The run-up to my prostate examination | Brief letters
At the doctor’s | Phone safety | Passwords | Heinz advert Lucy Mangan, writing about her doctor joking about her kidneys ( Digested week, 4 October ), reminded me of having an examination for an enlarged prostate. As I lay on the couch waiting for the procedure, my doctor said: “In accordance with current NHS guidelines, I have to take a run-up.” It made me feel less discomfited. David Noonan Earley, Berkshire • En route for Colombia in 2018, I threaded a chain through the case of my new iPhone. I kept the chain looped round my wrist to reduce [...]