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You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? So I’ve got three wishes. Let’s say things like world peace, ending famine and stop climate change are off the table. That I can’t ask for more wishes, because that would be cheating. Let’s say, just for this blogs sake, that they have to…
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What is your favorite form of physical exercise? The honest answer is that I don’t know anymore. Pre cancer and pre the struggles with my mental health, I used to walk a lot, go to the gym, I loved my aqua aerobics class. I would go almost every day. But surgery, feeling so poorly and…
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Today marks two years since the surgery that changed my life. A lot has happened in those two years. Physically and mentally I’ll never be the same person because that day, the surgery changed me. How could it not. It changed me physically. I’ve never got back to my strength or fitness and mentally it…
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What have you been working on? Well the thing I’m working on most and the thing I have been working on since July 2023 when I had a stay in a mental health hospital has been my mental health. It’s ongoing and it’s hard. It takes a lot of my energy, and a lot of…
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What principles define how you live? The main principal I live my life by, is to just be kind. Be kind to humans, and be kind to animals. I’m kind to people, I pride myself in trying to be kind all the time. I’m kind to animals, and I action this by being vegan. It’s…
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What is your favorite hobby or pastime? I have lots of hobbies. I play ten pin bowling, I play a blind sport called showdown, I like crafting, climbing and researching my special interests and I love writing this blog  But when I’m depressed I lose sight of all my hobbies. This weekend I saw…
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What are you doing this evening? Honestly I wish I could have something inspiring or enlightening to say. I wish I could make the first blog post in months one to get excited about, but truth fully I am doing nothing special. Today I had my blood test, that checks that my cancer markers are…
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I am not watching big brother, but it’s clear that lot of people do. I’ve been noticing something that’s a talking point for many people, and that is Trisha, and her cancer diagnosis. What I’ve seen is many people saying that “all she talks about” is her having cancer. People are saying it in a…
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Disabled people are ALWAYS an afterthought.If you don’t agree, then you’re wrong. We are, I promise you. There was a recent conversation in an online forum for blind people. This group has got a number of sighted people too. Usually it is a friendly and welcoming space. The group, of course have a number of…
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Three weeks ago, I took Willow to the vets. She was due her annual vaccines, so, on a sunny afternoon, we took the short walk over and waited to be seen. When we were called in, as usual, Willow was a very good girl. But very nervous. Before the vet gave her the vaccines she…
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