Tag: limitations

  • New Year resolutions pt5 Full Life

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    At the beginning of each year many of us think this will be the year we make changes and get more out off life and become happy. In reality, not much changes and by the end of the year we feel bad for not having achieved anything that feels worthwhile. Apparently the top 10 New…

  • New Year Resolutions Pt4 Skills & Hobbies

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    Jane Shaw
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    So much for keeping up with this, it’s now 23rd Feb and I am only on part 4, it will be summer before I finish! At the beginning of each year many of us think this will be the year we make changes and get more out off life and become happy. In reality, not…

  • Time and Tide Waits for No Man or Woman!

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    Jane Shaw
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    All through life we are expected to make progress, meet milestones and improve ourselves.  So what do you do when you have an illness that halts progress and self development?  And what do you do when you feel like your life stopped 20 years ago and you are still getting older but not moving on?…

  • What Can I Do?

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    Jane Shaw
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    What can you do was a question asked on a facebook page the other day.  I answered ” I am limited due to health problems and get so hung up on what I can’t do. It’s much better to focus on what I can do and be proud of what I acheieve, but I don’t think…

  • One More Step Along The World We Go

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    Jane Shaw
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    Well I survived my birthday, got some lovely presents and visited  Kitty Cafe Leeds for tea and cake 🙂 There is an amazing selection of teas and lots of cute cats so that’s me sorted We have been back again twice!!  It’s not cheap as you have to pay per person per visit plus anything you eat…

  • Birthday Blues

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    Jane Shaw
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    Well it’s that time of year again, how did June arrive so fast.  This weekend is my 47th birthday and my 17th wedding anniversary and 12 years since I discovered I was pregnant with Emily, lots to celebrate, but the overwhelming feeling is that another year has passed and I have not got any better,…

  • Daily Living with ME pt 8

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    Jane Shaw
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    Way back in 1990 I began training to be a nurse. It was great, I loved it so much, but sadly like many other things in my life it was brought to an end by ill health. When we were assessing patients we used a model called Activities of Daily living devised by Roper Logan…

  • Daily Living with ME pt1

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    Jane Shaw
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      Way back in 1990 I began training to be a nurse. It was great, I loved it so much, but sadly like many other things in my life it was brought to an end by ill health. When we were assessing patients we used a model called Activities of Daily living devised by Roper…

  • Useless.com

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    Jane Shaw
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    I spend a lot of time feeling totally useless, and guilty.  Last week was particularly bad after, trying to sort out my craft stuff and move it to be more accessible, but of course when I do anything like that I have to pay for it and have landed myself in bed a few times from…

  • ME and My Mum 20 Questions.

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    Jane Shaw
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    There is a set of questions going round on Facebook at the moment that you are supposed to ask your kids.  I tried it on Emily, she was not impressed as said why are you asking me these you know I don’t know, but some of her answers were quite enlightening and a reflection of…