Acceptance does not mean resignation …
I’m not hugely fond of reminders on positivity, positive thinking, catchy little slogans to live your – very hard chronically ill – life to but this…
Managing Change in the NHS
As someone with a long-term chronic condition, I am a regular user of NHS services. Luckily for me, over time, my needs have become, generally, less…
Clive James reads …
A touchingly personal reading by Clive James of Keith Douglas’ poem: Canoe I imagine it is almost impossible for those of us with illnesses not to…
Aloneness …
Aloneness: the acute awareness of being alone and different from those about us. This is not about loneliness and isolation for which there is remedy but…
FGM: Daughters Of Eve
FGM: Female Genital Mutilation is not a topic directly relevant to my blog but it is directly relevant to my life and that of all women,…
2008 Archive 13: Seeking counsel
As I sit and type this, my face is rather alarmingly paralysed. Why is paralysis – mine anyway – never even? I have a weird, very…
Stiletto Wheels 