Category: Health

Hiking the Hospital Ridge Trail in Whitehorse

The prompt for this post was yesterday’s short but perfect hike on the Hospital Ridge trail in downtown Whitehorse after doing some errands in town, but while I’m here I’ll show a bit of the other things going on in my world. The main thing is that Spring finally...
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16 exercises to keep you flexible over the winter

I found these graphics this morning in a Facebook post from 4 years ago. I’m posting this so I have it handy, because these are important poses and stretches to keep your body working correctly – I’ve used many but keep forgetting about them. I need a poster, but...
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An update on Murray’s health – and Happy Spring!

This will be a significant first-afternoon-of-Spring today. Significant because I didn’t expect to be alive to see it. I was going downhill so fast that after my doctor asked if I had my estate in order (a year or so ago) and a few weeks later said we could...
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A glimpse into my brain-injury world

My regular readers will know that I haven’t posted on the blog for a very long time (since November 25th). For the past few days I’ve been trying to write a post that will give you a glimpse into my current world. It’s a confusing and overwhelming place, and...
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A walk along Vancouver Harbour

July 26th, our first full day in Vancouver, started early – Cathy had an angiogram scheduled for 07:00. It was a pretty quiet day for me, but I did take a walk along the harbour on a spectacular day. Staying at the Sheraton Wall Centre hotel right across the...
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On 2 wheels – outings with the e-bike and the gas-bike

On Tuesday and Wednesday (May 4th and 5th), I made two rides that were significant in my life. On Tuesday I did the longest ride yet on my new e-bike, just over 30 kilometers. And yesterday I did a 504-km ride to Kluane Lake on the V-Star – it’s...
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COVID-19 in the Yukon – the past, present, and future

I haven’t said much about the COVID-19 situation here, mostly because it’s been changing so fast. Back on April 23rd my posted was entitled “It’s a strange world – I hope you’re all okay,” and that statement still applies. Our lockdown didn’t last very long, and we haven’t had...
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It’s a strange world – I hope you’re all okay

Like many of you, I’m hoping that what’s going on is just a bad dream and soon I’ll wake up and life will be normal again. I’m not looking forward any further than tomorrow – things are changing too fast. Cathy and I are okay, and I hope you...
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A drive to Carcross, and an update on my brain injury

It’s now been 7 weeks since I’ve posted here – the longest break since I started the blog in 2007. This post will sort of be in two parts. The first will be the sort of thing you expect here – a photojournal of one of my wanders. The...
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I’m back – slowly recovering from my hiking injury

I last posted here on Sunday, August 18th. I was home for 2 days after an 8-day stay at Whitehorse General Hospital following a fall during a hike on August 7th. The day following my last post, Cathy and I flew to Vancouver to meet a neurologist at Vancouver...
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