Wednesday 14th November 2018 was the day to conquer fears. I’ve always been petrified of heights. When I was younger and not unwell, I remember going to Cornwall for a week, one of the activities was to abseil off a 250ft cliff. I sat on the edge of the cliff for half an hour crying […]
My escapades with the change of drugs reached fever pitch three weeks ago, when I rang up the doctors with a blood pressure of 80/50….The dearest junior doctor had told me or more like made me promise that if my blood pressure went under 90/60, that I’d ring for an ambulance. That would be ridiculous,
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A good friend once told me that it will be even harder to get better than it is to get ill. At the time, this news was hard to begin to fathom. However, now I understand what her point was. When you are extremely unwell, there is nothing you can do to change the situation.
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Dear Bug… Let’s Talk Changing Medications These past few months have been very frustrating because it has been a stop-start affair. Everything has been put on hold for so long, I’m getting frustrated with my own body (even more so than normal). I’m just floored by my own exhaustion and agony that has taken me
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Firstly a massive thank you to every single person who has left a comment on here for me. It has really lifted my spirits to hear from you all and you really such a lovely bunch! Finally a massive thank you to my Samuel for being amazing as per usual and my Lena and April
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In the past few weeks, I have been dealing with the frustrations of wanting to be able to do more than my body would let me. In fact, that is not strictly true… the M.E. Monster lets me have a taste of what is out there, then whips it away from me like a cruel
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I’d always wanted to be an author. I used to practise creative writing with my Gran and excelled at the subject at school. Things became serious for me when I went on holiday with my Gran, Pop, Mum, Dad, Tom and Becky to France. It was just one of those wonderful holidays with so many
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Dear Bug… It’s Back to Basics Today was a first for something I never thought I would be joyful about, until I got ill. I cleaned the sides after supper! Such a simple task but it felt so good to be able to say that I had tidied up with the help of Samuel.
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At some point, everyone finds life’s challenges too much and Friday evening was my turn (a week ago, it takes me a while to write these blogs). I’m not going to shy away from this subject because I think it’s important to realise that it’s only natural to feel like this once in a while
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After writing this blog today, I have the exciting news that A Girl Behind Dark Glasses is available on Amazon! In it’s genre, it is Number 46 on the Bestselling top 100 and number 1 in the Hot New Releases! Please keep supporting it you wonderful lot and thank you for everything you’ve done to
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