October . The lad wants to whip-out my Gallbladder .No doubt he will also tell me then about my August Biopsy (?) It feels a long time to wait......... At the moment i feel worried & a bit let down by their lack of communication .
 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 & 𝐚 𝐌𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐞! 

Thursday, August 06, 2026

𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃

".....𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑒𝑡𝑐 𝐼 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝐻𝑆 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒 .𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 .𝑁𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 (𝑚𝑜𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑎𝑛...!) 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑏 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑓 ,𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦 .𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑝𝑠𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 , 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 10𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑐𝑘-𝑜𝑓𝑓 2:15. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑚𝑦 𝐺𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑡. 𝑁𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑔𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖 𝑑𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑤 & 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛...... 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑋 "
n.b. i was speaking to a nurse at my GP's yesterday ( "Annual Health Check") and she was telling me that Covid has reappeared and maybe the 'cold' mentioned in this facebook post was actally mild covid...?

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Margaret & Don Dancing.


 I've been enhancing some neglected photos. This one has come out really well I think.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

.A Pint in Mytholmroyd.....


A hot and frustrating day today! Me & Cathy traveled into Huddersfield this afternoon to see my Surgeon . I was hoping on news on if they wanted to remove my gallbladder. From what he said to me , that still looks likely , however that's on hold because some CAT scan results received last Thursday show i have enlarged portacavel lymp nodes in my abdomen.. " The Abdomenal Gods" in Leeds will meet tomorrow ( in my abscess ) to decide if i need a camera down my throat & have a general poke about!. So it drags on. It's been 9 months already, and ( whatever happens) this whole saga will drag on into a second year. I mean i feel fine, both physically & mentally but it's all a it of a ball-ache and extremely boring.
𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞,, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐭!

Friday, April 17, 2026

Hypocondria Update

 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐹𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑛 & 𝑀𝑅𝑆𝑃 𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑖 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘, 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑦𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟.𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑑𝑔𝑦 𝑙𝑦𝑚𝑝ℎ 𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 .
𝑆𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝐶𝑇 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑛 ( 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 ) .
𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑦 27𝑡ℎ , 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑇 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛.
𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦. 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡.
I am ok with all this . "Past Caring" is my attitude at the moment . I share this here partly out of hypochondria ( i have suffered from this all my life!) And partly just to keep folk updated.

Sunday, April 05, 2026

INSTAGRAM

A photograph from my fab Instagram page here  ---->    Tony's old photos :
This one is from a Turkish Baths in Istanbul.

Burke & Hare!

  𝐈 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐞 ...