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NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED AS I DO RIGHT NOW….ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE OCD!

Posted on September 22, 2015 by SCARFMAN

ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED…….this is how I feel right now. I have been feeling like this for at least the last three years if I am honest, but last night as I went to bed these feelings were utterly overwhelming … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, twitter, Uncategorized | Tagged ANGER, ANGRY, ANGUISH, anxiety, ANXIOUS, BACK PAIN, banter, BLOGGING, CAREER, CATHARTIC, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION FLARE-UP, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DOCTORS, DOG DIRT, DOG DIRT FEAR, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, Family, fear, FIGHT, FLARE-UP, FRUSTRATED, frustration, GALLBLADDER REMOVED, GALLBLADDER SURGERY, GPS, Health, HEARTACHE, HEARTBREAK, HERNIA SUGERY, HOPE, ILL HEALTH, JOB, JOBLESS, laughter, LIFE, LOWER BACK PAIN, LUMBAR SPINE BACK PAIN, MALE HEALTH, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, MIND, MIND MANCHESTER, MIND MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY, MIND UK, MISERY, nerves, NHS, NO HOPE, O.C.D, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD ACTION UK, OCD UK, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, physical health, sad, SADNESS, SELF HARM, SINUS SURGERY, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SUICIDE, SUPPORT, UNIVERSITY, UNLOADING, UPSET, WRITER, writing, WRITING CAREER | Leave a comment

ANOTHER SETBACK AND BODY BLOW……….I DO HAVE LYMPHOEDEMA AFTER ALL!

Posted on July 3, 2015 by SCARFMAN

A week ago I had appointment at a local hospital where my worst fears were confirmed, I do indeed have a lifelong condition called lymphoedema(in my lower legs) after all. I say after all because I have had this possible … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged acidic, ANGUISH, ANKLE SWELLING, ANKLES, anxiety, BACK PAIN, body blow, CELLULITIS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, chronic health problem, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPRESSION PUMP, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, DIARY, DOCTORS, DOPPLER LEG SCAN, EMOTION, Family, fed up, FEELING, FLOWTRON, FLUID BUILD UP, FLUID RETENTION, GILMORE'S GROIN, Health, HERNIA, HOPE, ILL, ILL HEALTH, LEG SWELLING, LEGS, LIFE, LIPODEMA, lymph, LYMPH DRAINAGE, LYMPH DRANAGE, LYMPH GLAND EXERCISES, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic drainage, LYMPHODEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA CLINIC, LYMPHOGRAM, MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE, manual lymphatic drainage, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MLD, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NERVE COMPRESSION, NHS, NO CURE, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, over acidic, over acidix, pain, PELVIC PAI N, physical health, POISONING, rant, REAL LIFE, SADNESS, SCIATICA, SETBACK, SINUS SURGERY, SKIN INFECTION, SLIPPED VERTEBRATE, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, STOCKINGS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, TRAUMA, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED, UPSET, VASCULAR, VASCULAR CONSULTANT, WOORY, WORRIES, WORRY | Leave a comment

‘LONG LOST FAMILY’……. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! ‘Long Lost Family’ – A Review.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Something weird and almost magical happens whenever I sit down to watch an episode of ‘Long Lost Family’ on ITV1(the show where it reunites family members who have either lost touch or been adopted). For example, when I sat down … Continue reading →

Posted in COMPLIMENT, documentary, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #BAFTAWINNER, #DAVINAMCCALL, #FACTUAL, #LONGLOSTFAMILY, #LONGLOSTFAMILYREVIEW, #NICKYCAMPBELL, #TELEVISIONREVIEW, #TVREVIEW, ADOPTION, ADOPTION TV SERIES, BRITAIN, BRITISH ARMY, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, BRITISH TV REVIEW, CHILDREN, compliment, DAUGHTER, DAVINA MCCALL, EMOTION, EMOTIONAL, EMOTIVE, EMOTIVE TELEVISION, entertainment, Family, FAMILY TV, father, FEEL GOOD TV, GERMANY, HAPPINESS, itv, ITV1, KARINA, LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, LLF, LONG LOST FAMILY, LONG LOST FAMILY REVIEW, LONG LOST FAMILY SERIES, LOVE, MICHELLE, MISSING PERSONS, MOVING, NICKY CAMPBELL, PARENTS, PAUL WRIGHT, popular culture, REVIEW, SADNESS, SIMON COWELL, TEAR JERKING TV, TEARS, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE THORN BIRDS, THE X-FACTOR, tribute, true stories, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK, UNCATEGORISED | Leave a comment

EXTREMELY ANXIOUS, WORRIED AND SCARED…THIS IS HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW ABOUT GETTING MY LEG SCAN RESULTS TOMORROW!

Posted on April 29, 2015 by SCARFMAN

This time tomorrow I will know the results of a leg scan I recently had……..AND I AM ABSOLUTELY BRICKING IT. It feels like the rest of my life and how it is going to pan out all rests on how … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, awareness, CELLULITIS, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, DOCTORS, duplex leg scan, EMOTION, failure, Family, fear, frightened, frightenef, FRUSTRATED, frustration, Health, HOPE, hopelessness, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, medical, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MISDIAGNOSIS, nervous, NHS, OCD, physical health, physio, pressure, REAL LIFE, scan, scan results, scared, SKIN INFECTION, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, SWOLLEN LOWER LIMBS, TRUE STORY, worried, WORRY, WRONG DIAGNOSIS | Leave a comment

THIS 4TH PINT OF STELLA WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE THIRD! ‘STELLA'(SKY 1) : A Series Review.

Posted on April 17, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Last Friday saw the end of the fourth series of Stella on SKY 1 and I for one thought it was an absolute triumph. I felt the show had perhaps run its course after not really laughing or being gripped … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, COMPLIMENT, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, Uncategorized | Tagged ARTS REVIEW, BIG ALAN, BRITAIN, BRITISH COMEDY, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TELEVISION REVIEW, BRITISH TV, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY, COCKING, COMEDY, COMEDY ACTING, COMEDY DRAMA, COMMUNITY, COUNCIL ELECTION, CRAIG GALLIVAN, CRITIC, CRITICAL, DAVID PLEET, DRAMA, ELIAZABETH BERRINGTON, EMMA RYDAL, entertainment, EVALUATE, Family, GAMBLING, humour, JANE ASHER, JUSTIN DAVIES, KENNY DOUGHTY, LUCY LUMSDEN, MARK LEWIS JONES, MONEY STRUGGLES TV, NURSING, PATRICK BALADI, PETER BALADI, PONTYBERRY, PRAISE, REVIEW, RHONDDA VALLEY, RUTH JONES, screenplay, SERIES 4, SKY, SKY 1, SKY COMEDY, SKY ONE, STELLA, STELLA REVIEW, STEVE SPEIRS, TELEVISION, TELEVISION PROGRAMME, TELEVISION REVIEW, TELEVISION SHOW, THE ARTS, TIDY PRODUCTIONS, TV, TV CRITIC, TV NURSING, TV PROGRAMME, tv review, TV SHOW, TV WRITING, UK TV, WALES, WELSH | Leave a comment

INFORMATIVE, INSIGHTFUL AND INVOLVING…LOUIS THEROUX AT HIS BEST! ‘Louis Theroux : Transgender Kids’. A Review.

Posted on April 10, 2015 by SCARFMAN

When documentary film maker Louis Theroux educates, entertains and also emotively covers a certain subject, then I think you will pretty hard pressed to find a better documentary. This is what he indeed did last Sunday on BBC2 when he … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, BBC, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, grief, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ANGUISH, anxiety, BBC, BBC2, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CHILDREN, CONTROVERSIAL, debate, DOCUMENTARY, EMOTION, EMPATHY, entertainment, Family, GENDER DYSHORIA, Grief, Health, humour, IDENTITY, LOUIS THEROUX, LOUIS THEROUX TRANSGENDER, mental health, popular culture, PREJUDICE, SADNESS, SANS FRANCISCO, SELF, SEX CHANGE, SURGERY, SURGICAL INTERVENTION, TEENAGE, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TRANSGENDER, TRANSSEXUALS, TV, tv review, UK TELEVISION, UK TV | Leave a comment

MY MUM IS THE GREATEST MUM OF ALL – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MUMMY LLOYD!

Posted on March 15, 2015 by SCARFMAN

There is ONLY ONE PERSON in this world that I truly love and that person is MY MUM! There is ONLY ONE PERSON in this world that has stuck by me through thick and thin and that person is MY … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, COMPLIMENT, death, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, grief, HAROLD LLOYD, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged BIRTH, blood relative, CARING, CELEBRATION, compliment, death, DEPRESSION, DREAMS, EMOTION, FAMILIES, FAMILLIES, Family, FEELINGS, friendship, GUARDIAN ANGEL, Health, HEARTACHE, ILL HEALTH, KIDS, LIFE, LIFE STORY, LOVE, mental health, mom, MOTHER, mother son relationship, MOTHER'S DAY, MOTHERING SUNDAY, MUM, MUMMY'S BOY, my mum, OCD, PARENTING, PARENTS, REAL LIFE, relatives, SCHOOL, son, SUPPORT, THANK YOU, THANKS, tribute, tribute to my mum, TRUE STORY, UNIVERSITY | Leave a comment

Sex, stirrups, and second rate storytelling – ‘Taking he Fall’ by A.P.McCoy – A Review.

Posted on January 3, 2014 by SCARFMAN

A review of Taking the Fall by A.P.McCoy – As indicated by the headline, there is too much sex and not enough gripping storytelling. I was left feeling greatly underwhelmed sadly. So, what is the book about then and who are … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOK REVIEWS, BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, LITERATURE, POPULAR CULTURE, READING, SPORT, TAKING THE FALL BY A.P MCCOY, THE ARTS, THRILLERS, Uncategorized | Tagged #apmccoy, #bookReview, #HORSES, #RACEHORSES, #TAKINGTHEFALL, A.P McCoy, A.P.MCCOY BOOK REVIEW, BOOK, BOOK CRITIC, book reviews, CRITIC, DEMENTIA, DEMENTIA IN FICTION, DERBY DAY BY DJ TAYLOR, DUNCAN CLAYMORE, Family, fiction, FICTION SEX, FICTION THRILLERS, horse racing, horse racing book, JOCKEYS, LITERARY REVIEW, literature, McCoy, NATIONAL HUNT RACING, NH JOCKEY, OLD AGE, PLOT, popular culture, RACE HORSES, RACING, reading, REVENGE FICTION, REVIEW TAKING HE FALL, SEX, SPORT, SPORT BOOK, SPORT BOOK REVIEW, sport books, TAKING THE FALL, TAKING THE FALL REVIEW, THE ARTS, the grand national, THRILLER, thrillers, WRITER | 1 Comment

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” A Tribute to my late Father!

Posted on June 16, 2013 by SCARFMAN

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” – A tribute to my late Father on Father’s Day, and a message of solidarity to others missing their Dads today too! For my first blog I wanted to write about something very dear and personal … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, COMPLIMENT, CRICKET, death, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, FATHER'S DAY TRIBUTE, grief, HAROLD LLOYD, HEALTH, mens health, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, TV, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #FAMILYGRIEF, #FATHERSDAY, AMERICAN HAROLD LLOYD, anxiety, BBC2, BRITISH TELEVISION, COMEDY, compliment, CORONATION STREET, cricket, dad, DAD TRIBUTE, death, DEPRESSION, DYING, EMOTION, Family, FAMILY GRIEF, father, Father's Day, FATHER'S DAY TRIBUTE, Grief, HAROLD LLOYD ACTOR, Harold Lloyd Silent Movi, HAROLD LLOYD TV SHOW, Health, HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD, humour, LIKE FATHER LIKE SON, LOSS, LOVE CRICKET, loving soon, MANCHESTER CITY, Manchester United, memories, MENS HEALTH, miss, MISSED LOVED ONE, MISSING A FATHER, MISSING A LOVED ONE, MISSING MY DAD, missing somebody, MOURNING, MUM, popular culture, sense of humour, SILENT MOVIES, SOLIDARITY, son, son's tribute, SON'S TRIBUTE ON FATHER'S DAY, SPORT, SPORTING FAMILY, TELEVISION, THANK YOU DAD, THE ARTS, tribute, TRUE STORY, TV, TV IN 80S, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Family

NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED AS I DO RIGHT NOW….ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE OCD!

ANOTHER SETBACK AND BODY BLOW……….I DO HAVE LYMPHOEDEMA AFTER ALL!

‘LONG LOST FAMILY’……. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! ‘Long Lost Family’ – A Review.

EXTREMELY ANXIOUS, WORRIED AND SCARED…THIS IS HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW ABOUT GETTING MY LEG SCAN RESULTS TOMORROW!

THIS 4TH PINT OF STELLA WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE THIRD! ‘STELLA'(SKY 1) : A Series Review.

INFORMATIVE, INSIGHTFUL AND INVOLVING…LOUIS THEROUX AT HIS BEST! ‘Louis Theroux : Transgender Kids’. A Review.

MY MUM IS THE GREATEST MUM OF ALL – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MUMMY LLOYD!

Sex, stirrups, and second rate storytelling – ‘Taking he Fall’ by A.P.McCoy – A Review.

“HOORAY FOR HAROLD LLOYD” A Tribute to my late Father!

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