Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The Spinster Song

I am not a child!
I am not a little girl!
Am I just a face amongst the crowd?
Will you see me..... as a woman?

A beautiful song I think you'll agree!

Well done to Mal Pope who so beautifully depicted the feelings of Christian spinsters in his musical 'Amazing Grace' set in the 1904 Welsh revival...

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Medical one-up-manship

As many people will possibly already know, sneaking a look into my medical notes makes for interesting reading....

When other people get a bit of a bad belly on travelling, I develop dysentary.
While others get let off school with a bit of a tummy ache, I get rushed into hospital with appendicitis.

A bit of a head cold for normal people quickly mutates with me into viral meningitis.

At the moment I have had a grotty cold and a rash for about a week. Upon visiting the doctor this morning (and getting a second opinion from another Dr in the centre) I have been informed that I probably have chickenpox (again) and have to take the rest of the week off, avoid pregnant women and small children, and go back tomorrow for a futher opinion from the big boss Dr who knows about dermatology.
You may well ask why I didn't go to the doctor a week ago, if I had, the chance of spreading an infectious disease round South Wales would have been lost and, as everyone knows, if things go away within a week they weren't that bad anyway.
So... anytime you're free do pop along to ours for a cup of tea and some varicella zoster, the spots really are very fetching. Also if you've seen me recently and you might be preggers, do see a Dr. Ta.
Fran
xx