Could be worse

Nothing like making you feel like a malingerer when you are under the weather, than hearing about someone who has it worse.  A friend of Mrs. Breadcrumbs maid of honour, has died of pneumonia at age 41 after ignoring a chest complaint for weeks.  Now I feel both pleased I went to the doctor, and embarassed about whinging for so long about my little illness.

So onwards and upwards into 2012 at last (x-rays and blood tests permitting...)