The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Scottish Voices: The Journey – A Close Call with Death
By Martin Conroy During those dark, cold, miserable winter months early in 1979, a soon-to-be 41 year old woman found herself visiting her doctor complaining of a pain in her knees. The doctor advised her that she probably had a touch of arthritis and took a blood sample just to be sure. When the woman