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Part 1 Looking at how this experience impacted me. Sick swag The current status quos is that I am slowly recovering. I am still feeling rather fragile. I'm in extreme pain with my fibromyalgia and finding it hard to get some reprieve even though I am on schedule 7 painkillers. Whenever people ask me how … Continue reading Looking Back

So we got my lupus activity down which is so great! Really happy about this. Unfortunately, spending 9 days in a hospital bed has made my fibromyalgia flare up badly. Even though I had physiotherapy in hospital every day it was not enough to keep this pain demon at bay. Fibromyalgia is the disease that … Continue reading One goes down and another goes up…

I found this in my drafts and had a good laugh. I have no recollection of even writing this! I have decided to post it as is. So this was what I apparently wrote before going into theatre on Monday... Tracey's Monday Motivation Sitting and waiting to be taken into theatre. Nicely medicated. I thought … Continue reading Don’t blog while heavily medicated! This happened!

I'm finally out! I cannot express how friggin happy I am. Everything feels weird because I've been away so long. Got home and if I was physically able I would have done a victory lap with my t-shirt over my head. Happy. Grateful. So many emotions. Now the road to recovery begins. I will continue … Continue reading Hospital Day 9: Prison break!

I'm taking this time while I have some strength and lucidity to let all my supporters know that I am ok. I have barely been concious over the past few days and that has had alot of people concerned. Your love, prayers, messages and positive vibrations have not gone unnoticed. This is why I am … Continue reading Hospital: I’m alive

So I was admitted as an emergency case yesterday. During the tests I found out that it was because the specialist believed that I had an aneurysm. At this point, through the tests done it seems that it's not the case. Awesome news. Now begs the question "what the hell is wrong with me?" This … Continue reading Hospital: Part 1

So as you know from my previous blog posts I've been suffering from extreme abdominal symptoms. The scariest being that my stomach is swollen so badly I look 9 months pregnant. I feel like its actually going to burst open and a baby rhino will come bouncing out! Today I got to see the specialist! … Continue reading Admit her. Urgent admission.

This is the story of Amanda Todd who was cyber bullied. It is not an isolated story and that's the problem. In the age of technology people can hide behind keyboards and become the most disgusting "people" and say the most disgusting things. These cowards hide behind keywords with fake names. There is no accountability. … Continue reading Amanda Todd : killed by the internet

So I have been suffering with another bout of the same gastric issue I had last month. At that time my rheumatologist gave me a referral for the nurses to call the Professor in Gastroenterology (stomach issues) when I went in for my neck procedure. I felt fine and decided to forego calling him. A … Continue reading Here we go again… ugh!!

Ok so yes, I'm having a bad day and I need to vent. Poor Irfaan has helped so much with this issue today he doesn't deserve to listen to it. So 2 months ago for about 3 weeks I suffered with what I thought was a stomach bug. I remember on Eid day my mother … Continue reading Warning! Rant ahead!