Choking On Burnout

The Anxiety is overwhelming -- and there seems no way of turning off that Churning In the pit of my stomach every time meds are due now... And obviously that makes it worse and a Catch-22 pile of crap that seems Utterly Impossible to stop spinning... SEVEN TIMES I Aspirated In One Day... SEVEN. Each time it happens, the pressure is so intense in my body, it pushes the bowel down, and sometimes even nearly out, as well, which is a horrible physical pain/intense sensation to also deal with alongside the rest of it.

The Biggest Reality Check of All…

After negative scans and intensive blood tests, it turned out I had blood poisoning and a "horrendous" [their words] UTI (urine infection). Specifically, I had contracted Staphylococcus and Streptococcus. And I'd probably had it for weeks, if not months. The entire time I'd been feeling very ill all the way to the point where I'd spent an entire month screaming myself into unconsciousness from the mind-exploding incomprehensible agony I was enduring.

I ended up being hooked up to some kick-ass antibiotics for 3 weeks before I was getting better. But us took 6 weeks before I was given the all-clear to finally go home with clean and clear blood with zero infections left in it.

Getting Ready for PIP… Again…

It's the day before PIP: Take Two... I was nerve-wracked before, but now I'm just mad. My 2 large packets of paperwork are ready. I have everything I can think of set – frankly still basically in place since last week – and I'm ready to be irritated and bored by an inebriated idiot who … Continue reading Getting Ready for PIP… Again…

Chariot Racing & Revelations

So it was much to my delight – and immense relief – that I received my new wheelchair on 30th June 2017. This beauty was here to change my life. I really hoped that it would. I took it out that very day to Penrhyn Castle, and found my favourite place ever (not in London) … Continue reading Chariot Racing & Revelations