It began with a telephone call on Wednesday. A manufacturing company that makes medical devices told me of a new handheld device that could be used to..
Handheld Hb Monitor & south Wales Support Group Meeting
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2 + 1 = 3 – 2 = 1
There’s nothing like a little arithmetic to get people’s attention – just like it got yours. I shall explain this little enigma. At the beginning of the week I was aware of two members of the society who had had their injections stopped – just like that! Out of the...
The Calcutta Call
We are getting more and more calls from GPs whose patients have asked them to talk to us (but please let us know if your doctor is going to call us so that we can be prepared) but yesterday we had our first international call – from a doctor in Calcutta. The problem...
A Step in the Right Direction
A Step in the Right Direction - Update on Pilot Scheme Last week I travelled to north Wales for a meeting with one of the doctors and practice nurses of the health centre that is hoping to introduce a pilot programme that will see patients with Pernicious Anaemia...
A Dot Too Many
Let's get one thing straight; I love women and I always have. Now, why am I telling you this? Well, when I was studying for my A-levels I had the opportunity to take extra classes in either French or Typewriting. And, because the typewriting class was full of females...
Reporting the Two Sides of the Argument
Two weeks ago I was contacted by a journalist from the BBC who herself had been contacted by one of our members regarding the old chestnut – frequency of injections. The member had been on monthly injections (just like patients were treated in the 1960’s) but had...
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