Around two weeks, I made pre-arranged plans with my personal assistant to go to the cinema. On the morning of the day of the arranged trip, I found that the symptoms that plague my everyday life were dialled up to the maximum volume on my personal symptom-o-metre. On these days, I would usually cancel such plans and make the decision to go somewhere safe and familiar - surroundings where I feel comfortable no matter how bad I am feeling, and which are...
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Imagine walking down a busy street. Look at the faces of the people walking past you in the street. Every one of those people will currently, or at some point in their history has faced a battle. One of them may be living with a battle that I currently face; a battle of living with an invisible illness. Invisible Battles, Known Only To Those Fighting Them Some of these battles may be visible, detectable to others, eliciting empathy and compassion. Other...
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