Category: health
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Finally, the Dawning…
I am still getting over my day at the hospital, and will be posting about it soon. It was gruelling and boring in equal measure, but the as yet faint after-effects are beginning to impress me. I still have all my fingers crossed, but hope is dawning like never before…
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Jessie…
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I have been suffering with one medical thing or another for most of my life. Most of the time, thanks to my strong sense of survival, I have managed to cope, stuff most of the misery into a box, and get on with the business of living. There have been a few serious lows when…
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A Sorry Saturday…
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It is gloomy outside today, and despite having the light on in my office, it feels pretty gloomy in here too. I keep pushing all those negative thoughts and feelings away, but they don’t go far, sneaking back whenever I try to think of better things. Much as I hate to admit, I think the…
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One of the worst days…
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Yesterday began like most days. I awoke in agony, triggering a mini bout of depression, wondering when I would get the next blessed hospital appointment that I was waiting for. The latest bulletin was ‘sometime in December/January’. This seems like an awful long time to wait, but then I have been in pain since before…
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Hope Springs Eternal…
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Ever since my world turned upside down earlier this year, I have tried hard not to dwell on wondering how long I have to wait until I return to my usual, fairly fit self. I can be a patient soul, but it has proven difficult to maintain, as I have discovered that I absolutely hate…
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To the Memory of Us…
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I was browsing through some old files yesterday, and I don’t know why I do, because I rarely find what I’m looking for. But what I did find was several of Anita’s poems! I forget how long it has been since anything new has graced my desk, she is getting very frail these days, but…
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Sunday Thoughts…
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I am so glad to have come to the end of a very dismal week. A week where I couldn’t quite get going, or know the reason why. A week where I have been doing a lot of thinking, trying to figure out the best way forward through the constant pain. I gave up a…
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The Darker side of me…
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The Darker side of me… I never knew I had a dark side, not really. I do remember having these small snarky feelings when I was a child, towards the latest person to tick me off or stand me in the corner. I am a good-natured person, I have found that life is usually better…
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No two days are the same…
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As a child, I could rely on the weather and the seasons. It was always warm and sunny in the Summer and cold and invariably wet in the Winter. At least, that is how I remember it. It was comforting to know where you were and what to expect, that any deviations would always keep…