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…
2007 Archive 12: Skin Cancer Girl
After a frantic but fun entry to 2007, I got diagnosed with skin cancer – fantastic! But, no biggie. Minor op and all was declared clear.…
2006 Archive 11: Some Stability
Yay, 2006. A good year. Ok, it started badly with a horrible vomiting virus, an early neurological relapse, I went deaf in one ear, got diagnosd…
2005 Archive 10: Regrouping
The new year blues were getting me down, the words in my mind swirling around – brown, frown, ground, flat, crushed, bruised and battered … My…
2004 Archive 9: Scary Progression
Continuing from a dire 2003, I had a diabolical first half to 2004 – colds, laryngitis, pesky infections, yet another relapse in May so, back to…
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…
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