To Sam, Sorry I punched you…
I know people have been wondering what has been going on with…
Thee and Me
Twenty years ago today I met my best friend, my husband, my soul…
The C word
No, not Cotton Headed ninny muggins. Or C**t. But Cancer. Today…
Northern Blog Awards – I won!!
Last weekend Timm and I went to Manchester as I had been nominated…
Nowt So Strange As Folk – BBC Sheffield
So I am a few weeks into my new role as radio presenter on BBC…
Hernia update
So after seeing Mr Brown last week and being sent for a CT scan,…
As if I have an 18 year old child!
This week, my eldest bambino turned 18 and I’m still a bit…
My depression looks like…
I used to think depression looked like someone crying all the…
How to survive a road trip with teenagers
Alternate title: how I drove over a thousand miles with three…
Healing an old stoma site from the inside out!
Just a word of warning, this post has lots of graphic and medical…
Chronic illness and guilt – when we can, we do
I got a message from someone on twitter today from a mum who…
Matron, Medicine and Me – 70 years of the NHS
I was thrilled to be interviewed for the BBC's Matron, Medicine…
3D meditation?
At a time when everyone I know seems to be in such high stress…
Work and chronic illness
I’ve been thinking a lot about work at the moment, I work for…
Why you need to stop hating and start being kinder to yourself
Last year I did a talk at the Steel Belles Women's Institute…
Who am I?
Sometimes I wonder who I am, especially in times of recovery,…