BILATERAL CATARACT EXTRACTION and INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT – What a mouthful! The time had finally come for my eye surgery. My right eye (the worst one) was to be done on Monday 20 June…
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Photo by Valerie Titova on Unsplash ART & MENTAL HEALTH I couldn’t have an ‘Art Chat’ series of posts and not talk about the benefits of doing art (and all creative activities) for our mental health. When…
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I had a blood test a few weeks ago to check my vitamin levels, thyroid function but more directly to follow up on my iron levels following an iron infusion back in November 2021.…
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When it came to preparing a post for this week, all I could think was “I don’t have time” and “I’m stretched too thin” and “I need to look after my mental health and…
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Home Improvement Induced Anxiety – have you ever seen a post title like that one before? I wonder if this post is a first? Read on to better understand what I mean. Painters are…
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As a mother, a sister, a relative, a daughter, and a friend; and as a perimenopausal woman in her 50’s who is prone to anxiety; and as a human whose immune system is compromised…
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During 2019 on Write of the Middle there has been a very strong focus on ZEN and ways to obtain it …. even if for a little while. You may wonder why I have…
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SWIRLY WHIRLY MIND = OVERWHELM In order to keep my blog honest and real, I find myself today writing about my swirly whirly mind that is and has been feeling quite overwhelmed at times…
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COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA “You know you have Community Acquired Pneumonia“, they said to me in Emergency at the hospital. I knew I had Pneumonia, but what is Community Acquired Pneumonia? What did they mean? …
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I was approached by Thyroid Advisor and asked if I’d be interested in publishing a guest post on thyroid health on the blog. I don’t usually accept guest posts (outside of my Zen Tip…
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I thought it would be interesting to compare what ‘sparks joy’ [using the popular KonMari {Marie Kondo} term] for me now in my 50’s as compared to what sparked joy for me back in…
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Anxiety – what is it? Feeling anxious in certain situations can help us avoid danger, triggering our ‘fight or flight’ response. It is how we’ve evolved to keep ourselves safe. Sometimes though, we can…
