On recovery

Recovering from long-term illness is a strange and surprising experience. Sure, recovery is what you hope for, but when you're really sick, you can't imagine ever getting better. Then, one day, you wake up and you don't feel so bad, and the next day is better and, before long, you realize you're well again.

And that's great, but it takes a bit of getting used to - long-term illness is psychologically as well as physically debilitating. When I was sick, I couldn't do anything, so I got used to doing nothing. Now I'm well, I've got to get back into the habit of doing things again - like blogging. And I don't mind saying, it's proving tougher than I thought.

Of course, I could always go back to pointless, incessant barking. It has its attractions.