Monthly Archives: March 2020

Having spent my life as a working Mum I always looked forward to weekends.  As my life moved on, I continued to work full time and Friday was always very welcome.  Now, as our work has temporarily dried up, every day is the same and Friday has become irrelevant. I started to write my blogContinue reading “The A Word: Lockdown – Week 1”

My daughter shared a quote this week that really resonated with me – “what a bloody year this week has been”, and it certainly has, things are changing very quickly day by day.  I also had a conversation with my Mum that, on reflecton, sounds unbelievable. Mum: “what have you been up to today” Me:Continue reading “The challenges are many”

A friend of mine used to tell me about an unwelcome visitor to her home who gave her more grief than joy. We would chat about her anxiety in the lead up to their arrival and she could hardly wait for their departure.  I now use this as a metaphor for describing my autoimmune visitors,Continue reading “Unwelcome Visitors”

Most of our day-to-day decisions are pretty low risk: what to have for breakfast, what to wear for work, whether to have a glass or a bottle of wine?  But even deciding on our wine consumption isn’t going to change the course of our life (unless we down more than our recommended units 😊).  So,Continue reading “The Big Decision”

Question of the day!  Why are there never any positive side effects on the leaflet you get with drugs?  Wouldn’t it be great to see “taking this drug may cause superior intelligence” or “taking steroids allows you to eat loads of cake”….I wish 😊 I’ve been prescribed steroids on a number of occasions during theContinue reading “The Hunger Games”