Inspirational People: Dr Sarah Myhill

Today I would like to continue my theme of acknowledging inspirational people. These blog items are to celebrate some of the people I have discovered online, in print or in person, who have motivated me to take control of my health, my life and my independence. These are people who have instilled in me a…

Who Are You? And the Joy of Doing Nothing

Today I want to write about doing. It’s an overused phrase that we should be human beings not human doings, but nothing slams that home with a slap in the chops, quite like sudden-onset chronic illness. Before I became ill, I was busy. I mean really busy. I worked long full-time hours as the Chief…

So why start this blog?

There are a lot of social media groups, forums and personal blogs about chronic illness. In my experience, few of them maintain a positive approach to life with chronic illness. Some try. Not many succeed.  And there are several reasons for this: acquired disability can bring with it depression and a sufferer feels helpless to control…