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All Gone Wrong

sticks and stones may break my bones

June 24, 2010
broken wrist

There is a scream and I know, even as I am running out of the door, that we are on our way to the hospital. He is prostrate, folded over a pink scooter, clutching his wrist. I disentagle him, trying not to move him too much in case it is more serious than I fear, [...]

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Lump

May 31, 2010
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The doctor found a lump. In my breast. ‘It’s unlikely to be cancer,’ she said immediately as I sat in slight shock, my feet swinging over the edge of the examination table like a small child. ‘However I will be referring you straight away.’ And then I went home as if nothing had happened. Except [...]

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A bit flat

March 15, 2010

It’s been a long couple of weeks with everyone (except for me – yay!) in the family being poorly. But I feel so drained, so tired, really properly fed up and I just need something to get me over this. I wouldn’t normally post  – because who on earth wants to read stuff like this [...]

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Words no parent should ever have to hear

February 23, 2009

The initial biopsy results are back. My little boy has FSGS and I am completely and utterly heartbroken.

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Biopsy

February 9, 2009

The words are delivered by our very nice paediatric consultant as lightly as she can muster: ‘William needs a kidney biopsy’ and I know that at this point, statistically, the prognosis for William looks suddenly a great deal worse. William has made very little progress. In fact the only difference between now and when he [...]

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Nephrotic Syndrome

January 9, 2009

My Second Son William is very poorly in hospital with kidney problems and nephrotic syndrome, neither of which are so far responding to treatment. I’m worried, Matthew is shattered (he’s doing nights in the hospital, where sleep is never allowed with all the coming and going), Harry is badly missing his best buddy and we [...]

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Sleep deprivation

September 29, 2008

When I am sleep deprived I feel like a giant vacuum cleaner has sucked the air out of my immediate horizon, flattening it and taking the colour right with it too. Sleep deprivation makes me stop returning phone calls, increasing my loneliness. When I am chronically tired  – so tired that I want to run [...]

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Ass Botox and anal fissures

August 22, 2008

There is no way of putting this politely. Despite a near-perfect birth and a pretty perfect baby, I have another not quite so fun legacy of my recent childbirth experience: my backside is in bad shape.  For those of you who know me personally I’M SO SORRY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU and please feel [...]

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