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tipped off

12 Monday Jan 2026

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About six or more months ago I bought new rubber tips for my crutches because I saw they were wearing out. I mean, I’ve had these guys for years. I started off with just one, for when I had bouts of sciatia, but then graduated to two the first time I sprained my left ankle (found out years later when I sprained both and got them x-rayed that the original “sprain” had actually been a fracture). 

Anyhow, I’d been putting off replacing them since the first time I tried removing the tips months ago. Those fuckers were welded on! I looked on YouTube… “just bend and twist them”… yeah right. But finally I couldn’t keep putting it off after I was suddenly walking on metal when the crutch shaft broke through the worn out rubber tip. But I mean, there was no way any twisting or turning was going to get the old ones off. And then I thought… exacto knife?

The surgery was carefully performed on the office table with the crutch shaft safely secured while I very slowly sliced and sliced and sliced my way through the rubber until I hit metal. Then I was able to peel the two sides apart and THEN twist it off. Phew. Hopefully that’s it now for another 15 years… 

covid-flu boosters for everyone!

21 Friday Nov 2025

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Now anyone can get their Covid-Flu boosters in Andalucía (before mid-November they were doing it by age groups and by appointment only). At over 600 health centres in the region you can just pop in any Wednesday without an appointment and get your jab, though you still have to check which hours they each place is offering this service. You can look up your city here… Puntos de Vaccinación Sin Cita. 👍

boosted!

29 Wednesday Oct 2025

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Got my Covid-Flu boosters yesterday! I was pleased to see quite a turn-out, a lot more people than last year, but still nobody else was wearing a mask. Peter got his last week, this week my age-group is up, along with children 6-59 weeks old, pregnant and postpartum women. I think that after this week anyone can get an appointment. Anyhow, so far just the Covid jab arm hurts a bit. 💉💪

  • Trivalent Influenza / Vaccinated / FLUCELVAX  
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my world just got smaller

23 Tuesday Sep 2025

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So damn. I mean, I knew it was coming but yesterday it finally happened. I lost four of my lifeline bus routes, two of which I use several times a week, especially for getting to my various health centres or the market. Now instead of the 27 and 32 being 5 minutes from home it’s a painful 30 minute hobble to get to/from the nearest stop. All to make Sevilla more “tourist friendly”. The plan is to eventually replace the 27 with a “tranvibus” that will go to the main train station but who knows how long that’s going to take, and that still won’t take the place of the 32. So until that happens (sometime next year?) it looks like my world just got even smaller – and more expensive as I’ll have to start taking more taxis.

supplements are go!

09 Tuesday Sep 2025

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Not sure why I didn’t do this sooner, or even if I should be doing it now, but no way I’m going to take a fucking opioid (Tramadol) twice a day for three months in case it makes me feel better. And who knows when I’ll hear back from the knee surgeon to discuss the the results of the new x-rays they took that very same day. Then I remembered that when I saw the other, nicer, kinder traumatologist in June (about my shoulder) she had suggested taking this collagen supplement (two months on, one month off). Around the same time my GP had suggested something called Nubit for my neuropathy, which began during chemo and frankly ain’t getting any better. So decided to go for it, ordered both of these today and let’s see what happens.