Challenges in hospital

My recent admission to hospital has shown me that although people might have the best intentions, they can sometimes miss the mark. When we want to care for someone in a vulnerable state, it’s always important to look at the whole experience, not just the part you’re...

Assumptions about Normality!

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...

Bookending Challenges

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...

Rehab still continues…

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...

Being present – focusing on the NOW

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...