It is difficult sometimes to do the work that I do and to see the huge impact that a major health event has on the patients and families I do my best to support. Most of the people who are admitted to the Ward are under 65 years of age. There are a few exceptions,Continue reading “Accident vs Medical Event…”
Category Archives: illness
A Baker’s cyst…
I have had enough of myself at the moment! My right leg is causing me constant pain and restricting my ability to walk. Just walking around the house is painful and almost beyond me right now, let alone trying to even think of going to the gym. It’s alright for my Physio or Doctor –Continue reading “A Baker’s cyst…”
Just the right thing to say…
I have been going to a Physio for a while for physiotherapy for my knee, which started from a torn meniscus. I had to postpone my appointment recently because I had pneumonia, so we haven’t really seen each other for a while. Anyway, he was asking me a few things about how my knee isContinue reading “Just the right thing to say…”
The long road back to health…
For the last 10 days I have been hit by a virus and then pneumonia and I am still recovering. Needless to say, I have not been able to go to the gym during this time. To be honest, just putting one foot in front of the other and walking from the car to aContinue reading “The long road back to health…”
The sickest I’ve been in years…
Here I am at home at the start of another week of feeling very unwell. Since last Wednesday, I have been feeling increasingly unwell. I have had headaches, sore throat, vomitting, constant nausea, chronic cough, little or no sleep, extreme fatique and so weak, I hardly have the energy for anything. I have not leftContinue reading “The sickest I’ve been in years…”
My journey with Parkinsons 