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Shall We Get Dressed Now?

Shall We Get Dressed Now?

Being cared for has been a series of difficult, awkward and funny situations.

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Author: Mike Nevin

I decided to write about the funny side of being cared for. I am a full time wheelchair user with daily carers. It's my experiences with my carers that inspired this blog.
18th Apr 2019 Humour

Fun and games

I realise my recent blog posts have been a bit serious. Actually, I’ve a lot of fun with my carers.

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17th Apr 2019 Experiences

The good, the bad and the ugly

Care companies come in all shapes, sizes and qualities. I’ve had excellent experiences, bad experiences and yes ugly experiences. Ugly

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16th Apr 2019 Experiences

Home from home

“Help, mummy, help me.” The shouting had been going on so long I finally began to switch off to it.

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15th Apr 2019 Experiences

Body mapping

Have you ever heard of body mapping? Neither had I before I was ill. My first experience of it came

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14th Apr 2019 Humour

Oops, I didn’t mean to say that

Have you ever said something and then realised it could be misunderstood? I find that happens all the time with

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14th Apr 2019 Thoughts

Kid’s Stuff

Why is it that so much stuff designed for the disabled are either called by baby names or have a

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13th Apr 2019 Experiences

Everything happens at once

When I was well and, on my feet, I was extremely active. I never used to lie in bed in

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12th Apr 2019 Experiences

My Amazing Wheelchair

I am fortunate to live in a country and a time with the NHS. It is a brilliant institution. Any

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12th Apr 2019 Thoughts

You look so well

“You look so well.” Those wonderful words that everyone with a life limiting illness or any illness really enjoys hearing.

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11th Apr 2019 Experiences / Humour

The cot sides

I didn’t just wake up one day and find myself in a hospital bed with cot sides and carers. It

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10th Apr 2019 Experiences / Humour

An odd request from Amazon

Wouldn’t it be great to have a shower again? That was the simple thought which started it all off. I

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Care, a unique relationship

Care is a very strange thing. It’s a relationship that is very intimate. Only in medicine do we have equally

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Shall we get in the bath?

“OK, shall we get in the bath now.” This was said by one of the two young ladies who were

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8th Apr 2019 Experiences / Humour

Hello world!

“Hello world!” I was sitting naked on a commode with a carer either side of me. The bathroom was so

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