Category: life as an author
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Coming Home…
nowhere near as gentle as this, believe me! Part One I was pleased to be leaving hospital, even though the news wasn’t good. They couldn’t do any more, it was completely down to me now. The hospital was crawling with virus’s, so it was not the place to hang around. I was determined to follow…
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More about the beginning…
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Just when I thought life could be any worse, it took such a nose dive it shook me to my core. It was Thursday, the day of my urology appointment. When I was wheeled into his office in a wheel chair, he was shocked and his face said it all. “You were only here a…
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End of the road…
This isn’t me, I wasn’t laughing! I might have known I would end up here again… Turns out the excrutiating pain in my back and legs, is down to a seriously compressed nerve in my spine. I immediately thought the worst, that surgery was likely. But there is a drug that can slowly kill an…
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A Tribute to my Sister…
My sister has been an angel, looking after me in my hours of need. This is my tribute to the genius that is my sister, starting with one of my favourite poems… Anita has been taking such good care of me, better than my mother ever did. More patient than I have ever seen her.…
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What does normal look like?
I am trying to look and feel like a normal person today… Failing miserably of course, as I can’t walk, but the thought is there. I saw a flash of green through my window this morning. Such a glorious colour. Spring is well under way, isn’t it? Then I caught the blue of my water…
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Disaster!
You have probably noticed that the brown stuff has hit the fan! I have tried so hard to figure out what I am doing wrong, but I just can’t do it. I follow instructions, but things are never as described, or simply don’t work. This could be the end of the road, for I can…