I sort of "melted down" on the dog walk this morning. Usually it's a good time for a form of meditation. I mean, it was nice to see Bobby and Theo acting more like pack mates on the walk, following up each other's sniffs and  and such. But there came a point when, like the next wave on a beach, thoughts about my panic attack at the new year's ( Read more... )

Well, was going to see a film today before going to a counselling session and then go shopping. But my right knee seems just as bad today as it was yesterday. So no film, though I do need to do the other two.


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\Some years ago I made a comment at some LGBT function that "I felt broken". A colleague of mine, may thinking that I referred to being Trans, aggressively countered with "no no you're not!" but the truth is she didn't know what she was talking about.  I felt broken as a teenager, and I feel broken now.

And it's not just my knee either. I know that ( Read more... )

Had an accident while walking Bobby this morning, and it was my own fault.

Took Bobby for a slightly longer walk, one that takes us over a creek via a footbridge and back via a ford upsteam. There'd been som heavy rain last weekend but I thought after a clear day it wouldn't be a promblem. Well it wasn't, exactly, and though the creek levels were ( Read more... )

My knee and leg's been hurting a lot today. I didn't get out until 11am and of course my telescoping walking stick was still at the uni. Stopped off at Wallsend to return some books and check ALDI for those fold up sticks, but they were all out. Went on to uni and recovered the stick and saw my supervisors.
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Jenny, who has MS and has been housebound has gone into the local rehab hospital. Last year she had pneumonia and while she was in hospital I (and my boarder) looked after her cat and dog for a couple of weeks. When she came out again she was unable to look after the cat as it needed to go out and in all the time, so I adopted it. This time around ( Read more... )

Here's what I'm sending today (much thanks to mscate for her assistance):
I am writing to complain specifically about being demeaned and made to feel I had shoplifted, when my behaviour was the result of my disability. This letter refers to an an incident that occurred on the afternoon of Friday the 14th at the Glendale branch of Woolworths. A copy is ( Read more... )

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After yesterday, I'm worried that I'm still having epileptic seizures.

There were two instances that seemed to match my fears on the matter. The first was at the public library just after I'd changed clothes in the disabled toilet, and the second was some very puzzling experiences during an interview presentation seminar. The night before I was up ( Read more... )