Hi Julie,

Like you say, I've no doubt that certain medical professionals will look to what initially appears an easy route, not out of laziness as such, but out of not knowing what else to do. This is where there needs to be 'external' input.

My Mobile phone has short preset messages and also a feature called Predictive Texting, a feature whereby the phone will assume words I need to use. As I find texting problematic it can be useful - to a point. There are times however that there is a word I need to use that isn't in it's dictionary - at this point I need to be bold and just type that word in manually. It may be a little more complicated, take a little longer to do, but the recipient gets the information they need. Often, what's established in the system isn't the answer, there needs to be a more meticulous and individualised method.

All I can say here is that a blood transfusion is not essential to my life or to the life of my family and there are many who feel the same way. There is always a way, and we have come along way down that 'way' in the medical field due to reasons I can't discuss here, and the strength, courage, and yes faith, of different peoples (medical professionals and non-professionals) willing and working together to look for better answers - and they're finding them.

Kind regards,

Graham.