My name is Ted and I deem myself a very lucky man. Why? because I'm still above ground and now able to write this article. Had it not been for a charming but nagging female employee some four years back, a cunning swift acting doctor and, an efficient hospital team I might now have been conversing with my ancestors somewhere in the great hereafter?

I'm an Idiot. Why listen to an idiot? Because, I'm an experienced idiot. I have, like so many others, undergone an experience that you do not possibly want in your lifetime. Not when you can possibly avoid it.

I know that I am far from unique in ignoring the publicised health advice that prevention is better than cure. So, having been such a silly old fool myself I sincerely hope this writing provides a reader with the inspiration to act now. Especially if there is a spouse and/or children involved. If not yourself, then you certainly owe it to them to keep your head above ground.

Some 2500 years ago, a Chinese general named Sun Tzu wrote on the arts of war A reference work utilised my military forces throughout the world to this day.He highlighted the importance of intelligence (knowledge) - To know your enemy