Tag Archives: stroke

struck…

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

A while back (during the bumper Full Metal Bunny year) Women’s Health magazine published a piece on ‘what it feels like’: to be bitten by a snake, get the bends, live with diabetes – and have a stroke. Loyal readers … Continue reading →

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breaking free…

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Sometimes the toughest lessons are the very ones which set you free. Which is why I’m ultimately grateful to those who’ve passed through my life painfully – in their wake is a precious learning, some strange reclamation of who I … Continue reading →

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enter the heartland…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

Sunday marked my first 30 days of 34, nigh on one month off the smack and D. Nile free. Which might explain yesterday’s vaguely caustic post I was so ‘inspired’ to pen. Alas, though this is not exactly what I … Continue reading →

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looking back…

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

Yesterday was unexpectedly hard. To fact check my story, I had to go back to an old journal and read what I wrote the night of the stroke (a list of story ideas – priorities! – whilst wired and hallucinating … Continue reading →

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let the games begin…

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

Now that I’ve made myself a whole bunch of useful lists to keep me on track (and off smack) to help navigate my Dating Future, I thought it might be fun (not to mention hysterical and highly educational) to trip … Continue reading →

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