It’s been an incredibly tough year for me, mentally. This is for a multitude of reasons and I feel like it’s possibly been the toughest one yet since I became an amputee.
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Trying to explain the exercise hurt
At the weekend, my husband and I walked or should I say st(rolled) parkrun at a leisurely pace for a change. This resulted in the opportunity to chat as we went, something we can’t usually do! An interesting topic came up, a comment on which has stuck in my mind ever since.
Continue reading “Trying to explain the exercise hurt”Dealing with stress: life according to ME.
Apologies for not having written a blog recently, or regularly recently. Although I do try to keep things real, sometimes you just do not want to talk about, or write about the dark times. Everyone has them. The problem with social media is that we see the false positives everyone chooses to pump out. We then run the risk of assuming everyone else’s life is better than our own. trust me, it probably isn’t.
Continue reading “Dealing with stress: life according to ME.”#281 Tall Poppy syndrome in NZ
Tall Poppy syndrome is a term that I have heard around and about but not really paid much attention to, till I spoke to the press and it was mentioned a heck of a lot more.
But, what is it exactly and how does it alter social expectations in New Zealand?
Continue reading “#281 Tall Poppy syndrome in NZ”Vascular update
Life is not always happiness and smiles.. even though social media might make it look like that sometimes.
Following a limb centre appt 5 weeks ago due to unexpected left leg pain, the possibility of further vascular issues was raised.
I’ve not been allowed to walk for 5 weeks.
I asked ACC to make me an URGENT vascular appt.. I am yet to hear back. 🙄😒
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