her religions too, though I do not have experience here. This is also true of non-religious medicine such as yoga, homeopathy, and macrobiotics, to the extent that they attempt to substitute for mainstream medicine, rather than complement it. This is not to say that mainstream medicine is always correct – after all it is science and therefore falsifiable – whereas the others appear to me to lack the crucial characteristic of falsifiability.

[later]

There may be some permanent, or very slowly healing nerve damage, including partial paralysis of my lower lip and deviation of the tongue. Because I am now so careful in enunciating my words it appears that my accent has reverted to being yet more British. I may also need speech therapy to deal with this nerve damage.