an insight into my life with severe asthma, advocacy, awareness & research
The covid fairy finally paid me a visit a few weeks ago. Postive Lateral Flow Test and a High temp (not the highest it hit) Having avoided it for the last 2 and a half years I knew my time would come but I had no idea when. Not long into the first national lockdown… Continue reading My COVID-19 Experience
On Tuesday evening I attended one of my first face to face events since the COVID-19 pandemic started. I cannot begin to explain how good it was to be back at an in person event. A few months ago the rebranding of the Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership was unveiled. Along with new… Continue reading A New Vision for Lung Health
On my social media I have recently been posting about the fear and anxiety I have been trying to deal with. I have discovered that I am not the only one who is having the same experience. This is reassuring as it says to me that my fear is justified but it is awful that… Continue reading Living with fear and anxiety
It seems the entire country (I mean all 4 Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as Ireland) are waiting with baited breath as to when everyone will get vaccinated. Everyone will get the vaccine in time but we just need to be patient. We have managed this long we can manage a little… Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccine
The world is full of negativity just now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is naturally a scary time with uncertainty about what the future holds. We don't have the ability to plan going forward as no one knows when the restrictions we have in place will be lifted. Normally around this time of year… Continue reading Let’s Get Positive!!
COVID-19 has touched the lives of everyone recently. No one has been immune from its effects whether it has been actually catching the virus or know someone who has had the virus, having your work impacted, having your childs schooling interrupted, education interrupted or you have been in the shielding group whose lives have been… Continue reading Anxiety about meeting people again
Made my TV debut!! Last week I was asked by the British Lung Foundation if I would be willing to be interviewed for Reporting Scotland. The interview all hinged on Nicola Sturgeon announcing changes to shielding on the Thursday (23rd July 2020). If things went Pete Tong in Scotland she would not be making any… Continue reading Reporting Scotland: Shielding Changes
Right now I have so many blog ideas but I have no idea which one to start with and how to get them all done. I sit down to write one and I get an idea for another or a note I need to write down for another blog I have started and want to… Continue reading Too many ideas….dont know where too start
A text saying Nicola Sturgeon is making an announcement regarding shielding at 12:30pm today 8th June filled me with excitement but also dread. As a Scot I have watched those living in England go on a huge rollercoaster and then be put in a blender. I don't think anyone in the shielding category in England… Continue reading Shielding- our path out of lockdown.
I have written a lot over the years about my experience of being in ICU particularly the last admission to ICU which has really haunted me but I have managed to calm those terrors until now that is. It is really hard to get through your day without hearing or seeing something about corona virus… Continue reading More ICU Flashbacks
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