Liam is mended enough to return to work (at a doctor’s surgery, ironically). Broken ribs are a nasty business and it’ll be months before he’s fully repaired. In the meantime, he’s popping the pills to get him through the day (and particularly the night). It reminds me that, during our midriff years, we need to do what we can to keep ourselves match fit for the future. No one wants poor health to spoil their twilight years. At my annual MOT last year, the quack told me to watch my glucose levels or I’d be on the road to diabetes town. This stark warning spurred me on to move more and eat (and drink) less. Twelve months on, I’ve dropped over a stone and my glucose levels are almost back to within normal range. So it’s a little less sugar and spice and everything nice – except for Christmas, of course, when all bets are off.
Jack Scott
Imagine the absurdity of two openly gay, married, middle aged, middle class men escaping the liberal sanctuary of anonymous London to relocate to a Muslim country. I chronicled our exploits with the mad, the bad, the sad and the glad in a blog for the whole world to ignore. Then came the book which became a critically acclaimed best seller. Its success opened out a whole new career for me, firstly as an author, and now as an indie publisher. Who'd have thought it? Certainly not me.
In June 2012, we ended our Anatolian affair and paddled back to Britain on the evening tide, washing up in Norwich, a surprising city in eastern England, then to the wilds of Norfolk as the only gays in the village. I’m sometimes nostalgic for our encounters with the hopeless, the hapless and, yes, the happy go lucky. They gave me an unexpected tale to tell and for this I thank them.
Perking the Pansies 
Before and after photos ? Where are they ? Do you have a dvd contract?
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I’ll see what I can do photo-wise but not ’til after Christmas! 😉
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Can’t beat aging, eh? At least we still have a pulse, I guess. 🙂
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I check Liam’s pulse every morning. 😉
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If you start placing a mirror under his nose, you might start to worry him. 😉
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Have a great Christmas! We have had a bit of a reality check this year too – my other half has discovered he does indeed have diabetes. So, every meal is a performance. Such is the world of “getting old.” But we can still have a bit of fun on the side, can’t we!
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I hope so. Life can’t be all veg and abstinence 😁
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that’s cheating – you’re only allowed seven letters in Scrabble!
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We live by our own rules 😉
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I have the same problem, and it’s a struggle, especially during the holiday season when everywhere I go there are platters to tempt me.
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It’s definitely a struggle. We can only do what we can do. Enjoy your Christmas! 😀
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