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Things have been going really well with C. I can’t believe it’s been a thing since May, it seems like it’s just going very smoothly and there’s been no drama between us. It’s wonderful to date an...

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Mother’s Day is a week and a bit away here and if I’m honest I’m finding it all very triggering and confronting. When we were going through IVF for V, I made an insta account to connect with oth...

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V and I have been staying at my dad’s this weekend, dog sitting. He’s gone for a few days away in Denmark, to visit his sister. I think the time away will do him good, and I’m sure he’ll be glad...

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I need to sort my life out. She says. I’m sat by the sea writing this on my phone instead of going home and doing the things. It’s safe to say that the last six months have simply been survival ...

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We got a dog! She’s a rescue, Just under 2 years old, Lurcher/Lab cross and absolutely the best decision we’ve ever made. She is 100% the most beautiful and precious thing I’ve ever owned and I...

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So very often our patients tell us how they’re inspired by what we do, by how gracious and understanding we are when faced with the things we see during our work day. They have a lot of time to s...

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My best friend is moving to Norwich and I’m so incredibly sad. I think when I’m an old lady and people ask me about true love, my girlfriends will beat any boy to the top of the list. My relati...

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My bestie was home from London this weekend. She moved down there about 9 years ago for work, but she’s a friend I’ve grown up with, been friends for 29 of our 31 years. We went for brunch, and ...

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In solidarity with joey not drinking, I also said I would not drink in the week. To be honest, I’m not a big drinker anyway. Don’t get me wrong, I did all the underage binge drinking that is expe...

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We talked. Like really talked. And I think something has actually clicked with him. I tried really hard to make him understand how close he was to losing me, without it sounding like a threat. Th...

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Do you ever feel like you’re fighting a losing battle? I know I’m late to the party, but I’ve realised it really doesn’t matter what joey says to me about things changing, nothing will if he does...

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I have keys! Against all odds, no games, no messing, just turned up and handed them over. I’m working tomorrow, and will be going back to stay in our house, with no fear of psycho ex turning up a...

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Things have been very difficult over the last few weeks. I’m still to move in. Psycho ex has taken six weeks to arrange an appointment with her solicitor to sign the paperwork required to sign th...

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I’m a billion percent happy that American citizens are able to marry the person of their choice, wherever they may be, whoever they may be. It’s insane to me that in this day and age that it’s e...

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I’ve had pain in my right hip for at least 18 months, but have brushed it off as wear and tear from half a lifetime being on my feet for work. Since the beginning of this year though I’ve had ac...

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This week, a lady was admitted to our ward with a suspected blood clot. She had with her her six day old baby, as she was breastfeeding. You can imagine the stir this caused on the ward, anyone c...

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My grandad has died. Surrounded by family, peacefully. Heartbroken. Xx

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Last night I shouted at a doctor. She came to do a full neuro exam on my grandad, asking him to lift his arms, touch his nose etc. Clearly she hadn’t even looked at him because he was barely brea...

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I had a message from a friend about my grandad. We got chatting and he went on to say there’s no dignity or grace in dying, you can only hope there’s no pain. I have to disagree. I’d like to thi...

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I’m particularly lucky to work with such a lovely team of girls. We’re more like family, when one of us hurts we all hurt, if one of us cries we all have a whinge. We had a particularly bad day...

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My mum and I, needless to say, made up. We had a good long chat once the heat had died down and things are OK. My grandad looks a million times worse today. Medically, there is nothing to be don...

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I am struggling with my mother’s selfishness right now. I know life has changed for everyone since my grandad went into hospital, it’s an endless round of visiting, making sure my grandma is OK, ...

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If it’s not one thing it’s another. I worked yesterday, popped down to see my grandad at lunch and he looked tired, and had pain in his head. Given that he’s had bleeding in there, not surprising...

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We made it through the night. The consensus now seems to be that he doesn’t have aspiration pneumonia, but that his heart is much more damaged than we already knew. He’s also in a precarious pos...

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Today my grandad had three seizures. Today my grandad had two separate bleeds on the brain. Today, my grandad had acquired an aspiration pneumonia from vomiting whilst unconscious. Today my gr...

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