Flagging Heavily

Only six more radiotherapy sessions left to complete of twenty, dad is holding up really well and amazingly is experiencing very few side affects apart from a bit of a cough and needing a blood transfusion because his hemoglobin was getting low

Me on the other hand I'm flagging heavily with driving fifty odd miles every day to the hospital and back, I've been so busy ensuring mum and dads prescriptions were filled and with getting dad to the hospital every day, I completely forgot to renew my own prescriptions

Over Shoulder Boulder Holder

Today's post first appeared on the other blog I used to write called Me, Myself and I way back in June 2012, it was by far and away the most popular post I ever wrote back then

I used to write openly and honestly about what was going on in my life at the time, my struggles about being forced into medical retirement after an accident at work, my alcoholism and how it still affected my life as a recovering addict who'd already been clean and sober for nearly 11 years when I decided to start the blog, plus many other happenings going on in my life back then, a kind of diary I guess so I would never forget

I'm re-sharing this post here today after a discussion with one of my Instagram followers about the difficulties of finding a bra that's comfortable for us larger ladies up top whilst offering the maximum support

Since I first wrote this post 9 years ago my writing style has changed a lot, I considered editing it to bring it more up to date with my style now, then decided not too

Dental Problems Galore

Sadly I had to have two teeth extracted yesterday, I've never known so much pain the day after a tooth extraction before, my jaw is in agony and I can barely open my mouth! I swear this NHS dentist had no idea how to extract teeth, it took him nearly 30 minutes to get them both out and it felt like he was physically dragging my jaw all over the place!

How I miss not being able to afford private dental care anymore. Now there's no more crowns, no more implants and no more quick and relatively painless tooth extractions,  in fact there are no more options at all except fill it or pull itI love the NHS and everything it stands for, I have so much to be grateful to them for, but their dentistry does leave a lot to be desired!

The school dentist ruined my teeth as a child by doing giant fillings, in my 20's the surrounding teeth started breaking away from these giant fillings, which in turn started me on a 12 year journey of excruciatingly painful dental problems and dental abscesses