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Dear Bug… What a Difference a Decade Makes

I could have quite easily written a blog on this year, because so much of my life has changed in that time. As we come to the end of a decade, I thought it was a perfect time to reflect on more than just a year but how much my whole world has changed. A […]

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Dear Bug… A Royal Occasion

It’s not often that you get an invitation to the Queen’s Garden Party… So I was pretty shocked to get the letter through the post! I was invited for my charity work and raising awareness for severe M.E. It came in the thickest card I have ever seen and was really quite special. I thought

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I’ve Been Nominated….

OMG I’ve been nominated for a Pride In Medway Award by my local pharmacist Vanessa. Sadly they are trying to cut funding to Pharmacies across the UK. They are vital to people like me. My pharmacist makes sure I have all my medication delivered to my door as I’m too unwell to pick them up, she puts all

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Medway Messenger News “ME sufferer Jessica Taylor, from Cliffe Woods, determined to walk down aisle at wedding”

Jessica Taylor has spent most of the last 11 years in her bedroom, suffering from a debilitating illness – but has now revealed she is getting married. The 25-year-old is working hard with her physiotherapist as she’s determined to walk down the aisle on her big day. Jessica, who runs the Share A Star charity,

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Bringing back the sparkle

A Rochester woman with severe M.E. has brought hope, support and comfort to over 500 young people. Jessica Taylor, who is chronically ill with severe M.E., set up Share a Star in October 2010 to bring the sparkle back into the lives of severely unwell children and teenagers. Since starting the charity, Jessica has helped

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Military operation

  Momentous occasion. Yesterday I gave a speech to over 2000 people about Share a Star, our project Oakley’s Outings and my experience at school. This was the FIRST time out of the house in TEN YEARS and was a military operation. Do check it out but it shows that slowly, despite my setbacks, I

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