Yesterday, a friend asked how I go about trying to live a normal life with very little space to myself. They were referring to the fact that I’ve now lived in care for 15 years. By that, I mean I have required physical assistance from another person to carry out one or more daily tasksContinue reading “Living With Carers: Making It Work”
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My Year In Bed
2016 was rough
MY BLOG: WHY I NEED YOU TO KNOW MY STORY
It’s not very well known that I love talking about how I ended up in a wheelchair… a lot… no seriously, a whole lot. Of course it can make for some awkward conversation with me laughing at being in a near fatal accident, or trying to tell someone with a straight face, “I got offContinue reading “MY BLOG: WHY I NEED YOU TO KNOW MY STORY”
Life In A Chair isn’t so easy. Let Me Explain
So it has now been 6 weeks since my last post. I would like to stress that I did not go missing, haven’t eloped with an exotic super model (that’s so last year), or won the lottery and moved to the Caribbean. I’ve actually just been… well… living “life in a chair”. Let me explain.Continue reading “Life In A Chair isn’t so easy. Let Me Explain”
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Healthcare professionals are among some of the most undervalued and even unacknowledged heroes of our generation. Be it nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers or even social workers, we only go to them with problems, they do their best to help us and… we move along to get on with our lives, on many occasions not even rememberingContinue reading “Not All Heroes Wear Capes”