Mrs O
How Apple plus school made this parent grumpy
School started this week. So off went Mr O Jnr 2 (fourteen) and Miss O 2 (twelve) with their mandatory iPads. As you may be aware, in order to download apps from the iTunes store, the customer has to login. To login the customer has to have an ID. When we got the iPads I […]
Personal Health Update!
This is, as titled, a personal health update for those following the journey I am on to live a normal life and keep working! A little break from politics. Quick recap. Just before Christmas I started on some medication, Carbimazol, to control my out of control thyroid nodules. Dr Endocrinologist said it would take about […]
Open Letter to Sussan Ley on Medicare changes
Dear Sussan, I am glad common sense prevailed today and you called a halt to the changes that were to take effect on Monday. I see this as a reprieve, but not a victory. You have made it very clear you are intent on making changes. I am disappointed you place the emphasis on consulting […]
I thought I’m with stupid was a song not a crime
I’m puzzled. Now, I’ll admit making me puzzled is not that difficult these days. The kids do it to me regularly. My doctors manage it every now and then. Politicians puzzle me every waking hour. Even so, I did think “I’m with stupid” was a song, not a crime. Mr Newman or Mr Campbell or […]
Hydrotherapy as exercise and rehabilitation
We learn something new everyday. This afternoon I had my first ever hydrotherapy session. I was horrified I was even going to hydrotherapy. From swimming two and a half kilometres to hydrotherapy? Noooooooooooo. It wasn’t as “easy” as I had imagined. The age range was from (I am guessing with the youngest) seventeen to eighty-four. […]
You’ve been targeted: supporting the AMA and RACGP supporting us
Should I just put a down payment on my coffin now, Scott? The identity of my Goliath has changed. Right at this moment “Love versus Goliath” can be translated to love for my own health and Goliath, yet again, is the government. Different political persuasion, this government, but essentially the same beast. This isn’t just about […]
Juggling drugs, rest, exercise – but never the ironing
Right. That’s it. I’m over this situation. Miracle cure, now. please. I so, so, so feel for those whose health is way worse than mine, because this is bad enough. This week has been my second week on the medication that is hoped to pull my over-active, uninvited, toxic thyroid nodules into line and by yesterday I […]
Today’s Neros fiddle while our planet burns
Climate change. What causes it? Is it happening? Do we need to “do” anything? Carbon taxes, prices, emissions…. the questions are endless. The climate on this planet has changed in the past. There was an ice-age, you will recall. Not many humans around then, so we know some climate change is natural. Then there are the […]
Forever Young in 2015
http://twitter.com/TeamOyeniyi/status/550096645757468672 I’m one of the younger baby boomers. This morning as I listened to yet ANOTHER doctor tell me something (frayed, inflamed tendons in this case) was COMMON at my age, I had an epiphany.
Christmas postponed due to drugs
This is for the much appreciated supportive readers who are following my health challenges. Even though we are postponing Christmas, we wish everyone a wonderful and safe festive season with friends and family. We’ve postponed Christmas because I’m just not up to it. I’m also not Radioactive Robyn, as it turns out. Over the last […]
Random Observations of Life 