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

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22nd May 2019 Experiences / Humour / Thoughts

A fragrant offering

For Father’s Day, no don’t panic, it isn’t until 16th June. Mary is planning on buying me some aftershave. No,

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21st May 2019 Health / Humour / Thoughts

Science fiction or fact

“Pass me the proton gun”. That’s what I felt like saying after I heard that one of my tablets is

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21st May 2019 Experiences / Health / Thoughts

Cutting through the red tape

(This is based on my experience, written as a personal guide, not an instruction manual.) I’ve realised that for many

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17th May 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

A writers’ life

When I used to picture my future life as a writer. I was sitting on a sun-soaked veranda in the

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13th May 2019 Biography / Experiences / Thoughts

A moment at a time

Diary extracts: September 9th 1993 Migraine, chest pain, sickness. 4 lots co-codamol, 4 lots Ibuprofen, 3x Metoclopromide and 1x Zomig

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3rd May 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

Relativity and Time

They say time is relative, was that Einstein? I’m not talking about his theories though, but that feeling of time

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2nd May 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

Bedroom, dining room, lounge, toilet

Do you live in a caravan? Unless you do, or you stay in one for holidays, then you may find

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1st May 2019 Experiences / Humour / Thoughts

It’s a Smart life

Back in 2014-2015 I had a Mother. OK so we all have Mothers, even if we’ve never known them and

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28th Apr 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

Disability and the state

When I was younger, I studied social work as an ‘A’ level at night school. My enduring memory is of

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27th Apr 2019 Experiences / Faith / Thoughts

How can it be OK?

It’s an odd situation we are in. On the surface everything has gone wrong. I lost my independence, mobility, ability

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23rd Apr 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

The most amazing carer of all

Mary is my wife, but she is also my most amazing carer. The other day I realised that in my

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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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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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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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