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Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Smile.

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( source ) The last couple of days I've made a change. I decided that I would try to get dressed everyday . I know getting dressed ...
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Thursday, 10 September 2015

Life with Chronic Illness is Incredibly Stressful. Ask the Question: RUOK? Not just today but all year round.

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It's  RUOK? day  today in Australia and it's time to get involved. This initiative began in 2009 and has grown every year sinc...
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Monday, 7 September 2015

When the world is falling freshen up your flamingoes and listen to Ben Lee.

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New symptoms, medication side-effects, and a cry on the bathroom tiles. That has been the last few days. Well, weeks in truth. And exhaus...
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Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Goat Suckers, Horse Kissers, and Pig Ticklers AKA Just Another Day in Chronic Illness.

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(White-winged Nightjar, Eleothreptus candicans,  source ) "What is another name for a Nightjar?" asks the host on the UK quiz...
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Monday, 31 August 2015

The Lie of Giving Up and Falling Apart.

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"Giving up is easy" says the meme up above. "Falling apart" is bad. "True strength" is only when you d...
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Inequalities in medication access: Ondansetron. AKA If you want to not vomit be prepared to pay with your left kidney and first born.

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( source ) It's the wave first. The rolling wave of warmth. The clench in my abdomen. Foul saliva that fills the mouth. It...
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Thursday, 23 July 2015

Hear me.

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A Facebook page I follow, recently asked those living with invisible disability: "What's the one thing you wish people woul...
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015

High Voltage

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There's a park across the road from my house. Straight across. 50 paces at most. I've been there twice since we moved here 18 mon...
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Friday, 3 July 2015

2015 Write-ability Fellowship Applications are open. Time to suck up the self-doubt and apply.

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Writing has been a godsend for me over the last nine years of illness. I'm not quite sure what I would have done if I hadn't fo...
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