"You are not disabled... "...You just walked across the room" Buffet meals are the bain of my existence. Walking wilt crutches, using a buffet I need one hand for the left crutch, one for the right crutch, one to hold the plate and one to hold the spoon to put food onto the plate. Can …
Category: Arthritis
Though there’s pain in the offering, blessed be your name – James 1
Blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your name1 Blessed be your name in the road marked with suffering Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 14 October 2018 A tired day at church. Linda and I had arrived home at 2.30am after holidaying on the …
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Giving up my hold on darkness
There is not always a light at the end of the tunnel There's always a light at the end of the tunnel. That was the well meaning advice I have been given as I experienced dark times following an accident twelve and a half years ago. Being in a dark place wasn't my choosing, I …
Cycle Shopping
Cycle Shopping My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 5 May 2012 Diary of an accident victim Part 57 Last week I went shopping. Today I collected …
Know pain, know gain
Warning: This blog contains some strong language, some honest language. If you cannot stand this I suggest you read no further — or grow up. Tuesday morning 4am I should be asleep. My brain says sleep, my eyes water with the effort of staying open and I have work to do tomorrow. That's arthritis for …
9 years
Happy ninth birthday to walking with a stick. Happy ninth birthday to having pain all day, everyday. Happy ninth birthday to waking in pain (sometimes earlier than I wish), and going to sleep in pain (often later than I wish). But life is good. There are a lot of people in a far worse condition …
The left hand of fellowship?
It is good to have a warm greeting when you enter a church. A warm smile, a cheerful hello and a good handshake all help someone feel at home. It's good to greet. But even churches which get that right have a problem: What to do when the person you are greeting is using a …
The Sky’s the limit
I haven't made a cycling blog for a while, so here goes. Saturday I went out for a bit of a ride. The weather was good, so dressed in my best MAMIL* attire I set off for a bit of a tootle round. It wasn't long before I saw some more cyclists on the road. …
8 years of pain
8 years ago last Friday was the day of the accident. The accident that left me with arthritis and constant pain. I say that the accident left me with arthritis, the official version is that there was no way of saying that the foot would not develop arthritis in the six years from the accident, …
