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Four months of living alone
Four months of livingĀ alone
Iāve been living on my own for four months now. Can you believe it? Four. Months. In that time Iāve been very restrained and only been to IKEA twice, fallen and cut my head open once (Iām fine by the way), and used a dishwasher for the first time in my life. Youād think after 30 years of living with cerebral palsy Iād have learned to manage my energy levels in a way that keeps my pain levels toā¦
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I moved out!
I did it! I finally moved out of my mumās house. Not only did I move out, but Iāve moved away. Iāve gone from West Yorkshire to South Yorkshire. Iāve wanted to move out ever since I had to move back home at the end of university. Moving back in was never part of The Plan, let alone being there for another nine years. I always assumed Iād move away for work. I havenāt. Iāve moved away for *me*.ā¦
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More than just an empty tub of moisturiser
More than just an empty tub ofĀ moisturiser
What do you see when you look at this photo?
Itās okay, you can be honest: itās a poorly-taken picture of an empty moisturiser tub.
Well, thatās probably what it looks like to you, but to me it symbolises so much more.
It symbolises strength, healing, growth, courage, self-worth, kindness and hope, to name but a few things.
Let me explain.
Iāve had a..fairly rockyā¦shall we say,ā¦
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A love letter to Gossip Girl (and a moan about chronic pain)
A love letter to Gossip Girl (and a moan about chronicĀ pain)
Today is the fourth bad cerebral palsy day Iāve had in a row. I am sore, I am grumpy and I am tired. And, Iāll admit it, Iād kinda forgotten just how draining it is to have increased pain levels over āprolongedā period of time.
And.
It.
Sucks.
Iāve had far more than four bad CP days in a row before, so this technically isnāt anything new. I should be a pro at dealing with this now.ā¦
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I jinxed it...
I jinxed itā¦
Do you remember that bit in my previous blog post where I said that my hip and pelvis pain had been so much better since Iād been staying at home all the time?
Well, I think I jinxed it, because guess who started having a pain flare the day after I wrote it?
Yup, thatād be me.
My pelvis pain is back and making itself felt and I am most displeased.
Itās not the worst flare Iāve had inā¦
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It's already been a long year...
Itās already been a longĀ yearā¦
Hello, hello ā how are you all? Iām pretty sure Iām not the only one who feels as though 2020 has lasted about three years already and weāre only just halfway through. Those of you who follow me on Twitter might be aware that my daddied of cancer a few weeks ago. I wonāt go into too many details here as he wouldnāt want me to. Iāll only say that he got diagnosed in 2019 and passed away peacefullyā¦
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A PIP decision, a permanent job, and a new consultant
A PIP decision, a permanent job, and a newĀ consultant
Okay, I admit it. It has been so long since I last updated this blog that I couldnāt remember my login details. I may have forgotten those, but I hadnāt actually forgotten View from a Walking Frame, the people who read it, or that an update was long overdue. I could spend ages writing a rambling apology, but instead I thought Iād just get straight into updating you all on everything that happenedā¦
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How my PIP assessment went
How my PIP assessmentĀ went
N.B. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit in the UK that helps disabled people cover the extra living costs they incur as a result of their impairments, such as needing to pay for a care team or buy pre-cooked food.
My PIP assessment was actually a positive experience. Yes, you read that right. It was a positive experience for me, and I am stunned.
While I wasnāt anxious or stressediā¦
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Two days until my PIP assessment
Two days until my PIPĀ assessment
N.B. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit in the UK that helps disabled people cover the extra living costs they incur as a result of their impairments, such as needing to pay for a care team or buy pre-cooked food.
Ā Usually, an event like a PIP assessment would send my anxiety into overdrive weeks in advance, but with just two days to go all I feel is indifferent. If anything, I amā¦
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A Life Without Limits by Sir Bert Massie (book review)
A Life Without Limits by Sir Bert Massie (bookĀ review)
Let me start this review by saying that I knew nothing about Sir Bert Massie before I read his memoir. I recognised his name, but I didnāt know why I recognised it. Basically, Iāve grown up seeing the results of his extensive campaigning all around me without knowing it.Ā
For those of you who are as unsure as I was, Sir Bert was a disability rights activist who grew in 1950s Liverpool andā¦
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Do I seem anxious to you?
Do I seem anxious toĀ you?
āYouāre not anxious, are you? You always seem quite confident.ā
My jaw mustāve hit the floor, āOh, yeah,ā I replied, trying not to laugh, as I often do when Iām shocked. āIāve had anxiety for years, I just manage it with drugs and therapy.ā
This is a genuine conversation I had with someone this week after I mentioned something triggering my anxiety. I wish I could remember what Iād actually said.ā¦
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Mental health update for #MentalHealthAwarnessWeek2019
Itās been a while since Iāve given you an update on how my mental health is, and this week is Mental Health Awareness Week 2019, so now seems like a fitting time to bring you all up to speed.
A bit of background about my mental health
Long time readers of this blog might remember that Iāve struggled with anxiety which manifests itself as what I call āOCD-type tendenciesāsince I was about eight orā¦
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Life update: Applying for PIP, another new job and my Mystery Hip Pain returns
Life update: Applying for PIP, another new job and my Mystery Hip PainĀ returns
Hi everyone,
I hope lifeās treating you well?
I canāt quite believe that weāre in April already, and Iām sure I some of you canāt either. I started yetĀ anotherĀ new job at work in March! Yep, thatās right, the girl who couldnāt get a job at all has had three different ones in under a year! I canāt quite believe it. Iām still at the same place, and itās another temporary contract, but itās also aā¦
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Things I learned in January 2019
Things I learned in JanuaryĀ 2019
So, January 2019 was hella busy. I started a new job, travelled to London by myself for the first time, got a temporary ānewā wheelchair, celebrated my birthday, celebrated Robās birthday, celebrated two other birthdays in my friendship group and still somehow found the time to read/listen to eight books/audiobooks.
Needless to say, Iāve learned a lot, about myself and about managing myā¦
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#ThingsILearnedtoAccept
The above hashtag has been trending on Twitter today. I soon as I saw it I knew that I just had to contribute. The differences between how I think and feel about my disability, and perhaps more importantly, how I thought others think and felt abut my cerebral palsy, have changed drastically over the past two years since I started filming Employable Me.
Itās been a year since the series aired nowā¦
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2019: A new year, a new job and a new wheelchair on the way
2019: A new year, a new job and a new wheelchair on theĀ way
Hello everyone, and Happy New Year. I actually meant to write this post way before now, but those of you whoāve been reading this blog for a few years will know that New Year is a massive anxiety trigger for me, what the all the pressure to become a better person, achieve more, eat less chocolate, blah, blah, blah; so I decided to lie low on social media until all the fuss had died down.
Anyway!
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Getting on my soapbox about why attitudes towards sex and disability need to change. Again.
Getting on my soapbox about why attitudes towards sex and disability need to change.Ā Again.
Yet again Iāve found myself getting on my Twitter soapbox about why attitudes towards disability and sex need to change.
Youāre probably all bored of me talking about this by now, but if youāre not, you can head on over to my profile to see the whole thread of tweets I made.Ā Hereās the first one for you:
https://twitter.com/NicolaG01/status/1067525780396285954
Believe it or not, Iām actuallyā¦
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