In 2015 I took a trip to a health food store to purchase supplements to increase my mood. I bought the usual female friendlies: Evening Primrose, Safflower, B Complex, Black Cohosh, St Johns Wort and some Magnesium and Zinc. I also took a daily dose of Floradix a natural iron supplement. The B Vitamins, Safflower…
(I apologise to any vegans in advance) Awake at 3am; hot, bothered and bored, I fall back to sleep and dream I go to get some baby octopus to eat. As I travel to my usual fish place by the seaside I traverse further and onto another planet. After purchasing a quarter pint of octopus…
August has not been kind to me, it never is. My umbilicus has ruptured three times this month and my mood dipped around the anniversary of my hospitalisation. I wake up at 3am; my body on FIRE, drenched in sweat and tangled in soaked blankets. In the mornings I feel dizzy, disorientated and hot, often…
Today I will be busy looking for my split soles. I have ordered a new leotard and tights as I am returning to the Central School of Ballet. On Saturday whilst watching Ascot I was shocked to learn that I weigh considerably more than a racehorse. In fact, I probably weigh as much as the…
Insomnia has played a Machiavellian role in the drama concerning my health, be it obviously or by underhand methods, sleep deprivation has made my condition worsen over the years so I finally accepted meds to help me sleep through the night and after nearly five long years I feel more in control than ever. The breaking of…
I cannot get out of bed today as my mood is so-so. All week I have felt weird and irritable often forcing myself to go outside or engage in conversation. Today I could not even face getting out of bed so I haven’t. Happy Friday to me. Trying to understand the scrambled spaghetti mess that…
Sometimes you just gotta lift the lid and consume the whole doughy, cheesy, topping laden thing! Last night had started with great intentions. I prepared a healthy nutritious meal of chicken with roasted sweet potato and butternut squash and then realising I had run out of gravy granules I headed out to get some. I…
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