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Independent Woman: Capacity and capability: or making hay while the sun shines...
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Tuesday, 18 October 2011. Capacity and capability: or making hay while the sun shines. I've been a bit quiet lately. Not, thankfully, because I have been more unwell than usual, but because I have been rather better than at any point this year - and I've been making the most of it! Over the last few months:. The first time in two years I've been able to contemplate doing something that involved sustained repet...
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Independent Woman: October 2011
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Tuesday, 18 October 2011. Capacity and capability: or making hay while the sun shines. I've been a bit quiet lately. Not, thankfully, because I have been more unwell than usual, but because I have been rather better than at any point this year - and I've been making the most of it! Over the last few months:. The first time in two years I've been able to contemplate doing something that involved sustained repet...
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Independent Woman: Staying organised?
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Wednesday, 17 August 2011. Here's a confession. The other morning, I spent far more time and energy than I could afford turning my entire flat upside down, searching for some insurance documents . only to find them nicely filed, exactly where they should have been! This has prompted me to revisit and complete something I have been working on sporadically over the last few weeks - a questionnaire. I would say '...
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Independent Woman: Reality checkpoint: or who's crazy?
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Thursday, 14 July 2011. Reality checkpoint: or who's crazy? There is a lamp post in the middle of Parker's Piece in Cambridge, which has the phrase 'Reality Checkpoint'. You have to pull yourself together, you have a child to think of". It can't be RA because.it's not the same as what [insert name/relation] is experiencing etc". We don't do RA". I think you just need something to take your mind off it". As for...
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Independent Woman: October 2012
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Saturday, 20 October 2012. I'm back.with a new diagnosis, or two. Well Where to start? I have so much to tell you. I was due to see my Rheumatologist next week, but that appointment has been rescheduled for New Year's Eve. I discussed this with my GP, but he advised that the refined diagnosis would probably not affect my treatment, so there was no real advantage to bringing the appointment forward.
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Independent Woman: Getting creative: if I were an Olympian
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Tuesday, 6 September 2011. Getting creative: if I were an Olympian. Arthritis Care (a fantastic support organisation! I may have mentioned that.) run an annual creative writing competition. For those with arthritis. This recognises the therapeutic potential of creative writing - and I tell you what, it works! If I were an Olympian. But then, I feel warm arms wrap around my neck, a soft cheek pressed against mi...
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Independent Woman: February 2012
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Friday, 24 February 2012. Success and perspective: this too shall pass. I once worked with a someone who was very fond of asking the question 'what does success look like? I've recently re-discovered this short film on Defining Success with Rheumatoid Arthritis. And it is interesting how my reaction to it has changed over the few months since I last viewed it. I am functioning reasonably well at work. In s...
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Independent Woman: June 2011
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Wednesday, 29 June 2011. Somewhere on the Rheumatoid Spectrum: on the road to acceptance. Last week, I started telling you the story of the onset and diagnosis of my inflammatory arthritis. This is the continuation of that story:. So I still don't know quite what. This thing is that I'm living with, but I know how. It is, for now at least. And here I am, living in the moment, taking each day as it comes. By Er...
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Independent Woman: A box ticking exercise?
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Wednesday, 31 August 2011. A box ticking exercise? I ticked a box today. But it was not just a box, it was a categorisation that challenged my perception of myself and my condition (again! I was applying for a job, and came to the inevitable ' Do you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act? You won't get any medals for "struggling on" but will do a good job with the support you need'.
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Independent Woman: I'm back...with a new diagnosis, or two...
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Writing about what I know - life, work, (single) parenthood, inflammatory arthritis, and irony. Saturday, 20 October 2012. I'm back.with a new diagnosis, or two. Well Where to start? I have so much to tell you. I was due to see my Rheumatologist next week, but that appointment has been rescheduled for New Year's Eve. I discussed this with my GP, but he advised that the refined diagnosis would probably not affect my treatment, so there was no real advantage to bringing the appointment forward. Writing abo...
