Career… You’ve been sick for a while now, where are you actually going? 2 Oct 2017 Do you even know? Does anybody know? Limbo. No man's land. Lost at sea; Illness may be a life sentence for you, but for most, illness doesn't have to be…
Career… Breaking the loop 8 May 2017 It's hard. Like, you don't purposely stop giving things time. But it's an obsession; finding answers. It consumes. And it's carnivorous; eating away at time used to actually help you…
Career… Keep Your Eyes on The Road 8 Mar 2017 Admittedly, I didn't know how I felt about the negative Coeliac test result last week. Glad on the one hand; no condition is to be taken lightly and you should…
Career… So it’s not Coeliac, what now? 3 Mar 2017 So I got the call. And deep down, I knew it would be the case. Like, I new I wouldn't be getting an answer or direction to solving my problem.…
Career… Uh oh. Liver? 28 Feb 201728 Feb 2017 Coeliac Disease test results were not in, so why the appointment? And this was not the conversation I expected. Not the result the Doctor expected either. My liver. An alanine…
Chronic Illness… What do you even … 28 Feb 201728 Feb 2017 Blood tests. I've gone from not having one in 12/13 years to almost flipping that ratio on it's head; I'm getting pricked a lot. Same story every time; 2-3 days…
Career… Search. Fight. 19 Feb 201719 Feb 2017 Search, Fight, And search some more; the internet, medical journals, the fucking medicine cabinet at 3am, and eventually the depths of your soul. Fit in life and love where your…
Career… One Lovely Blog Award 19 Feb 201719 Feb 2017 It's a weird one, I kind of turned to this to find others going through similar things and get my thoughts out there; it's therapeutic. But I never really expected…
Career… Your Health is Your Wealth: Social Mobility 5 Feb 20175 Feb 2017 "Your health's your wealth". And she was right. She always was, that's wisdom for you. But to a younger, pre-ill me, this meant nothing; I'd forgotten it by the time…
Headaches… My first time. 28 Jan 201728 Jan 2017 No romance, no candles, and nothing gentle about it. I wasnt swept off of my feet; I was knocked off of them instead. It's 2012. I'd just scored two goals,…
Chronic Illness… Social Nightmare: Stay or Go? 23 Jan 201723 Jan 2017 Change is frightening. Last minute change is pure, unadulterated petrification. Control, management, boring; all terms that could be used to describe a lifestyle around chronic illness. And I used to…
Chronic Illness… Busy Week: Fog Off 22 Jan 201722 Jan 2017 No prizes for predicting this one. It was obvious; work, family, life: all demanded 110% of me this week, I rationed what I could to survive. And how good does…
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