For the first time in many months, I find myself drawn to write. This isn’t a masterpiece or a polished story—just an observation, a moment that caught me off guard and asked to be captured. The Line in the Sand For those of you who are new here, I suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury…
This is a question some of us ask ourselves when we meet people in wheelchairs in everyday life, perhaps imagining what it would be like to be in their position. I remember my husband once telling me that as part of his training with Mencap, he spent three hours in a wheelchair to gain perspective…
Hello, I thought I would write a blog to take my mind away from tomorrow’s launch party and the stomach-lurching thought that I’m making a speech! Don’t pity the stick! I often talk about the stigma of mental health, but there are many things that have stigma surrounding them that I think we only notice…
Being brave about spinal fusion
So, this week I thought I would share a post about my recovery and in particular where I am at today with spasms caused by my SCI (Spinal Cord Injury). Firstly, I am very fortunate to have made such an amazing recovery and am grateful every day, since I know many others who sadly haven’t…
My wheelchair adventures didn’t get off to a great start when I was winched via a hoist into my new wheelchair. I must have looked like a crushed bug dangling there, but Martin found it very amusing and I growled angrily when he asked if he could video the occasion! No, I definitely did NOT want this…
Having waited for nearly 7 weeks to hear the news that I was going to Sheffield (Specialist Spinal Unit), I burst into tears when I finally received the news which felt like all my Christmas’s had come at once! I was literally elated. Bizarre, considering I had no idea where and what I was going to, but…
A miracle is making the ordinary become ‘extraordinary’…..
This blog is probably the hardest of all blogs to write since I will share how my tragic accident happened that broke my back. I made it my goal to verbally share what caused the accident with the ladies in my Tropic team once I was out of the hospital. That time has now been…