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December 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Not A Quatrain

It started at the end of a long plane ride. We flew from San Francisco to Sydney – through the night – and went from Northern Hemisphere summer to rain, rain, rain in Australia. It was freezing and pissing down and all I had to wear was shorts (well, t-shirts and jandals too, of course…) […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Doctor, Health, Hospital, Not A Quatrain, Poem, Poem: Not A Quatrain, Polyp, Surgery ·

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June 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 174: Matt Hyde (Beastwars)  

Welcome to episode 174 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.  Matt Hyde is the lead singer of Beastwars. He was […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Anchor, Anchor/FM, Apple Podcasts, Beastwars, Cancer, Chat, Conversation, Hard Rock, Health, Hospital, Interview, iTunes, IV, La Petite Chocolat, Matt Hyde, Matt Hyde (Beastwars), Matthew Hyde, metal, Off The Tracks, Pod, Podcast, Remission, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 174, Sweetman Podcast # 174: Matt Hyde, Sweetman Podcast # 174: Matt Hyde (Beastwars), T Leaf T, Treatment, Yeastie Boys ·

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April 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Miscarriages Made My Marriage Stronger 

I phoned a mate last week to ask a cheeky favour and in catching up I asked how things had been. “Better now”, he started. I gulped. I had pretty much guessed what was coming next. “We had a rough month last month”. Another pause. “We had a miscarriage…and you know all about that right?”  I nodded to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Birth, Children, Hospital, Kids, Marriage, Miscarriages, Miscarriages Made My Marriage Stronger, Parent Writer, Parenting, Parenting Writing, Parents, Spinoff Parents, The Spinoff, Writing ·

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February 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 198 You Will Walk

I have had this problem with my left leg for some time It makes it difficult to walk very far And it started just after we finished mastering Epidural   I’ve got the operation on it tomorrow To free the flow of blood…
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Epidural, Ghost, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Halo, Health, Hospital, Jon Mcleary, Leg, Music, Operation, Painting, Riki Gooch, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 198, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 198 You Will Walk, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 198, Wellington, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You Will Walk ·

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February 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 197 Second Time Around

I know I’ve been quiet lately The last year’s health problems flared up again and kind of laid me low This time around I didn’t take myself off to the hospital I just tried to deal with the problems from home and finally go looking for a doctor my own Meanwhile I didn’t feel I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Doctor, Facebook, GP, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hospital, Music, Painting, Second Time Around, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 197, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 197 Second Time Around, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 197, Wellington, Work, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 192 2017

epidural ˌɛpɪˈdjʊər(ə)l/Submit Adjective – ANATOMY on or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anaesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), A Ghost Is Born, Album, Album Review, Anatomy, Art, Blog, Epidural, Ghost, Gig, Gigs, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hannah, Herman Manslaughter, Hospital, Jesse Mulligan, Jon, Jon Mcleary, Leg, Manslaughter, Music, Nick Bollinger, Painting, Philosophy, Podcast, Review, RNZ, San Fran, South Island, Spines, Subdural, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 192 2017, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 192, War Stories by Jon McLeary # 192, Write, Writing, Year in Review ·

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October 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 185 It Hurts to Laugh and Hurts to Cry Three

Pick up the crazy pen and walk – isn’t that what they teach you at hospital school? I’ve used it as an excuse a few times before now Why dont you write me? There was the blood episode. I was allowed some thin gruel to drink and I was leaning over supping it.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blood, Ghost, Ghost Stories, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hospital, It Hurts To Laugh and Hurts To Cry, It Hurts To Laugh and Hurts To Cry Three, Jon Mcleary, Spines, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 185, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 185 It Hurts to Laugh and Hurts to Cry Three, War Stories, War Stories # 185, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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October 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 183 It Hurts to Laugh and Hurts to Cry Two

Day One: Sunday I’d been sick for a couple of weeks and was shit-scared of what might actually be wrong with me. In the end it was Malky and Truda that made the difference and they helped me over the road to the A&E at Wellington Hospital. There were a lot of questions from the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A&E, Art, Day One, Day Two, ep 183, Epidural, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hospital, Illness, It Hurts to Laugh and Hurts to Cry Two, Jon, Jon Mcleary, McLeary, Medication, Music, Recovery, Sick, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 183, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 183 It Hurts to Laugh and Hurts to Cry Two, The Spines, Treatment, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing ·

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July 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 121 The Women’s Hospital

Sam was my flatmate in the haunted house on Grey Street, he was an intellectual and a couple of years younger than me, from an upper middle class background and he had a job on a building site. He was earning nearly twice as much as I was at my job drafting at Waikato University […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Ghost Stories, Grey Street, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hamilton, Haunted House, Hospital, Jon Mcleary, Music, Mystery Creek, Premonition, R.I.P., Sam Davey, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 121 The Women’s Hospital, The Spines, The Women’s Hospital, Waikato, War Stories, War Stories # 121, Wellington, Writing ·

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