2016 Archive 21: Love Runs Deep
I’m happy to record that there have been no fresh acute health traumas arising in 2016, thank goodness, although, following on from my 2015 experiences, I…
‘You must be used to it by now.’
‘You must be used to it by now.’ Having lived with the massive lifestyle disruption caused by chronic neurological paralysis for almost twenty years, people often…
Care Concern
I’ve been using Care Concern, a care agency based in the Chiswick/Ealing area of London, for my personal care at home for about fifteen years and…
A Bad Week
With my, de minimus, treatment period of six months almost up and my functional problems escalating, I called my consultant to ask for help and was…
Until the end …
Clive James, who remains terminally ill yet still alive despite his publicly expressed concerns about his imminent demise, has written a poem: Return of the Kogarah…
Wheelchair Style – Rundholz
Do you have a wheelchair style … No, not your actual wheelchair but what you wear in it, a personal style? Odd question, no? But you’d…
The Superhumans
I read an article by Lucy Catchpole last week: I love Channel 4’s Paralympics advert. But we can’t all be superhumans and it made me laugh. Do…
On catheters …
At a routine check-up last week, my consultant said, ‘Bladder?’ ‘Fine,’ I replied, trying not to catch D’s eye as I remembered my most recent –…
Stiletto Wheels 