24th October, 2009 - An Early Christmas Present!

I am just back from my health check at the doctors. I go for a medical check up every two years or so. I figure that I get my car MOTd regularly, so I really should do the same for myself.

Frankly, it is a bit of a depressing experience (except for the prostate examination which is strangely thrilling). The worst bit is that it compares your results for the various tests you had a couple of years ago. What this means is that you cannot hide from the statistics, that essentially tell you that you are getting older, fatter and less fit. The graph is on a downward curve, and with every passing year, the line of best fit approaches the number zero on the Y axis. I do not much like the thought of getting to that point.

On the positive side they discovered that I have another hernia! I didn't even know about this one, so it feels like a bit like Fate has slipped me a surprise early Christmas present. "There you go son - I know you weren't expecting anything - but there's a wee hernia for you - I know how much you enjoyed the last one."

Thanks fate. that's brilliant. It really is.