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Angus Patient Expert

San Francisco, California
This blog relates our experience of living with a small child, our daughter, with Acute... Full Bio
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Happier Days? by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer In Cafe e Companhia lasy Saturday - photo courtesy of Chico. Read on »
The Darkness by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer No posts for a long time. A new aphorism - Isak Dinesen.One might think everything should be sweet and rosy since the family's return at the end of July but it has not been so ... Read on »
Under the Hood by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer The lady who works in the grocery store at the corner of my block is called Denise and she is one of America's great unpublished novelits. Over the years she's written forty-t ... Read on »
Aphorisms IX - Who watches the Watchmen? by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer As I haven't changed my heading aphorism in a long time and in the light of recent revelations ...- Member of Parliament expenses- the National Health Service IT programme to ... Read on »
A Lover's Sonnet by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer What'll I do when youare far awayand I am blueWhat'll I do?What'll I do when Iam wondering whois kissing youWhat'll I do?What'll I do with just a photographto tell my troubles ... Read on »
A Tale of Three Doctors, a Nurse Practitioner and a Pissing Contest by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Obviously, the family has lost any natural resistance to malaria over the last three years and there are two malaria prophylaxis drugs recommended for children of Kezia's age ... Read on »
OGC Gateway Reviews - FOIA Response by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Response from the Office of Government of Commerce regarding my FOIA request regarding North West and West Midlands SHA Gateway Reviews into IT. (Open in new tab to enlarge). ... Read on »
Here we Go - Oh! Barfing all over the Ward! by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Hello everyone, plus even more new people! Are you absolutely barking? Do you know what you've let yourselves in for? Indeed you do. And you're in good company.Well, that w ... Read on »
Payment by Result by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I'm slowly clearing up the dining table, covered in shit (sorry, papers) in anticipation of the family's arrival on 31 July.As I clear up all these papers, more accumulate. On ... Read on »
The National Programme for IT - "Gateway Reviews" by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer ... otherwise known as "Connecting for Health" is the UK government's to produce one huge database of its citizens' healthcare ranging from booking an appointment wi ... Read on »
Childer Award Presentation by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Here's the local newspaper'sreportabout the Childer Award Presentation at the Town Hall last week. Jaime received a medal and is in the middle of the group photo. Read on »
OUCH! by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Evenin’ all,(…and apologies to anyone (a) under 40 and/or (b) not a Brit as that cultural reference will have gone over your head without parting your hair.Yes I ... Read on »
Baldness by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Is that really me?I've been off work from Monday to Thursday last week with malaria so haven't been blogging. I woke up on Monday feeling like shit. Not fit to drive to see th ... Read on »
Back in the USSR - er, the NHS by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Morning campers!Or evening, or middle of the night depending on which time zone you’re in… yes, that would be me showing off at how far flung my friends are. Ahe ... Read on »
Stress by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer My boss, Ken, says I work better under stress. I think he's probably right.Current status:- Money: status constant.- Shipping household effects: status collected but no invoic ... Read on »
I want to ... by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer See my kids running on the beach ... although the cold dry season has just started and the water is too cold for a dip.Take them for a burger or a pizza.See them playing ... a ... Read on »
The Health Risks of the Internet by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Tom Reynolds new book More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea (ok, I know I've been posting on this all week - but he's a bit of a literary hero of mine) has an entry on ... Read on »
British National Party by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer There has been widespreadcondemnationof the election of two fascist and racist BNP members to the European Parliament. I also am disgusted but will not regale you with more as ... Read on »
Kezia's Passport by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Regular readers will recall thesagaof getting a Santomense passport for Kezia. Finally, the embassy in Brussels issued a new one.Just as I was Skyping Nanda yesterday lunchtim ... Read on »
Restraint by Angus Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer FromTom Reynolds' new bookMore Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea. "My second job was a ‘classic’ – ‘Male collapsed in street, unknown life ... Read on »