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The Sunshine Blogger Award

Thank you so much to Cheyanne, a lovely young woman who blogs at Hospital Princess in which she shares her personal journey living with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and its other comorbid conditions including dysautonomia and gastroparesis for tagging and nominating me. What is the Sunshine Blogger Award? It is a nomination given to bloggers by bloggers.  If someone nominates you, it means you're one of 11 people whom they find inspiring and brings sunshine into the lives of your readers.  If you decide...

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I Blog Because…

I was recently received a DM on my Twitter account from fellow blogger John Sennett asking me if I were interested in taking part in a campaign that he created called #iblogbecause, an initiative to spread positive messages around the blogging community.  Here is his original post on the idea for the campaign to find out more and perhaps even to take part yourself.  So here is my contribution on the reasons behind why I blog. In my personal experience living...

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HAWMC 2015 Day 1: Wordless Wednesday

Welcome to the first day of April, which means just one thing - the beginning of the WEGO Health, Health Activist Writer's Month Challenge 2015!  Again I will be participating in this writing challenge for those living with and advocating for those with chronic health conditions based upon given prompts. Wednesday April 1st: Wordless Wednesday Since this is the start of HAWMC, post a picture that shows how excited you are for the next 30 days.  We always love a good Health...

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Spreading my wings…

As most of my regular already know, I love to write and although this very blog gives me an excellent opportunity to do so, I often wish that I could have an opportunity to write for a wider audience. So, I am very pleased that this week, I have been published in two excellent publications. Firstly, several weeks ago, I received an email from a journalist from PharmaTimes magazine, which is a very well-respected healthcare and pharmaceutical publication.  The magazine offers independent, authoritative...

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Back from cruising…but writing hasn’t stopped!

Welcome to all readers new and old. Sorry for the lack of content recently, but as some of you may remember I wrote a post as part of the WEGO Health HAWMC on how I was about to embark on a cruise; the first holiday that I have been on for some considerable time ( you can read the post here).  Anyway, yesterday I arrived back from that very cruise.  I would love to say that the experience was amazing and...

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