Business Traveller

November has been a terrible month for people I know. One of my friends has been diagnosed with stomach cancer, and has spent the month in chemo. My best friend’s daughter got very ill (but is thankfully alright now), and then the bravest guy I know had a major turn for the worse…

He’s had MS for a few years now, and has been controlling it with some drugs that he had to take every day. Last week, he had a really bad spell, and the Doctors confirmed that his condition had changed, and that his immune system was now out of control.

He spent the last week in dialysis, where they basically stripped the immune cells from his blood, and gave him a choice of hard core chemo or a drug infusion. The hard core chemo would make him feel like shit, and he would get sick often and die young. The drug infusion may give him a short, but comfortable life, or it could kill him or turn him into a vegetable instantly.

He took the drug option, and the infusion happened today. Still not heard anything, but if you are the praying type, please put a little prayer in for Axel.

Yes, unbelievable as it may seem, and after a mere 7 months of paying lawyers and accountants to resolve the issue for me, the fascists at the South African Revenue Services have finally conceded that they cannot prove that I worked in South Africa over the period that they previously claimed, and that I owe them no taxes. The courts have reversed the judgement against me, and the arrest warrant revoked!

Happy days.

 Now to get those fuckers at the credit bureaus to remove the incident from my credit history – this may prove to be the hardest part!

Good news, though, is that one very homesick South African in a frosty and cold England can start shoppiong for tickets to fly South for some sunshine annd to meet up with friends!