During this Self Care Week, I have been sharing some insights into self care when you have a long term condition from some friends who inspire me. We all have different conditions, but we also have a lot in common, I think most importantly, our determination to live as well as we can with our…
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Self Care Week – Making every choice count
This Self Care Week, I have been sharing some insights into self care when you have a long term condition from some of my friends. So, I guess today it’s my turn… My attitude to self care is pretty much summed up in one of my early blogs – one of the important life lessons…
Self Care with friends who inspire me: Part 5 – Faith, hope and zebras
Did you know that the zebra is often a symbol for rare chronic conditions? Medical students have been taught for years “When you hear (the ‘clip-clop-clip’ of) hoofbeats behind you, don’t expect to see a zebra.” In other words, they have been taught (rightly or wrongly) to look for the more common diagnosis, not the…
Self care with friends who inspire me: Part 4 – Opening jars, coping with pain and talking about arthritis
I first met Jen in 2003 when we walked Pilgrim Cross together. Pilgrim Cross (formerly called Student Cross) is a walking pilgrimage to Walsingham during Holy Week where different groups (known as ‘legs’) walk from different places carrying a large wooden cross and arrive in Walsingham on Good Friday to celebrate Easter weekend together. Jen…
Self care with friends who inspire me: Part 3 – Being independently supported to live well with type 1 diabetes
I met Stevie at work about 10 years ago. The first time, I properly got to know her, I remember I got a lift from her to an event at work and there was no awkward small talk, I immediately felt comfortable with her and we chatted away. Some time later, not long after I…
Self care with friends who inspire me: Part 1 – Learning to live with lupus
Pretty much all of my blogs so far have been about my experience of living with Parkinson’s. However, it isn’t always about Parkinson’s and it isn’t all about me. For self care week – which starts today – I have written a series of blogs about self care when you have a long term condition….
Living with Parkinson's 