A Day In Our Life of Alzhiemers We've had a terrible night, the night before last.Lots of hail, another power outage, etc.Then my husband decided his catheter drain switch wasn't working, so he put a bulldog clip on the end of the tube. I rang the ambulance, and they came out and said it was … Continue reading Our Alzhiemers Rainbow …A Colourful Chaotic Time of Change
I just don't understand why someone in government departments and medical practices can't come up with ways to make administrative requests disability friendly.
Sometimes life with chronic illness can be overwhelming. It's not always because of your disease either. It's often all the appointments, including doctors, allied health professionals, equipment trials, dealing with government departments, routine tests and procedures, etc. It can become a full-time job. Your body becomes your business, your place of work, and you can … Continue reading A Heartfelt Letter To Whom It May Concern … I Need To Get My Life Back!
You may read this blog post title with a sense of bewilderment. You may be wondering where on earth am I going with this and what on earth has any of it got to do with chronic disease and disability! Well, in my world these three things, Carparks, a Recliner and a Telephone, have all … Continue reading Carparks, A Recliner And A Telephone
What a week! Parts of Australia, in South East Queensland and New South Wales, are experiencing catastrophic flooding. It's due to an extreme, unpredictable weather system we are calling a "rain bomb". One reporter said the rain was of "biblical" proportion and I have to agree. I was lying in bed listening to it's intensity … Continue reading Just Because It’s Over, Doesn’t Mean It’s Over
The World is dealing with the unknown. We are all dealing with the unknown. Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is taking us on a journey we have never experienced before, certainly not in our lifetimes. Ultimately we are having to deal with change on a huge scale. Change causes fear and fear causes responses in ourselves and … Continue reading A World Changing Course – Entering The Unknown
Today I am literally stuck! Stuck upstairs until tomorrow morning at the earliest. Why? My stair lift (affectionately called shifty) decided last night that it needed a holiday from lugging me up & downstairs all day & it just stopped. No warning, no consideration of how much I depend on it. It just stopped & … Continue reading Stuck
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