If you follow me on Twitter or social media you'll be aware that I've been a bit poorly and been treated after having had a mini stroke. A wake up call to start prioritising my working hours and my deliverables rather than trying to do 15/16 hr days doing a European day then US hours plus other bits. 2014 was a pretty awful year for me dealing with a lot of crap that I had to wade through that made me stressed to the point of personal breaking point. This, therefore has been a complete wake up call.

So for now this means the podcasts that were lined up are on hold and a few articles that I was working on are also in the pending tray. There are a few articles to go live this week and next on TheStack.com and prep for FOSDEM continues in the hope I am well enough to go. If I am well enough I will mix the podcast content and release it but not in the next few days.

For now I am laid up, grateful to the amazing ambulance staff from Bath and North East Somerset Ambulance Service, and the staff and consultants at the Acute Stroke Unit at the RUH in Bath, the specialist MRI/CT imaging staff and everyone who reached out to help diagnose me, and then treat me. The UK NHS is in total crisis at the minute and without resources to help many. My experiences were amazing and I was looked after, made to feel safe and diagnosed promptly able to receive the treatment that saved my life.

The Conservative government should be disgusted at it's lack of care for the NHS. The staff deserve our support and our applause not our derision.

For now I'm doing very little, my wife has been told to make me behave until I am able to return to a normal everyday functioning life.