by admin | May 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Although I thought that I had conquered the worst of my corneal graft complication, little did I know that my health was about to take another blow. This was also after I got covid, twice! To cut a long story short, one day I unexpectedly found myself with horrific...
by admin | Apr 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
In choosing to take unpaid leave from my part-time role, I had to contemplate the financial toll this would take on my everyday life. I needed to fund my daily coffee intake! So, reinstating the dreaded ‘disability pension’ was necessary. After becoming largely...
by admin | Apr 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Rehab still continues, just striding with my eyepatch now! After years and years of aidless park Physio walks, being a hot day I took to the shady neighbourhood pavements! A new route definitely helped change things up a bit. Often we tend to do the same thing and...
by admin | Apr 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
After I had my stroke, the thing that I found most powerful in my recovery was the reminder to stay present. It’s always been evident to me that through every transition of change that I go through, it’s so easy to get fixated on the past and the “what if’s” etc. I...
by admin | Mar 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Are you a human ‘doing’ or a human ‘being’? My dear friend and mentor, Paddy Spruce recently said to me “Em, it sounds like you’re a human doing, not a human being.” I write in my acknowledgements in my book, Reinventing Emma, the below...
