“Hello? Is it me you’re looking for………….” Damn, wrong song! (sorry Lionel Ritchie but I like you too….!) “Hello from the other side“…….. This actually describes my feelings and frustrations this morning as I attempt […]
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Newly disabled, now I see the world in a different way, writing about the weird and wonderful things I see from under the ‘invisibility cloak' of my wheelchair
Woo hoo, a good(ish) week at last….!!
“Ok, where’s the list of things we need to sort out this week?”says P. Now anyone who knows P, knows that there’s a list for everything and everything has a list…!! So, we decided that […]
The Personal Shopper…..
“Will you give a speech at the National Osteoporosis Society Christmas Concert?” said the lovely Josh on the phone….. Between barely hidden screeches of amazement and glee, I put on my best ‘phone voice’ and […]
Yey, another exciting day of form filling……!!
Do you know what, I never realised before this ‘new life’ of disability arrived, how logistically difficult it would be? (I really was completely naive about this, doh!!) I dealt with two years of horrendous […]
Time to look forward now I think…….?
Words, words, words …….. As anybody who knows me, they know that I love words. I love to read them, I love to sing them and I love, love, love to talk, so much that […]
Ok, some actual details……
So, what happened was…….. Four years ago, whilst teaching a class, I felt an enormous pain in my back/hip area. I managed somehow to finish the lesson, clutching at tables, trying not to cry in […]
Its not been the best of days…..
“For thousands with a disability it has become a part of everyday life to be anxious, desperate and scared. That isn’t their illness or disability inflicting that on them but the people in power who […]
The school reunion…..!
A shopping trip and school reunion combined? This should be fun…….. Scene 1. ‘Yes, I’ll definitely come to the school reunion’ says I, ‘what’s the dress code’ says I, ‘black and gold’ says they, […]
Hey ho, it’s off to the hospital we go….!
Here we go, it’s time for another outpatient appointment, so up we get at a ridiculously early hour, (8.30am, which feels like 6am these days now we’re working on retirement time) just to make sure […]
My film debut…….
It all began with a phone call from a lovely lady at the National Osteoporosis Society. Apparently I’d put a comment onto a post and it had come to their attention. We had a long […]
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