Recurrence isn’t pretty – part 1
“I felt like an animal caught in an unforeseen trap and hung up to await an uncertain fate.”
Recurrence isn’t pretty – part 2
„I felt skinned-rabbit-raw and vulnerable,…“
Recurrence isn’t pretty – part 3
„..felt like the perfect day to start the blog that had been in my head for a while.“
Recurrence isn’t pretty part 4 – worrier or warrior?
“The warrior part of me embraces this concept and enjoys the synchronicity of doing warrior poses whilst staying present with the feelings and emotions.”
Recurrence isn’t pretty part 5 – inner guru
“…that inner Guru who is always there and ever wise but easy to miss in the tumult of life ”
Pee problems part 1
” Incontinence is another topic shrouded in shame and not talked about.”
Pee problems part 2
“Sometimes I’ve cut the queue and visited the gents and I’m often not the only one.”
Mermaid loo
“I’m always happy to locate a good public loo and if it’s pretty too that’s an extra bonus.”
War(d) stories
“It takes real warriors to deal with this disease – these are war stories as well as ward stories.”
Poppy-red-patches
“Imagine a summer cornfield as a background, that’s the bladder lining, and just as poppies pop up in fields and stand out against the corn, so these poppy-red-patches pop against the otherwise pinkish lining.”
Martini-red pee
“the nurse who took my sample had never seen anything as red. It actually looked like a glass of red Martini”
Recurrence isn’t pretty part 6 – it’s a zebra!
“when you hear hoofbeats think horses not zebras’ ……assess symptoms and think the most common cause first ie horses without jumping to the rarer or more serious cause ie zebras.”
Bright-red-patches-of-inflammation again!
‘No tumours thankfully but bright-red-patches-of-inflammation again / still.’
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