The past couple of days haven’t gone to plan. Valentines Day and Samuel was in A&E then yesterday it ended up being me. I’ve had a very sharp stabbing pain in my back which has been making it challenging to take a deep breath and I woke up yesterday morning hardly able to breathe due […]
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Oh my life. It seems somewhat ironic that on the day I was about to finish off my latest blog on being on the other side of an emergency, that I ended up being taken into hospital by ambulance with severe chest pain. It was odd because yesterday the tightness in my chest following a
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So if I were to say that in the space of one week, the Taylor-Bearman’s had been to A&E three times, once via ambulance with an internal bleed, once for a potential secondary bleed and the other time a doctor rang and said to get to a&e for urgent blood screening on the same day
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After writing this blog post on my phone nearly three weeks ago, I ended up having to scrap it because my brain was so fogged that I couldn’t think… Or move… Or breathe without being in immense suffering. I had just got the news that a much- awaited consultant appointment with rheumatology had been cancelled.
Do People Know What I mean When I Say “I’m in Pain”? Read More »
I’m used to living a very restricted life and even I’m struggling to manage. Before the pandemic hit us, I had started to venture outside more often and had managed to go in a shop. As you’ll see in my latest book, I didn’t even enter a shop for YEARS… I literally didn’t go into
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I’m not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day but I get asked a lot about my relationship and thought this was the best time to mention it. I first met Samuel five and a half years ago after deciding to try doing some online dating. To be honest I didn’t really have a choice as
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I’ve been having to really pace my energy levels for the past few weeks, hence why I’ve been so quiet… Sorryyyyyy! For the past six months, my physical health has been challenging to say the least. My body just doesn’t seem to be able to manage too well with what I ask it to do.
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You came into the world a year ago today – what a year that has been! Some days it feels like it was only yesterday when you were first put into my arms. You were so tiny and delicate – my hands were over half the size of your little body. Seven minutes after you
Felicity is Now One Read More »
I’ve been a bit quiet with my blogging, and it’s not because I don’t have a lot to say, in fact it is the complete opposite. I feel completely overwhelmed with the situation, at a loss of where to start and what to say first. The situation of this pandemic has hit us all hard.
As Reality Hits Home Read More »
When I moved back into my family home after four years of being hospitalised, I could think of nothing better than just returning. I was nineteen years old, I had been absent from our family home since I was fifteen. Just being able to be back there sounded like everything I wanted and more. It
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