{"id":93335,"date":"2026-06-24T15:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=93335"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:20:21","slug":"an-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/06\/24\/an-update-3\/","title":{"rendered":"An update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I would share an update.<\/p>\n<p>I had hoped I would have the procedure for the kidney stone I am suffering with yesterday, but by 3 pm, not all the ducks were in a row to let that happen. It was rebooked for tomorrow, and I was sent home.<\/p>\n<p>By 9 pm, I was back in the hospital, in agony, again. I had not been given morphine to take home. It was a long night, with little sleep. Jacqueline stayed whilst I was again passed from pillar to post, but is now herself feeling ill, probably with fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>The hope is that once I have ultrasound treatment tomorrow, things might get better.<\/p>\n<p>Four thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to all your advice, I have written a blog post based on comments made about neoliberalism. I find it relaxing to write. This blog is my passion, vocation, or hobby, and crafting words is the art form I can do (sort of).<\/p>\n<p>Given that, I have also been thinking in between the pain about what I really should be concentrating on now. Feeling frail concentrates the mind, and commenting on the politics of the neoliberal system seems less important than building narratives to replace it.<\/p>\n<p>That said, don\u2019t expect too much at present. Even I admit this illness will take some getting over.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, if I have not responded to a comment or email requesting an answer, it is because I don\u2019t feel able to do so right now. Apologies. I really am human.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I would share an update. I had hoped I would have the procedure for the kidney stone I am suffering with yesterday, but<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/06\/24\/an-update-3\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93336,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93335\/revisions\/93336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}