I can’t tell you what it is like to live with Chronic Illness, because to me, that is Just : Living. So let me tell you about that instead.
How do you find a silver lining? We have all heard the phrase: every cloud has a silver lining. What does it really mean and how do we find our own silver linings when everything around us seems grey? In my experience, they tend to appear when I least expect…
What does that even mean? For me, there are certain behaviours that seem to come instinctively: caring for other people, being busy, working all hours of the day and night, maximising every single moment so there isn’t even so much as a minute being wasted. That’s all well and good,…
People often describe me as fearless which is obviously not true. I understand why this trait is attributed to me, but I would say not risk-averse or courageous are more accurate descriptors. As an actor, writer or any kind of self-employed creative professional, it is impossible to survive in work terms, if you are scared…
It’s just like riding a bicycle is a phrase used to determine something that is almost impossible to forget once it has been learnt. As an expression, it is all well and good. Unless, of course, you never had the courage to learn to ride a bike in the first…
Elephants move in herds. Fish swim in shoals. Lions hunt in packs. Birds fly in flocks. Bees move in swarms. What do they all have in common? They are all groups of a single species, travelling together to reach their desired destination. It is not only humans who follow the…
I am finding it hard to believe that the elephant and I have been inseparable now for exactly seven weeks. For anyone who didn’t meet the elephant when I first outed him (it feels like it’s a he; don’t ask me why) let me explain. The elephant is my naso-gastric…
This January, we are doing something we have never done before, and going away for some Winter sunshine (we hope) and relaxation. Lovelyman and I took advantage of a ridiculously bargainous offer with Monarch, and booked return flights to Gran Canaria for next to nothing, just a few days before…
George Benson made this song a hit in 1977, with Whitney Houston reviving it, and making it an even bigger chart topper in 1985. Anyone of my generation has sung along to the backing track at a bad kareoke night. My middle sister and I actually used to duet that…
A feeling that is all too familiar to anyone with a chronic illness, is the sense of detachment from reality. I have no doubt that plenty of others know this sensation too, but I speak from personal experience when I say that for me, Crohn’s Disease and it go hand…
