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Having a midline placed
I was fortunate to have a portacath (an implantable device that allows for long-term access to a vein) for seven years, through my most...
Oct 31, 20245 min read


Contemplating the Chronic in Chronic Illness
I’ve written this in two halves, so at this point, I’ve had a stable five months of health, one blip over the last couple of days so I...
May 17, 20244 min read


CF and Deafness
A disclaimer before I start, I am not as deaf as I portray, I wouldn’t even consider myself “deaf” per say, more like “hard of hearing”...
Mar 3, 20245 min read


EMDR Session 2
Discussing how the EMDR sessions have highlighted the impacts of medical gaslighting on self-worth
Dec 8, 20236 min read


EMDR Session 1
So as promised, I said I’d share a little about my journey through this EMDR stuff. As I've said previously, I want to keep it kind of...
Nov 30, 20234 min read


The EMDR diaries: intro
Over the last couple of months, I have noticed (alongside family and friends too) that my fuse has been rather short. Once I’m triggered...
Nov 18, 20233 min read
From Athlete to Patient
In the last few months I've spent time with someone who is an absolute beast of an athlete, takes his training regime very seriously,...
Sep 13, 20235 min read


Back to Basics
I’ve come across plenty of new lovely people over the last couple of years through socialising, meeting partners of friends and joining...
Aug 22, 20234 min read
Stop telling people with chronic illnesses to be positive (please xx)
I’ve just left a holiday early because I’ve been coughing heavy blobs of blood and have opted to pull out / cancel two other holidays and...
Aug 11, 20233 min read


Revisiting Relationships
I wrote a post on relationships around this time last year without any recent examples in mind but two situations have recently cropped...
Jul 3, 20235 min read
How it should've been
It feels like this entire port fiasco and never-ending hospital admission is my only personality trait now, but I’m going to continue...
Jun 25, 20234 min read
Portacath Removal Surgery (third and final attempt)
As I ended the last post with “I can’t remember anything else after being told the surgery failed”, I will skip the week between stuff,...
Jun 21, 20238 min read
Port Removal Surgery (attempt two)
I was supposed to write these blogs about both surgeries way sooner than this, but I was admitted like a week after I was discharged from...
Jun 16, 20236 min read


Port Removal Surgery (attempt one)
I’m 24-hours post general anaesthetic writing this and it was far more difficult than I was expecting to get my brain going so the...
Apr 15, 20237 min read
Navigating Relationships with a Chronic Illness
I’m going to do my best to keep this piece as objective as possible for what I would imagine are pretty obvious reasons. Navigating your...
May 30, 20224 min read


A New Perspective on Resilience
This last week has sent me absolutely insane, mentally and physically, I truly feel like I’ve lost my mind, but in the process of losing...
May 6, 20224 min read


✨Hemoptysis✨ 2.0
Ya girl's backkkkk, after another massive hiatus due to a somewhat depressing year or however long it's been. I’ve talked about this...
Mar 4, 20225 min read


Nice gory subject ✨Hemoptysis✨
If you were on Instagram at approximately twenty past midnight last night, then you probably noticed I put up several (rather calm...
Feb 28, 20213 min read


A reintroduction to this 'ere blog
Hello everybody that so kindly chooses to read what I have to say, I’m very aware that I completely dropped off pretty suddenly but...
Feb 23, 20212 min read


The Concept of Natural Selection - Mental Health Part 3
*I was really ‘umming and ahhring’ as to whether to share this. I hope to the heavens that nobody inadvertently adopts this mindset as it...
May 22, 20205 min read
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