SOCIALLY MEDIATED - HEAVILY MEDICATED.

  THE LONGEST RESIGNATION LETTER IN HISTORY. ( A lengthy polemic for my own satisfaction). Even though I’ve been aware of the chronic cripple’s mantra ‘Don’t Overdo it!’ for most of my adult life, like many of my contemporaries I choose, or have chosen, to ignore it. The fear of being labelled a ‘feckless slug’, a ‘benefit scrounger’, or even ‘economically inactive’ propels me into doing something (anything!) with gusto. Life is for living, and the amount of time we spend bedridden, behind closed doors, in medical establishments, or just ‘existing carefully’, means that when we get ANYWHERE NEAR hale & hearty, we tend to compulsively lunge at the door to freedom, and invariably undo any good we may have done. It’s a double-edged sword. The desire to live like the able-bodied or unafflicted. Then the physical consequences of easing-off the brakes of restraint. And I’m NOT asking for any sympathy here! I have enough solicitude and concern in my 'Hello Pity!' tote-bag to l...