Category: Health

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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A final day in the White Pass, and I’m injured

Wednesday, August 7th, was my final day of a week-long RV outing in the White Pass, with lots of hiking and photography. It was a partial day, though, as I realized that I may have hurt myself in a fall the day before, and drove home. The day began...
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