My newly immunosuppressed life

This time last year I started to feel a pain in my stomach. It felt sort of like trapped wind, but it just wouldn’t move, and it stayed for a few days.

As editor of The Teesside Lead, a huge part of my job is keeping track of the goings-on in the five council areas which make up the Tees Valley region.

A few weeks ago, a councillor at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Coun. Graham Jeffery, was granted a six-month exemption from attending meetings due to his health.

While he continues to work for his constituents, the…