Tag: illness
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Conversations with… Rach of Accessible Rach (Subject: MS and Body Image)
Previously, I interviewed Sylvia Longmire of Spin the Globe about travelling the world with Multiple Sclerosis. Raising awareness of MS and accessibility is something that matters to me personally as my grandma had MS. I remember my grandad having to always have a ramp he had made himself in his car because most places didn’t…
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Conversations with… Claudia Wright (Subject: Endometriosis)
Last year when I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovaries, I found that looking online for support gave me so much more knowledge, compassion and understanding than any visit to the doctor had. I read about people who had similar experiences, found diet and exercise tips and was given advice on how to best manage my…
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Conversations with: Sylvia Longmire from Spin The Globe (Subject: MS and Travel)
Growing up, I always saw my Grandma Ann as just my Grandma. She had MS and was in a wheelchair, but to me that didn’t define her. She was the woman who wrote stories for me and who used to have a hoist that I would attach my Barbies too and send them around the…
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Conversations with… Lynne Andrews (Subject: Degenerative Disc Disorder)
I know Lynne through the school I used to teach at. In my first year of teaching, I taught her son and in my third year of teaching I was lucky enough to have Lynne working in my classroom as an SEN support assistant. I loved my job and a lot of that was down…
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Conversations with… Raven Swaine (Subject: Overcoming Cancer – Hodgkin’s Lymphoma)
I met Raven when I was 18 through a friend who had invited me out with her group of friends. I remember feeling absolutely terrified to walk into a strangers house and meet an already established friendship group. Nobody wants to be the new girl, but there I was, the only one there in jeans,…
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Conversations with… Elizabeth Cavanagh (Subject: Sibling Loss/Grief)
I remember the day of graduation like it was yesterday. It was 2015, I’d worked really hard to achieve a First and I couldn’t wait to celebrate three years of hard work finally being over! I had bought a new dress, the sun was shining and I couldn’t wait to see everyone who had survived…
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Conversations with… Samantha (Subject: Addison’s Disease)
Samantha is someone I met whilst training to be a primary school teacher a few years ago. We were both on the same course and both qualified at the same time, going on to teach in different cities in England. Samantha always seemed like one of those people who was destined to be a teacher…
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