47. 13th March 2019 – Time
Time marches on whether I want it to or not. I went to my GP and asked for the new anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) that the NHS neurologist had prescribed. The GP typed the name of the AED into his...
View Article48. Children’s Birthday parties – the Great Money Exchange Project
I would like to tell you about a bit of a scandal that I am involved with; it’s something I have been part of for a very long time; lots of people, including my family and friends are also implicated;...
View Article49. The present spectrum
I’m on the spectrum. The present spectrum. I haven’t seen anyone about it but I have self-diagnosed myself as a three on the ten-point scale. ‘What’s this about, Sharon?’, you ask yourself. Well it...
View Article50. 21st July 2019 – Present-ing Policy
I am now approaching the batmitzvah of my eldest daughter and can foresee that this year my family will spend and receive more on gifts than the norm. As such I thought it prudent to write myself a...
View Article52. Withdrawal Agreement
Every conversation I have these days seems to be a microcosm of Brexit – the UK’s seemingly never-ending attempt to leave the European Union. A dinner conversation about something mundane and...
View ArticleWhat does living with epilepsy and living in the coronavirus pandemic have in...
I was like most of the world, also thinking about coronavirus and so decided to write my first public blogs in over six months about my thoughts on it. My musings on feminism will have to come...
View ArticleFaith and Epilepsy
I am always heartened when I look through the posts and comments on the various epilepsy Facebook groups. There are, without exception, always signs of courage and hope. There are, of course, people...
View Article23/03/2021 – We Need Time to Heal
Here is my latest piece for Herts Mind Network. Quite rightly the impact of the pandemic on mental health has received much attention. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) found that in the run-up...
View Article4/7/21 A New Venture
In my blogs I often talk about epilepsy, mental health and how I scrape around endlessly trying to find something that will help my cognitive deficit. It sometimes seems that all I do is hit brick...
View ArticleReflections from an awful week
Over the past week, I have been trying to understand why the attack on Israel has left me so personally bruised and enraged living thousands of miles away from the horrific scenes. What has happened...
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