19th January Where the sun don't shine


Well just when I thought my life could get any more surreal. It appears that the NHS really kicks into action once a man turns 60, almost as if to make up from offering bugger all else in the way of preventative tests for the previous 6 decades.

So having attended the Well Man clinic last month only to discover that I wasn't all that wel,l I was put on medication for the big D. I also received apointment to have my eyes and feet looked at as well as 2 x 4 hour education sessions to inform me about diet and lifestyle choices. 

This morning yet another letter from the dear old NHS dropped on the doormat. This one delighting me with the news that as I have now reached 60, I 'qualify' for a bowel cancer screening check, the news of which in itself almost made me s%$t myself.  It appears it's no only King Charles who will be having a high definition IMAX camera stuck where the sun don't shine. But at least Prince Harry is going to be doing mine!!

All I am waiting for now is my invite to the Dementia assessment unit but of course if that turns out to be positive the chances are I might not even remember going. 

But to end on a more humerous note I came across this little ditty that did make me chuckle. And hopefully I will have no need of their services anytime soon.



 

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