It has indeed been a while. My last posting was on 1 May 2018. Four and a half years ago. ago. What can I say apart from my contrition is boundless?

It is not that I intended to leave it this long. My intentions have been exceptionally good and positive. It is just that, well……. I suppose at the end of it all apathy has to be admitted. But there are mitigating circumstances.

At the end of my last post (the one that starts off as a wild west story) I admitted to having a dose of shingles followed up with a condition known as Post Herpetic Neuralgia. It is this that has caused a great deal of excruciating pain around my middle and despite being told by medics that it will pass in a few months I am still suffering so what do you really know, doc?

My research…