It is well known that pride comes before a fall and I deeply regret having boasted about lack of pain. After a good morning and early afternoon, when Alice and I watched some of the videos that she shot on her last visit to the farm in Cebu province suddenly the good old gut started playing up and throwing pain at me.
There had been no standing still nor any strenuous activity so that there was no reason for the pain to start and to be honest I wish it hadn't. Still mixing painkillers and a glass or two of wine held it down to painful rather than the exploding agony that sometimes occurs.
Diverticular disease is common amongst those who do not get enough fibre, particularly before the age of twenty, but luckily the majority of people do not actually suddenly need an emergency operation and need to get large parts of the gut ripped out urgently. However if this is necessary I highly recommend Dr {sic} Maha at Gleneagles in Kuala Lumpur, not only did he save my life but he has a sense of humour so that I feel no qualms at posting this cartoon on the left.Should I move back to KL from Singapore the medical guy I would trust my life with is Dr Anand and the surgeon (in spite of using Dr not Mr) would be Dr Maha. However I hope you do not need this information
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