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Tag Archives: SUPPORT
How do I find a woman to date, being a white British man of 48?
Finally admitting to the world, I hate being a straight, single, middle-aged man, living in Britain. ‘I am going to fall in love this year.’ This has been my same New Year’s resolution for the past 20 years or more, … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, EMOTION, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged aged 48, ART, being single, books, BRITAIN, BRITISH, COMEDY, comfort zone, dating, fake profiles, heterosexual, HETROSEXUALITY, humour, ILL HEALTH, ILLNESS, MOVIES, new year's resolution, OCD, ONLINE DATING, PROSTATITIS, relationships, single man, SIR TOM JONES, straight, SUPPORT, the dating game, TRAVEL
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AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT OF EMOTION!
This blog tells the tale of how a trip to my local medical centre, turned into one of the most emotional afternoons that I have had in a very long time. Today has been a good day. Today, my faith … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, COMPLIMENT, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, anxiety, compliment, CONTAMINATION, DIABETES, DIABETIC EYE SCREENING, DOCTORS, EMETOPHOBIA, EMOTION, EYE SCREENINB, EYE SCREENING, FAMILY AND MENTAL HEALTH, MEN MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, SCARFMAN, SICK, SUPPORT, UK HEALTH, UK HEALTHCARE, UNEXPECTED EMOTION, VOMIT PHOBIA
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SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH CAN BE HEARTBREAKING AND SOUL DESTROYING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES YOU!
“You sure you’re not getting obsessed with your bits”? A GP said this to me once. “I think we discussed this last time how you’re maybe getting obsessed with your blood sugars”. A Diabetic Nurse said this to me once. … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged anxiety, bad doctors, bad gp, being patronized, big brother, BLADDER, BLADDER PROBLEM, BLOOD SUGARS, CELLULITIS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, compliment, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, COPING WITH ILL HEALTH, DEGREE, degree interrupted by illness ill health, DEPRESSION, depression about health, DIABETES, DIABETIC, diabetic nurse, DIARY, differing medical opinions, DISCRIMINATION, DISGUST AT DOCTORS, DOCTORS, EMOTION, EMPATHY, exasperation at gp, failed diagnosis, Family, feeling weary, FEELING WORN OUT, fellow sufferer, FIGHTING, FRIENDS, friendship, GPS, Health, health battles, health diary, HEALTH ISSUES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, health story, health strugles, health worries, HELP, HOPE, ILL, ILL AT UNIVERSITY, ILL HEALTH, inept doctors, interrupted degree, isolation of being ill, isolation of ill health, knowing more than a doctor, LIFE, LIFE STORY, LIVING NIGHTMARE, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphedema, lymphemea, LYMPHOEDEMA, lymphoedema in legs, male, MALE HEALTH, male pelvic pain, manual lymphatic drainage, MEDICAL PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING YOU, MEDICINE, MEN, MENS HEALTH, mental depession, mental fight, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH DISCRIMINATION, MENTAL HEALTH PREJUDICE, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, mental help, mental illness, mental support, MIND, MISDIAGNOSIS, MOTHER, MOTIVATION, muscoskeletal physiotherapy, MY DEGREE, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, nerves, NHS, NIGHTMARE, nurse, obsessive complusive disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, osteopath, PATRONIZED BY DOCTORS, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PELVIC PHYSIO, PELVIC PHYSIOTHERAPY, pgp, physio, physiotherapy, poor doctors, poor gps, PREJUDICE, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATITIS, psychological, psychological pain, rant, rib pain, SELF EDUCATION, SELF HELP GROUP, SHOULDER PAIN, Social Media, social media friendships, SORE PELVIS, SORE RIBS, sore shoulder, speak out about mental health, specialist womens physiotherapist, stigma, stigma of mental health illness, suicidal thought, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SUICIDE, SUPPORT, SYMPATHY, tribute, true stories, Twitter, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UROLOGISTS, VASCULAR, VINDICATION, well being, when doctors don't believe you, when people don't believe you're ill, women's physiotherapy, WOMENS HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY, WORRIES
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NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED AS I DO RIGHT NOW….ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE OCD!
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
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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
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BOTH PALS AND MY GP ARE ON MY SIDE! (LYMPHOEDEMA DIAGNOSIS UPDATE).
Monday was a relatively big day for me on the ‘get me better front’. If you read my last blog then you will have discovered how I had recently been given two opposing opinions by two Vascular Consultants…..in the space … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged ACUTE MEDICAL UNIT, ANANTOMY, ANKLES, ANXIETIES, anxiety, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPLAINT, COMPRESSION, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, DEPRESSION, DIAGNOSIS, DIARY, DISTESS, DOCTORS, duplex leg scan, EMOTION, ENGLAND, FRUSTRATING, GP, Health, health and beauty, HEALTH MATTERS, HEARTACHE, HELP, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, ILL, ILL HEALTH, INCOMPETENCE, LEG SCAN, LEGS, LEGS SWELLING, LOWER LIMBS, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOGRAM, MALE HEALTH, MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE, manual lymphatic drainage, MEDICAL COMPLAINT, MEDICAL CONDITION, MEDICAL PROBLEM, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MISDIAGNOSIS, MLD, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, nerves, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OUTPATIENTS, PALS, PATIENT ADVICE LIAISON SERVICE, rant, REFERRAL, SCIATICA, SECOND OPINION, SOFT TISSUE, SOFT TISSUE MASSAGE, SUPPORT, SWELLING, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, true stories, TRUE STORY, UK, UK HEALTHCARE, UNCATEGORISED, UNWELL, UPDATE, VASCULAR, VASCULAR ASSESSMENT, VASCULAR CLINIC, VASCULAR CONSULTANT, WORRIES, WORRY, WRONG DIAGNOSIS
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MY MUM IS THE GREATEST MUM OF ALL – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MUMMY LLOYD!
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
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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
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