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Pandora's Concrete Box: March 2011
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A trip around the universe - as seen from my living room. Wednesday 30 March 2011. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good (or at least I was)! As a parent I'm torn about how I should feel about this. On one hand I should be delighted that my daughter is promising things like this and that the school are pressing such issues. On the other hand it's complete bulls*#t, it means nothing, it's not a real promise. To the kids it's just writing your name on a piece of paper because you were told to. I became ...
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Playing for Life: And they're off...
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Keep up-to-date with me on This Limbo - a blog about dialysis and other curiosities. Sunday, August 8, 2010. I know this is my first Games and that I therefore have nothing to compare it to - and I know I may be a little biased by the fact it is on Irish soil - but the unfolding of the opening ceremony set the perfect tone for this special week. For one thing, the sun was shining and that hasn't happened in at least a month of sundays in Dublin. The stories too have started to bob to the surface. The...
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Everyday Wishes: May 2012
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Ordinary life in extraordinary circumstances. Living with a rare chronic illness, but at the same time trying to be a domestic goddess: baked and knitted goodies abound here. About My Medical Conditions. Tuesday, 29 May 2012. On days like this I feel very glad that I'm not a health professional. I can't help but think of the things that these people would do if they were given the opportunity to inhabit healthy bodies, like the ones that the people around me are destroying. It would be unfair of me t...
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shiny blogging nonsense: December 2011
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A forum for my random ramblings. Saturday, December 31, 2011. Just making it in before the month and year end, with not much to say. Christmas was good, though somewhat of a whirlwind. Staying in my parents', eating in my aunt's, driving west to my Mum's family and then on to his, before making it back home again. I ate plenty, I drank enough, I got some of the best presents ever; beautiful earrings, cookery lessons, DVDs, books (including the new Rachel Allen, hurrah! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). No home...
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Playing for Life: August 2010
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Keep up-to-date with me on This Limbo - a blog about dialysis and other curiosities. Sunday, August 15, 2010. This blog has presented a rare strain of writer's block for me. When I was first asked to record my experiences of the Games, I struggled to find words to fill the white space and now when the time comes for a last post I have too much to say. The week felt like a month in the best possible way. It was filled with nerves and shiny objects and happy moments too many to mention. The Gala Ball was f...
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Transplant News: The Weird World of Medical Card Applications.
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We thought coughing up a kidney was the tough part! Monday, 7 April 2014. The Weird World of Medical Card Applications. I had gleefully ticked every box, dotted every 'i' crossed every 't' and rewarded myself with the smug knowledge that there was nothing they could throw at me, I had covered every base. I sat back and waited for either a grenade to pop or a medical card to arrive; either scenario being entirely possible under the current administration. Demented HSE Client (AKA me). Hold on let me check.
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Transplant News: November 2012
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We thought coughing up a kidney was the tough part! Wednesday, 21 November 2012. The exhaustion that followed this last conflict-laden year has left me numb. I don't know what to say anymore. This morning I realised that the system has almost managed to steal my voice, it has ground down my cognitive faculties, silenced my vocal chords and drained the last drop of energy from my soul. I was curling up, closing doors, contemplating a life of just shutting up and generally feeling very sorry for myself.
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Everyday Wishes: March 2013
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Ordinary life in extraordinary circumstances. Living with a rare chronic illness, but at the same time trying to be a domestic goddess: baked and knitted goodies abound here. About My Medical Conditions. Monday, 25 March 2013. A Sign of Progress. Most of the supplies upstairs are stored in the drawers under my bed, neatly organised for easy access. In these drawers, I keep various dressings and splints, monitoring supplies and medications that I might need if I'm stuck in bed. I looked on the tray, and d...
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Everyday Wishes: June 2012
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Ordinary life in extraordinary circumstances. Living with a rare chronic illness, but at the same time trying to be a domestic goddess: baked and knitted goodies abound here. About My Medical Conditions. Friday, 22 June 2012. What I mean by the 'pain olympics' is the competitiveness that I've occasionally witnessed from other people with chronic illnesses or disabilities, as though there's a gold medal for the 'most disabled'. The conversation might go something like this:. Because where do you draw the ...
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Snapshots: July 2011
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Things that float up from the murky. Saturday, July 30, 2011. Hardly in the door with the first one cracked, a textie blips into my buzz: "Twas sad when you left us, Rosie kept saying Dad? Ah me poor beleaguered heart, is there no end to it? A small army of silent beer bottles stand watch in the quiet house, I watch kung-fu zombie movies in me jocks. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar — the review, part 6. I'm the dog that ate your birthday cake. Bacon Is My Lover.
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