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The Mirror (London, England)
A daily newspaper based in London, England. Stories cover current events, culture, sports, and entertainment of local, national, and international significance. Special attention is given to celebrity news.
Articles from December 7, 1998
1.2m People in Britain Own a Man Utd Shirt, We Eat 44 Kit Kats a Second and Drink 35m Cups of PG Tips Every Day. These Are the .. Brands of Gold
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THEY influence every aspect of our lives and we stay loyal to them - whatever the cost. Every day we consciously choose one brand name over another - from the car we drive to the food we eat, from the clothes we wear to the beer we drink. Although...
2 out of 3 Brits Want the Euro; Poll Backs Wait and See Policy
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TWO out of three Brits will back joining the euro if it is a success in other countries. While 58 per cent of people agreed that Britain could not afford to stay out of the single currency - only 30 per cent disagreed. The poll backed Tony Blair's...
53 Years without Electricity . . Pounds 15,500 to Get It
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A HARD-UP widow who has lived without electricity for 53 years has been told to cough up pounds 15,500 if she wants to be connected. Every morning frail gran May Richards, 78, rises by candlelight and trudges out to her coal bunker and woodpile...
A Boy Robbed of Life; I Never Will Know the Joy of Seeing My Son Grow Up to Be a Man.He Has Been Given an Unjust Sentence -Mum Jennifer Yesterday
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THE mother of the little boy injected with AIDS by his own father sobbed last night as she opened her heart about his cruel death sentence. Jennifer Jackson struggled to fight back tears as she described the heartbreak of knowing she will never...
Afternoon at the Oprah as RTE Sign Chat Queen Winfrey; SHOW ON THREE TIMES A WEEK
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RTE has clinched a hush-hush deal to screen the Oprah Winfrey Show, it was revealed last night. The US chat show queen will appear on Irish screens for the first time next year. Promotion for her hit show will start on St Stephen's Day. "This...
Beverley Callard's Diet Club
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Craving mad WHY WE GO NUTS FOR A PIECE OF PIZZA OR A CHOCCY BAR WE ALL know the feeling. Without warning, a slice of pizza or chocolate bar pops up in your mind and before you know it, you're at the fridge door. Scientists have long been trying...
Brave Sparky Goes Walkies for Xmas
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PARALYSED terrier Sparky is getting a dream Christmas present - a pair of stabilisers to replace his two back legs. The three-year-old cairn terrier lost the use of his back legs after he was run over crossing a road in Dublin last month. Sparky...
Bruton's Internet Pornitics; Schoolboys Look for Blueshirts & Find Blue Girls
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IRISH schoolboys with a passion for politics found themselves witnessing passion of another kind on the internet When they tried to get into the Fine Gael website, they were confronted by graphic images of sex. Instead of gaining access to the...
Cricket: Angry Lloyd in to Tackle Jones; Coach Hits Back at Aussie's Catch Jibe
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ENGLAND coach David Lloyd has been involved in an angry confrontation with former Australian Test star Dean Jones. Lloyd bounded up several flights of stairs in the Melbourne Cricket Ground, intent on telling Jones to mind his own business after...
Dear Jo: Readers' Letters
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Go to blazes, Gorman HOW degrading for our firefighters to be classed as blackmailing, shroud-waving dinosaurs by Tory MP Teresa Gorman. Firefighters are heroes and should be treated with respect. Talking of dinosaurs, Teresa, I note you are...
Dying for Nothing; Cancer Professor Vows to Continue Vital Work as Hunger Striker Faces the End
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A PROFESSOR targeted to be killed if animal rights activist Barry Horne dies on hunger strike vowed to continue his vital work last night. Gordon McVie, head of the Cancer Research Campaign whose treatments are tested on animals, declared: "This...
Eastern Promise; the Nats Select an Asian-Born Woman to Fight Dewar for Seat
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IT'S a long way from Pakistan to Anniesland in Glasgow. But Scotland's first Asian-born woman Nationalist candidate is determined to take on Labour's top man in his own backyard and thwart his plans to become the country's First Minister. School...
Fly Me I'm A Minister; Government Using Jet as Taxi Service Say Military
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AER CORPS pilots have launched a blitz on Cabinet ministers who use the government's executive jet as a private taxi service. The pounds 5,000-an-hour joyrides disrupt training schedules and keep the plane almost constantly in the air, say military...
Football: Batey's Big Two Howler; GLENTORAN....0 LINFIELD ....1 Midfielder Hands It to Blues
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LINFIELD moved to the top of the Smirnoff Premiership table, courtesy of an early Christmas present form Glentoran's Pete Batey at the Oval on Saturday. The big midfielder shamefully raised a hand to deflect a Chris Morgan cross to safety and referee...
Football: Bohs Prove Point at Turner's Cross; CORK CITY 0 BOHEMIANS 0
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CORK City manager Dave Barry yesterday paid bottom club Bohemians the ultimate compliment when he said: "They deserved the draw." The National League leaders were held scoreless for the first time this season on their own ground at Turner's Cross...
Football: Chilly Lucas Makes It Too Hot for Hammers; Leeds 4 West Ham 0
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LUCAS RADEBE'S fingers will have warmed up enough to grip a pen this week and end the speculation concerning his future at Elland Road. He is staying because he feels he can get his hands on something else - the Championship trophy Let's face...
Football: Clach Look for Chain Reaction; Highland Round-Up
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PLUMBER Alan Hercher reckons Clach's youngsters are ready to flush away East Coast domination. The former Caley Thistle striker reckons the Lilywhites' look just like the Ross County side which swept to glory from nowhere under Bobby Wilson in 1991....
Football: Dear Old Bill, Just Pass on the Quality Question; Everton 0 Chelsea 0
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WHAT do you reckon then?, we asked of Bill Kenwright, as the still wide-eyed vice-chairman tried to reel in his emotions after his first game in charge. Gushing with all the force of a true luvvie, the prospective Everton owner could hardly contain...
Football: Dodds Magic Can't Stop the Big Sleep
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Dundee Utd 1 St Johnstone 1 LEAGUE changes are in the air again and from the evidence of this Premier League encounter, it cannot come a moment too soon. It was not only the fans who appeared to be bored with this game, even Saints stopper Alan...
Football: Euell Answers Joe's Prayers; Wimbledon 2 Coventry 1
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EVERY Sunday morning Joe Kinnear takes his mum to her local church and they light candles. He doesn't pray to win matches, although someone is listening at the moment. For although Kinnear is mixing together the best of the three sides he has...
Football: FA Cup: Hat's the Way to Do It, Tommo
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SAMMY McILROY'S Macclesfield swamped CAMBRIDGE UNITED 4-1 thanks to a brilliant 11-minute hat-trick from former Manchester United reserve Graeme Tomlinson. Striker Tommo found his shooting boots mid-way through the second half. HULL CITY boss...
Football: Fergie Troops Primed for the Battle
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THEY will be marching on Old Trafford in their lederhosen on Wednesday. And as Manchester United's bid for Champions League progress climaxes in a Bavarian rhapsody, they could not have asked for a more meaningful warm-up than the high anxiety of...
Football: Fergie V Robbo
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MIDDLESBROUGH boss Bryan Robson is going back to Manchester United in the third round of the FA Cup, writes John Cross. Robson, a three-time Cup winner during his glory years, will lead Boro in an emotional return to Old Trafford. And it also...
Football: Fitz Is Feeling Better
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Stranraer 1 St Mirren 2 VIRUS-HIT St Mirren boss Tony Fitzpatrick received a tonic from his troops as he lay on his sickbed. The boss was struck down by the bug just hours before kick-off and was forced to stay at home. But his stand-in, youth...
Football: Gazza's a Real Crowd Tees-Er; Middlesbro 2 Newcastle 2; but Ruud Boys Ruin It with a Couple of Crackers
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THE OLD Paul Gascoigne would have thought all his Christmases had come at once. But the new-look Gazza turned the other cheek yesterday, when chased by a topless Santa and a helper wearing nothing but a G-string. The Geordie boy clearly enjoyed...
Football: George the Bawl Boy for Spurs; Tottenham 2 Liverpool 1: Life's a Scream as Graham Takes Charge
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IT COULD become the first no-go area in the Premiership - the little patch of dirt track just in front of George Graham's dug-out at White Hart Lane. That's where linesmen, ballboys, opposing coaches and probably Alan Sugar as well risk a tongue-lashing...
Football: Gers Could Still Snap Up McCann
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HEARTS boss Jim Jefferies last night revealed he had knocked back a Rangers bid for winger Neil McCann. But the Jambos could lose him if Gers come back with a bigger offer. Jefferies said: "There is a clause in the contract saying if it gets...
Football: Gregory's Title Torment; A Villa 1 Man Utd 1: Villa Boss Won't Hear of Championship Talk
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A Villa 1 Man Utd 1 JOHN GREGORY could hardly bring himself to speak, even after his team had proved their credentials to stay in the title race. In championship terms, it's very much a case of "so far, so good'' for surprise contenders Villa,...
Football: Half Measures Almost Pay Off
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Dumbarton 1 Livingston 1 SECONDS until kick-off and the man two seats down leans over and says: "I'll give it 10 minutes before someone halves John Robertson - welcome to the Third Division, eh?" It's a freezing cold Saturday at Boghead and nothing...
Football: Hey Santa! Leave My Dad Alone; Middlesbrough 2 Newcastle 2
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LITTLE Regan Gascoigne watched his dad in action at Middlesbrough yesterday - and got his first sight of Santa Claus. Gazza's two-year-old lad paraded his skills as Boro's matchday mascot for the Tyne-Tees derby. And two scantily-clad girls dressed...
Football: I Can Still Turn Things around; Miller Won't Quit Rock-Bottom Dons
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Kilmarnock 4 Aberdeen 0 APPALLING Aberdeen suffered their second humiliating defeat in seven days when they hit rock-bottom in this embarrassingly one- sided Rugby Park encounter. Hard on the heels of the three-goal drubbing by Dundee United...
Football: I Got Death Threats, Says Jock Brown
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JOCK BROWN yesterday admitted he quit Celtic after receiving death threats. The former General Manager - who sparked celebrations among Hoops fans when he resigned a month ago - revealed the truth behind his departure when he finally broke his silence...
Football: Kevin Is the Scourge of Former Boss; NEWRY TOWN....1 GLENAVON....0
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KEVIN McKeown came out of the Highlands to haunt former boss Roy Walker at The Marshes. The 30-year-old goalkeeper, who helped Walker win two championships during a roller-coaster adventure with Crusaders, did his own impression of the flying Scott...
Football: Kev's Oldie but Goodie
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Falkirk 3 Ayr United 0 GORDON DALZIEL was last night wishing Kevin McAllister was ready for his pension. The Falkirk wizard - a young 36 - had run rings around Dalziel's United and helped knock them off second spot in the First Division. Somerset...
Football: Kidd Keeps Faith with Fergie's Way; Blackburn 1 Charlton 0: Three Points Answer Brian's Prayers
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BRIAN KIDD had thanked The Lord and Jack Walker but knew there was one man left who completes his personal holy trinity - Alex Ferguson. Blackburn's new boss came out of the Old Trafford shadows and revealed a humourous, warm, deeply religious,...
Football: Laughing All the Way to the Bankie; Joe Can Joke about Crises
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AIRDRIE 2 CLYDEBANK 0 BATTERED Bankie Joe McLaughlin scored an own goal, watched his crocked keeper taken off at the break then found that his hopes of replacing boss Ian McCall could be dashed. But the towering stopper, who is surviving on month-to-month...
Football: Mark Lawrenson's Column: Whizz Kidd Makes the Right Move
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LISTENING to certain Manchester United supporters over the past few days, you would think Brian Kidd had committed an act of high treason by moving to Blackburn. They see him as one of their own, a man who played a major role in the most wonderful...
Football: Marko's Your Problem; Croats Demand Pounds 3M Owed for Runaway Viduka
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CROATIA Zagreb lawyer Damir Vrbanovic last night blasted Celtic saying: "Marko Viduka is your player - he is your problem." The Zagreb chief was reacting to comments from Fergus McCann about Celtic not having to pay the pounds 3million transfer...
Football: Muzzy the Man for You, Hod; Leicester 2 Soton 0
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LEICESTER boss Martin O'Neill has called for Muzzy Izzet's elevation to the full England squad after a bizarre away-day victory in front of their own Filbert Street fans. O'Neill has been accused on occasion of being a few potatoes short of a full...
Football: No Devil Talks for Big Eck
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Morton 1 Hibs 3 ALEX McLEISH has dismissed talk of a move to the vacant number two post at Manchester United. He said: "It's paper talk and I've no control or influence over it. "But I'm sure Alex Ferguson will have a good long hard think...
Football: No Songs of Praise for out of Tune Gers
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Rangers 1 Dunfermline 1 FOR once, the tunes failed to relieve the stuffiness and congestion, in the form of Dunfermline, at Ibrox on Saturday. Rangers had employed a brass band to help improve the atmosphere and lift the levels of excitement...
Football: Owen - I May Be Going; Superkid Desperate for Trophies
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By JOHN CROSS MICHAEL OWEN has revealed for the first time his ambition to play abroad. And the brilliant young England striker has warned Liverpool that if they do not fulfil his ambitions, he will consider a move to a top European club. ...
Football: Parks Lands Glory at Last
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Queen's Park 2 Berwick 0 GORDON PARKS has had his share of cup misery. He broke his leg in the first minute of a League Challenge Cup tie while playing for Clyde against St Johnstone in 1995. He was in plaster for nine months but his long road...
Football: Patmore Keeps Yeovil on Par; Yeovil 2 Northampton 0
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YEOVIL hero Warren Patmore once quit football to pursue his real sporting dream - to become a professional golfer. But Patmore's dreams now lie in football after his late strike sealed victory for the FA Cup's most famous giantkillers who have now...
Football: Reid Pacesetters Singing off Pitch; Sunderland 1 Stockport 0: But Win Keeps Heat On
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SUNDERLAND players arrived at their state of the art stadium expecting to see the green, green grass of home. But as the undersoil heating failed to function properly, so did they. However, to be fair, there was still stacks of flair and precision...
Football: Steph Stuff Leaves Sad Celts in Jam; Hearts Lifted by Adam's Double
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Hearts 3 Celtic 0: HAPPY Hearts hit Celtic's title hopes with Adam good showing at Tynecastle last night. Two goals from Frenchman Stephane Adam gave Jim Jefferies' side full points as the Jambos dished out a deadly dose of Capital punishment. ...
Football: Vialli to Throw Book at Bad Boy Dennis
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CHELSEA skipper Dennis Wise is set to be hit with a pounds 20,000 fine - after being told to belt up over his third red card of the season. Furious Blues boss Gianluca Vialli is ready to punish Wise with a maximum fine of two weeks' wages on top...
Football: We Are Going out for Goals; Rangers Star Albertz Fires Warning to Parma
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FACING some of Serie A's finest poses problems. But then, so too did Fife's best for Rangers at the weekend. Names like Abel Balbo, Hernan Crespo Lilian Thuram and Enrico Chiasa only hint at the magnitude of the task facing Scotland's last European...
Football: Wenger Will Rely on the Old Routine; Derby 0 Arsenal 0
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FORGET Arsene Wenger's much-maligned young players. The fate of Arsenal's season lies on the weary old bones of George Graham's old guard. As the Gunners stumble from one mediocre result to the next following a spate of dreadful injuries, the kids...
Football: Why Dons Are Betting on a Loser
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JOE KINNEAR and his merry men have not comm-itted the crime of the century, nor are they guilty of the betting scandal of the decade. Though no-one deserves to be banned, or Wimbledon kicked out of the Worthington Cup for what appears to be nothing...
Football: Yabba Dabba Phew!; Ruud Switch in Nik of Time; MIDDLESBROUGH 2 NEWCASTLE 2
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NEWCASTLE'S Greek star Nikos Dabizas had the final word in the north-east's private war yesterday. Dabizas grabbed a dramatic 83rd-minute equaliser at Middlesbrough. The substitute had been thrown on as an emergency striker only two minutes earlier...
GAA: Canny Kenny Leads Wicklow Past Common; Wicklow 1-8 Roscommon 0-5
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LIKE Down and Cork last year, Roscommon also found it is impossible to beat Wicklow on their home patch Aughrim in their Division 2A league game yesterday. Wicklow were fully deserving of this victory - which puts them on top of the table with six...
GAA: Heavy Hitters Can't Find Knockout Blow; Eire Og 1-6 Kilmacud C. 0-9
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IT was billed as a unification bout between the two finest sides in Leinster club football in the latter half of the '90s. And that is how it transpired. Like two weary heavyweights Kilmacud Crokes and Eire Og battled until they could no longer...
GAA: Johhny Be Good for Down Champs; Brothers Pearse 0-4 Ballygalget 1-9
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A FIVE point haul from Ballygalget star forward, Johnny McGrattan saw off the challenge from British champs Brothers Pearse Ruislip on Sunday in the AIB All Ireland Club Championship quarter-final. The Ulster champions flattered to deceive and only...
GAA: Kingdom Coast in; Kerry 1-12 Westmeath 1-7
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KERRY'S experience and guile saw them collect another two points in the Church & General NFL Division Two, with a five point win at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney yesterday. Kerry were forced to line out without the injured Seamus Moynihan, who...
GAA: Liam Strings Harps out to Dry; by PIARAS O RAGHALLAIGH
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BALLINA'S dream midfield partnership of Liam McHale and David Brady were once again to the fore as the Mayo club champions scraped past a wasteful Sligo side. McHale in particular was outstanding and he orchestrated their decisive winning scores...
GAA: Point of Order; Dispute over Final Score
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LEINSTER'S phantom point saga struck again in Newbridge yesterday with Brian White's umpires once again in the eye of the storm. What looked like a perfectly legitimate score by Kilmacud Crokes corner-forward Ray Cosgrove was waved wide by one of...
GAA: Toom Doomed by Saint James; ST JOSEPH'S TAKE FIRST MUNSTER TITLE ST JOSEPH'S 0-12 TOOMEVARA 0-8
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SHARP-shooter Jamesie O'Connor delivered an early Christmas present to the Hills of Clare in a dramatic showdown with Toomevara before 12,000 spellbound fans at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday. Spurred by his AllStar award 36 hours earlier the classy...
Gentle John Death: Two Charged
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TWO men have been charged in connection with the murder of Rehab worker "gentle" John Carroll. John 22, was found dead in a ditch 30 miles from his home last Friday. At a special sitting of Limerick District Court on Saturday night William Roche,...
Hound out All Hunts; Campaigners Rap Vote Plan on Fox Killing
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THE Government was under fire from all sides last night over plans to introduce county voting to ban fox-hunting. Angry anti-cruelty campaigners say Ministers have broken their promises to outlaw the blood sport completely. And pro-hunters claim...
Inside the Dail: Rainbow Sickened by Own Medicine
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TWO months ago the government voted down an Opposition Bill to outlaw gazumping. Now we know why. Never in the history of Irish politics has an Opposition been so utterly gazumped as they were last Wednesday. Charlie McCreevy's second Budget...
It's Not My Job to Help Britain, Claims Short
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CABINET Minster Clare Short was under fire last night after she admitted refusing to stick up for British business while abroad. Gaffe-prone Ms Short said she had ignored advice from officials on a trip to China in June to make the case for hard-pressed...
Lockerbie Trial Hopes Are Raised; Cook Optimistic Suspects Will Be Handed Over
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BRITISH Foreign Secretary Robin Cook expressed "qualified optimism" last night that the Lockerbie suspects would be handed over by Libya. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi to try to persuade him to hand over two men...
Matthew Wright's Column: Patsy Nearly Died from Allergy Drug; Speedy Docs Save Star
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PATSY Kensit has made light of her sickness after eating a plateful of oysters - but the truth was far worse than she let on. My top-level sources tell me the actress came close to death after suffering a complication when medics began treating...
My Three Miracles; Dad Paralysed in Crash Beats All the Odds to Father Triplets
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A CRASH victim who was told he would never have a child of his own has fathered TRIPLETS. Dave Bassett, 36, was paralysed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair after a motorcycle accident when he was a teenager. Now, thanks to advances...
Naomi Nightmare; Model Is Hell to Work for Says 'Victim'
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THE secretary who claims she was attacked by Naomi Campbell has told how working for the supermodel was the "job from hell". Campbell, 28, has been charged with assault and is being sued for up to pounds 5million by 39-year-old Georgina Galanis....
New Age Princesses; Fergie's Girls Wear Trendy Hair Braids for Xmas Card
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THEY may be royalty but this photograph shows that princesses Beatrice and Eugenie can be as trendy as any young girls. The smiling sisters wore New Age-style braids in their hair for the snap that will grace their parents' Christmas cards this...
Peig's Tales of Woe Were Invented, Claims Prof; Hated Irish Schoolbook Was a Lesson in Lying
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ONE of Ireland's most hated authors has been branded a teller of tall tales. Experts say Peig Sayers exaggerated the stories of hardship in her Irish language autobiography which was compulsory - but far from compulsive - reading for hundreds of...
Racing: Imperial's Kempton Call
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THE Ghost of Cheltenham Past has come back to haunt See More Business. Imperial Call, victorious in the 1996 Gold Cup, took the scalp of Dorans Pride at Punchestown yesterday - confirming that he is back in the big time. Now, granted soft ground...
Racing: Pride Dented by Paul's Call; Imperial Triumphs over Doran's
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IMPERIAL CALL delighted his legion of followers with a thrilling all-the-way win over arch-rival Doran's Pride in the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown yesterday. Scoring his third win from four outings this season for trainer Ray Hurley,...
Rebuilding Omagh; Hope, Peace and Love Fill the Air . . the Awful Numbed Silence Has Gone . . It's like Christmas Has Come Early
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CARS are illegally parked on the yellow line in Omagh High Street, just as the Red Cavalier was when the bomb inside it went off. Protestant. Catholic. Young. Old. A total of 29 people and two unborn babies were murdered. Another 370 injured. ...
Rugby Union: Dan Hands It to England; Brilliant New Boy Enters History Bok; England 13 South Africa 7
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TO Michael Owen and Justin Rose add Dan Luger, a name for heroes if ever there were one and the latest star to enter England's sporting firmament. The Harlequins wing is older than his teenage counterparts, but just as green in this company. ...
Rugby Union: Doddie's Diary - S-Painless Exercise
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THERE can't be too many complaints at how we came through our World Cup qualifiers. Two matches, two comprehensive wins. The win against Spain was even more pleasing than that over Portugal the previous week. Spain, who had secured a place in...
Rugby Union: King Kenny; No Let-Up as Five-Try Hero Logan Leads Rout; Scotland 85 Spain 3
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WHAT a difference a week makes. Scotland rattle in 13 more record- equalling tries and 10 conversions, in another one-sided World Cup qualifier. The Scots' tally was identical to that of the previous Saturday against Portugal. But after running...
Rugby Union: We Feel Pretty Good Says Jerry
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ENGLAND try hero Jerry Guscott proved there is more to being a model professional than good looks. Guscott sent England on their way against South Africa with his second score in as many weeks, then warned the Springboks' heart-throb flanker Bobby...
The Night George Showed His Real Asset . . Honesty; 50 MINUTES OF TV THAT TURNED THE SINNER INTO SAINT MICHAEL
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BY GEORGE, wasn't he vulgar? Within minutes he was joking with Parky about his willy. Before the 50 minutes was out, there was an astonishingly explicit account of that lewd incident in a Hollywood urinal. There were a string of four-letter words...
Tony Parsons' Column: A Sign of the Times for Wretched Will
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THERE was something incredibly touching about the photograph of Will Carling sitting in a Cardiff bookshop waiting for people to ask for signed copies of his new book, My Life As A Selfish, Bum-Faced Git. Publishers love the idea of a celebrity...
Tony Parsons' Column: We Won't Be Slavs to Good Health
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HERE in Britain we still like sugar in our tea, a snout between our lips and sitting on the sofa in front of the telly. As a nation we are, quite frankly, not all that interested in hiking up mountains, strapping on skis or eating Ryvita biscuits...
Why Can't We Buy Homes as Quickly as in Scotland?
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IT'S BEING billed as the biggest shake-up yet in our archaic housing system. The Government will today pledge to make the moving experience quicker and more stress-free. It's also waging war on gazumping, where sellers suddenly ditch one offer...
Win Your Dream Holiday; and Pounds 5 Worth of Free International Calls for Readers
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WHY not give your Christmas greetings to your long distance friends or relatives over the phone with this great offer and competition with Swiftcall, the international phone specialists? One lucky Scottish Mirror reader will win the holiday of a...
Your Monthly Stars
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DANCE genius Michael Flatley working out in a boxing ring is just one of the knockout pictures in a new charity calendar. The Lord of the Dance star is one of a dozen famous faces featured on the subject of passion. And it was a return to a teenage...
Your Problems: Miriam Stoppard's Advice Column
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What is option if I can't take HRT? I'VE been taking HRT for nine years, but with last year's scare, I stopped. After three months or so, I didn't feel too good so I decided to start again and went to see my doctor. She more or less hinted that...
