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 (Side effects). The doctor told Pat that 50% of people who get the AstraZeneca vaccine suffer side effects ranging from soreness in the arm where the nurse injected you through to full-on flu-like symptoms for one or two days. Take paracetamol. Take it straight away. Don't wait. Pat waited but sure enough full-on flu symptoms developed about 8 to 10 hours after the injection. So she's popping paracetamol. I would see it as an encouraging sign. She's getting a strong immune reaction to the vaccine. Those T-cells are being made.

 So this morning I accompanied Pat to her doctor's appointment. She phoned her doctor the other day to check on the results of an annual blood test - we both get annual blood tests - and her doctor said, "Have you been vaccinated? Would you like to be?"  So Pat made an appointment and we moseyed on over there this morning. The story is that currently people aged 50 to 63 who have serious health issues like compromised immune systems are being vaccinated. However, Pat's doctor knew she would have several doses of vaccine left over from an opened phial so rather than waste it she offered it to people who called. First there was some computerised administration to accomplish, then we went down to the office of a very kind nurse who duly stuck it in Pat's arm. One guy filmed his own vaccination recently, so she wasn't at all surprised when I took a photo. Meanwhile I have started my zero-residue diet. It's essentially an adolescent's idea of paradise - mea...

 

 I greatly enjoyed this short and sweet little article .

  Yesterday they dug a dirty great hole, then filled it in. Today it's mounds of beautiful black soil. We sometimes watch and dream of tall trees full of songbirds.

 This time a short plea to you, and to myself. When someone suggests that you are making a mistake, or committing an error, or on a wrong path, or even suggests that there is some dreadful secret in your life, please don't react with anger and indignation. Your goal is not to establish your own innocence and righteousness. Not if you are a Christian. Your goal is to face up to your own pervasive guilt and moral ineptitude, and to accept an alien, imputed righteousness freely given to you, and then to make progress towards a holiness that at present you do not have and can not obtain, and that you need absolutely if you are to see the Lord face to face. That means even a scurrilous, erroneous, malicious accusation could be useful in achieving your highest goal - glory.  Entertain the possibility that there is a grain of truth in the accusation. There may well be. Thank the person and tell them you will take what they say seriously. Then do so.  Consult someone who knows yo...

 I get lots of cold calls from different companies, and they always try to make it sound like you are expecting their call. They go like this : Allo ? "M. Davey?" Oui "C'est la Société Machin Truc-de-Bidule" That's the moment when I say "Ah non ! Merci beaucoup ! Au revoir !" and put the phone down. This time the conversation went : Allo ? "M. Davey?" Oui. "C'est le service ambulatoire" Ah bon ? "La date du 3 mars est confirmée." It was then that I twigged who it was. The hospital was phoning not to postpone the visual inspection of my innards but to tell me that we're on and to get ready. Ah bon. So here's the timetable : Saturday 28 February - begin the régime sans-résidu. Basically I am allowed lightly cooked lean meat, poultry or fish along with potatoes, pasta or white rice. For breakfast bland cereal or white bread. No fibrous vegetables. No beans or pulses. No fruit. Essentially a really bad, bland ...