John Burke's a-Musings

Tuesday, 23 June 2025. I finished my last article at a point where I was still at the breakfast table so we carry on from that same day for...

18 June 2025. I had moved from Blackpool's hospital to what was described to me as a "respite home" . I found such a place on...

10 June 2025. Quite a sad day for me. As described in my previous post, one of the few people in the ward I could talk to died in the wee ...

The last few entries in this blog will make more sense if you have gone through them in order from the post headed Cancer! which was upload...

5 June 2025. Woke up last night with what sounded like furniture falling over in the adjoining ward. Then a lot of shouting. At first I th...

Saturday, 31 May 2025. Having moved back into the ward from my nice individual side room yesterday, I am forced to eat someone else's c...

Friday 30 May 2025. The stay in a nice quiet side room was short lived. I am back on the ward again but in a different bay and in a corner ...

4 April 2025. I'm now on twice weekly visits to the District Nurses. Unfortunately the right leg has decided that it's fed up as be...

28 February 2025. My new computer has landed on my desk. Yikes Windows 11 seems to feel the need to push A.I. at me all the time whilst en...

Oof! I hope you can forgive the dreadful pun of the article title... But it helps to make fun of health problems I've found. 3 Febru...