Wednesday 29 May 2013

Daily updates

As usual it's been a while since my last blog. My apologies for taking so long, but there has been a lot going on in my life, and I've just not had the time or the energy to focus as much as I'd like. However, for the rest of this week I am planning to post a new blog every day to try and catch up with all things Ichthyosis. May has been Ichthyosis Awareness month, and yes I know I should've done more, but life often gets in the way of things sometimes as is the case as of late. HUGE thanks to everyone for your continued support. Watch this space for lots of news and pictures. Thanks for reading x

Thursday 7 March 2013

Thinking out loud

Funny thing, life, isn’t it? The way it has a habit of throwing things at you completely unawares. Then again, it’s funny how we somehow manage to get through it, adapt and move on. Granted, not all things in life are that simple, but generally speaking we find a way of getting through somehow. Thanks to a few hurdles I’ve encountered myself recently, it’s seriously made me think about things differently. Put things into perspective and overall just given me the wake up call I have clearly needed for a while now. I’m still not quite over the current hurdles, but I am determined to reach the other side with a better outlook on things and life in general. So if anything the difficulties I face right now, have actually done me a favour and for that I’m thankful.

Wednesday 13 February 2013

New year, late blog... oops!

A little late to wish you all a Happy New Year I know, but after a rough end to 2012 following one thing after another (including the passing of a good friend to cancer - miss you lots Dee) I am determined to make 2013 a better one. Got lots I need and want to do, and got lots lined up. Got the charity to get off the ground, lots of new crafts I want to try, amongst many other things. But my priority is to get my health in check, because without that I can’t do much else unfortunately. Just got to wait until April to get more bloods done to determine what the problem is as the Dr thinks I have an underactive thyroid. But I can’t have treatment for it until the second lot of bloods confirms it. Fingers crossed I can get it sorted, or under control at least. This last weekend we celebrated Rebecca’s 2nd birthday (on 10th Feb). She had a wonderful time, as did everyone who came. And I’d like to say a huge thanks to everyone for all the birthday messages, cards and presents for her. It’s hard to believe where the time goes, and before you know it they grow so fast. There are many people in my thoughts at the moment, and if you read this you’ll know who you are. My apologies for this being a brief blog for now but I will be back soon with another one, as I have been asked by my lovely friend Christie Zink to write a guest blog for her, about myself, Rebecca and what we experience living with Ichthyosis. Another of my goals this year is to post more blog entries, and hopefully increase awareness of Ichthyosis and share my journey of living with the condition, and about Rebecca’s journey also. I will be posting more about other subjects and with some laughs along the way too, so watch this space. Thanks as ever for reading and I’ll be back soon.... PROMISE!!