Tag Archives: disability

Pictures ~ May to June 2019

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Oscar Dandelion

. I hope you enjoy them too. Photos from the garden centre, John’s birthday at the comic shop, my own baking and seedlings. Be Kind to You. Love, Faith xox . * Copyright Faith McCord 2019 Story and artwork belongs … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged Abstract Sprocket, baking, Betsey Johnson dog bag, cake, chronic pain, comic shop, disability, disabled, dog walking stick, house plants, John birthday, life photography, life photos, photo blogging, physical disability, plant centre, plant nursery, plantaholic, plants, seeds, shopping for plants | 10 Comments

ELEVEN YEARS later… (health update)

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

. ELEVEN YEARS later I finally get the MRI of my damaged hip. Two months after the MRI I got my results – photographs above and below of them. So to all those people – including some family, neighbours, ‘doctors’, … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged bad doctors, chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, disabled, health, life, medical negligence | 14 Comments

Protected: How was your Christmas? (my answer on Quora)

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

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Posted in life | Tagged alone Christmas morning, bpd mother, chronic pain, confusing family, difficult family, disability, disabled, I love my dogs, marital strife, marriage, my Christmas Day, never again, no gift at Christmas, selfish fiance, WTF | Enter your password to view comments.

My email to UK Lidl’s CEO (life)

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

. Today, I wrote to the CEO of Lidl UK, detailing my likes and dislikes of my local Lidl store. My ‘dislikes’ are not only related to real, practical issues effecting people with physical disabilities, but, also apply to … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged Christian Härtnagel Lidl, disability, disability laws, disability rights, disabled-friendly trolleys, food shopping problems, is your shop disabled friendly?, is your store disabled friendly?, Lidl complaint, Lidl feedback, Lidl UK, My Lidl shop, My Lidl store, rude customer service, rude grocery shop staff, rude staff, The Equality Act 2010, the Purple Pound | 9 Comments

A Quicky Update!

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

. Dear friends, I’m just going to quickly wish you a HAPPY CHRISTMAS! (if you celebrate it). I’ve been away, first, with chronic migraines (after the neighbour’s intrusive light episode, I was having bad migraines daily) – and then, I … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged cacti, cactus, Christmas craft inspiration, chronic pain, cyclamen, disability, disabled, flowers, Happy Christmas, health, life, Merry Christmas, migraines, plants, update | 13 Comments

What I did at the weekend (school essay on the Monday)

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

. Not much. . . I’ve hurt my upper back and neck because of sleeping too high up on pillows. The stiffness and pain is easing – thanks John for the massages – but it’s still making mobility even harder … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged Chihuahuas, chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, dogs, environment, health, Jack Russell, life, light glare, light pollution, migraines, nature, physical disability, planet, rude neighbors, rude neighbours, weekend essay | 6 Comments

Some photos (Update)

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

Unfortunately, my vintage 1990’s Paloma Picasso glasses broke – due to old age – while they were trying to fit in my new lenses. But I am happy that they offered me another pair (above photo; description: medium sized, roundish-squarish, ombre … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged couple visits optician, disability, disabled, life, new glasses, new spectacles, optician, photos, physical disability | 9 Comments

Subluxation again

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

. It’s been years (7) since I had my last recurrent partial dislocation of the injured hip (initial physical trauma from 11 years ago, October 2007). I bent down to pop the boot of the car, something I never do … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged adult partial dislocation hip, adult subluxation hip, chronic pain, disability, disabled, health, partial dislocation hip, physical disability, recurrent hip dislocation, subluxation hip | Leave a comment

Waiting…..

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

Saturday wore me out. John believed he’d perhaps broken or fractured his toe so we went to the A & E (Accident and Emergency department) at the hospital. He’d hurt his foot three days earlier and the pain wasn’t abating … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged a&e, disability, disabled, hospital, life, physical disability, waiting | 7 Comments

Evolving Pain, Revolving Door, What a Merry-Go-Round (Health Update)

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

* HEALTH UPDATE * I’ll just squeeze in a health update for the fun of it. No, not really fun. But, Kara of *Polishing Dookie (*her blog name which naive me later realised wasn’t anything to do with housework, dog-grooming … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head, bad doctors, chronic pain, chronic pain humor, chronic pain humour, coping with pain, disability, disabled, health update, inadequate pain meds, inflammation, inflammatory pain, life, living with pain, migraines, nerve damage, nerve pain, neuropathic pain, neuropathy, physical trauma, poor doctors, vertigo | 8 Comments