As if we weren’t SAD enough …
Initially, I was pretty mad when I read about the ‘dementia tax’ unveiled as part of the Tory manifesto. Now, just a few days later, it’s…
Slugging It Out For Disability
I laughed out loud reading Matthew Paris’ column in The Times today – I slugged it out with a garden pest. And lost: If only it had…
PIP: Form Filling In …
If the Government Tax-man is able to get his meta-physical ass on line, why in hells can’t the DWP do the same? The DWP – Department…
Royal Academy Exhibition: America After The Fall
I’ve been across to The Royal Academy twice in the last few weeks to see: Revolution: Russian Art, 1917-1932, on until 17 April 2017, and, America…
What Chronic Illness Looks Like Behind Closed Doors
Today, I read a great item in Huffington Post, written, and illustration, by Amani Omejer: What Chronic Illness Looks Like Behind Closed Doors. Do click the link across…
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…
Stiletto Wheels 