“You’re having a giraffe!”
I went to see my GP, Dr Down-To-Earth today. The conversation went something like this… Dr DTE: “Hello, LF. How may I help?” LF: “I’d like to come off my medication, please.” Dr DTE: “You’re having a...
View ArticleUnder Pressure
I put myself under a huge amount of pressure. And then what I do is I push myself and I push myself and I push myself until I can’t stand it anymore. So then I carry on for a bit longer, collapse in a...
View ArticleBye Bye Boyfriend. Hello Knitting.
After much thought and consideration, on Friday evening I ended my relationship with The Boyfriend. There’s not really a great deal to say about it. I realised that, in the long-term, we were not...
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In December 2010, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust decided they didn’t want me blogging my stay on one of their inpatient wards. At the time, this was a decision I objected to and made a complaint...
View ArticleStrategy
Back in January, Oxford Health invited me to a meeting to discuss social media policy. The meeting was held on Wednesday 5 March, and it was fantastic. I met with a chap, for the purposes of this...
View ArticleMy friend
Dear Anorexia, I first heard about you and your cousin Bulimia when I was at school. Our learning was a bit crass, very black and white. Still, I had a vague awareness of eating disorders and assumed...
View ArticleReclaiming the jigsaw
Jigsaw Once upon a time, I enjoyed jigsaws. For several consecutive years, I received one for Christmas. I would normally start it on Christmas day, and be finished 3 or 4 days later. Over the years, I...
View ArticleLittleFeet Roux
I’ve written before about yummy recipes and this evening, I made another delicious one that I’d like to record. Take some flat mushrooms and pop these under the grill (turn the knob to approximately 6...
View ArticleHandover – Chapter 1 of ?
All the comfortable chairs had been taken. The only chair left was in the corner of the office, held together with masking tape and glue. Jane made her way across the office, taking care not to spill...
View ArticleJane
As Jane left the office, she joined her colleagues hurrying down the corridor. There had been problems with the alarms recently, and staff were jaded by the frequency of false alarms. When the alarms...
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