2003 Archive 8: Harsh Realities
2003 was the new ‘norm’ for a year in the life of my illness. In January, I woke up one morning to find that my face…
2002 Archive 7: Living my new life
2002 was to be the year where I began to live my reconstructed life. The spectre of immediate death receded to be replaced by the reality…
2000/2001 Archive 6: Stability
After our Canadian holiday, medically, life was quiet for almost eighteen months. I was stable; eyes, hands, arms, all recovered. We took the opportunity to get…
1999/2000 Archive 5: My Nadir
January 1999: I guess we all have nightmares about this kind of moment – total body paralysis with speech and vision deterioration and a fully functioning…
1998 Archive 4: Time passes slowly
1998 was a year that felt like a decade to me. What did I learn? 1. Exploratory medical tests are often painful, uncomfortable and undignified. I…
1998 Archive 3: Pulmonary Embolus
It was a Wednesday morning. The doorbell rang. I hear EaZyD rushing down the stairs shouting for help. EaZyD seemed to be panicking – most unlike…
1997 Archive 2: My symptoms progress
I noticed the first clear symptoms in January 1997 – pins and needles in both feet that did not go away. Poor footwear, a back problem? …
1997 Archive 1: Life Change
For most of us life is good…until it isn’t. Even then, generally, things get better and then worse again, then better and so it goes. It’s…
Stiletto Wheels 