1. Lennie: I went from a mild breathing difficulty to 100% oxygen overnight

   11/08/20

   up and was back in bed ten minutes later. The next day my partner was calling the paramedics. I’d ... paramedics did some tests but I was barely lucid answering their questions. They said they’d take me in for ... goes through your mind. My brain was off somewhere else: coffins, graveyards. Have I said my goodbyes? ... More

2. Mehboob: 'my heart attack will make me a better doctor'

   26/04/18

   Mehboob Kahan is a doctor with a particular interest in head injury. At the age of 55, he had ... with one arm and poking around at my chest. It was quite tender. I thought I’d pulled a muscle or hurt ... my ribs. But when I arrived home, my wife Liz got me some anti-inflammatories and called the ... More

3. Do you have a hazardous waist?

   13/01/21

   increases your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some types of cancer. Next year in England and ... hips (usually, this is the level of the belly button) and breathe out naturally (no holding it in.) As ... top, a 36-inch waist might disguise a real measurement of 40+. What about BMI? Measuring your belly is in ... More

4. 'Jogging, writing - lockdown was an opportunity…'

   13/06/20

   newly-fried bacon. In conclusion, I coped with lockdown by planning what I would do with my time. Some of it ... people though. My coping took a different path. In fact, it took several of them. Please don’t get me ... wrong. I’m not against the idea of a roll in the hay from time to time. It’s just that at my age (64) and ... More

5. John: I told my GP I respected him. But if I'd followed his advice I'd probably be dead.

   03/06/14

   information with fairly bad grace but a couple of weeks later I'd had the blood test so everything in my ... John Walker was 46 and in good health when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. This is his ... health of my prostate. She'd read an article in a magazine about mens' health. I received the ... More

6. CJ: 'Realising I am trans has been the best thing in my life'

   07/12/15

   in Trinidad and Tobago where I lived until I was 14 years old, at which point I moved to London with ... my family. As a kid in the Caribbean, I had little idea what LGBT meant. The only thing I knew for ... to do with one another. However, I latched on to this idea as finally I had a way to explain my ... More

7. 'I've lost Nine friends to the pandemic'

   14/05/20

   everyday and someone I knew had gone. My late mum used to start every phone call with ‘do you know who’s ... Made me think For me, I’m overweight and male, it’s made me think about my mortality. I’ve always been ... dead?’ It was getting like that. Seriously, it was very difficult. My partner and I are close so we’d ... More

8. Miscarriage and men

   01/02/21

   One in 4 women are likely to suffer a miscarriage in their lifetime and for some, it can be a very ... during ‘lockdown’s, some partners and men have not been able to support their partners in the hospital ... understand how you can reach us. I joined the team of volunteers recently. My background is in counselling. ... More

9. 'Now I've got "FOGO": fear of going out'

   04/06/20

   . Following the advice of my consultant, I was encouraged to stick with the precautionary approach that I had ... already been applying, hunker down and self-isolate, in much in the same way as I had needed to when my ... people electronically or perhaps through a closed window. I miss seeing my kids and being able to be ... More

10. The CAN DO Challenge

    08/09/22

    connect with other people (eg. call an old friend or family member)  (Be) A ctive- move your body (eg. go ... the five ways. Or get started downloading resources now. You CAN DO it by yourself. Or with friends. ... Want to make the challenge more challenging? Can you do all five in one day Can you do a different way ... More

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