Category Archives: Health

Photography 101: The Fundamentals of Light

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Barbara

Thank you so much for this post, it is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! Idiots guide to my camera settings in plain English that even a dyslexic like me can follow! I have recently been given a ‘bridge … Continue reading →

Posted in Dyslexia, Photography | Tagged Fundamentals of Light, Panasonic DMC-FZ62, Photography 101 | 2 Comments

A visit to the Doctor!

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Barbara

Brilliant!

Posted in Health, Jokes, Teenagers | Tagged Children, doctor, Humour | 12 Comments

Our Superhero

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Barbara

Originally posted on Keep Calm And Chemo On:
Today at around 5am, although his spirit was still strong David’s body decided that it couldn’t cope with the pain and suffering anymore and gave up it’s fight after a courageous three…

Posted in leukaemia, Maths, Teaching | Tagged David Adamson | 6 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Future? Tense!

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Barbara

My friend has cancer I met David on my ‘Secondary Maths Teacher Training Postgraduate degree course. There were a lot of us, I was in the ‘mature’ student group with teenage children and housework to get home to, and David … Continue reading →

Posted in leukaemia, Maths, Teaching | Tagged Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, ALL, cancer, Future Tense, Nelarabine, Postaday, T-Cell, Weekly Photo Challenge | 10 Comments

Please visit Dave in hospital (virtually)

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Barbara

Originally posted on Keep Calm And Chemo On:
dick here… david is getting a lot of positive vibes from every comment we read to him and it really is helping him through this difficult time, but unfortunately they appear to…

Posted in leukaemia, Maths, Teaching | Tagged cancer, Leukaemia, Nelarabine | 2 Comments

I feel like dancing!

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Barbara

Today is the third day in a row that I have woken up without feeling that I have been run over by an Ice Road Trucker! I haven’t woken up pain free since November. It’s still hard to believe, this … Continue reading →

Posted in Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Health, ME, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Neuralgia, Pain, Sinus headache | Tagged day surgery, FESS, ice road trucker, Joys of spring, Sinus Surgery | 17 Comments

My Talent Jar

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Barbara

RLast Wednesday I wrote a post in response to Rarasaur’s new weekly writing/photography challenge ‘Prompt for the promptless‘ Wabi-Sabi. In response to my post, which was definitely quite self depreciating as I have been feeling very under the weather recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Photography, Sinus headache | Tagged FESS, Hospital, Sinus Surgery, Stealing my thunder, Talent Jar, Wabi-Sabi | 11 Comments

Wabi-Sabi

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Barbara

I could almost have posted this on Wednesday as a wordless response to Rarasaur‘s first weekly Prompt for the Promptless Wabi-Sabi, but I post so many photos of Wilson, another picture needs another explanation! I had not delved into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiction, Photography, Wilson | Tagged ForThePromptless, Photo Challenge, Postaday, Prompt for the Promptless, Step 3 Prayer, Wabi-Sabi | 19 Comments

Travel Theme; Mountains

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Barbara

My personal travel theme seems to currently be Egypt, and the highest mountain I have climbed (in the middle of the night led by a local Bedouin who we named ‘mountain goat boy’) was Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula. … Continue reading →