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Joining the Dots… Reflections on Corona and Compassion
NB. This was written before news broke of the first death from COVID-19 in South Africa. 1. On Killer Viruses and Perspective Unlike most South Africans, we’ve been here before. The Ebola virus, which originated in the deep forests of … Continue reading
So Near And Yet…
Written mid-November 2019 We can’t deny it’s been a tough few months. We re-entered South Africa at the end of July and confidently expected to be back in Cape Town to support our daughter through her Prelims in late August … Continue reading
Posted in 0 South Africa
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DIY Water Traction Therapy or How I Hauled My Way Back from Severe ME
This one’s for my #pwME/POTS/EDS/Fibro/Lyme/MCAS/MCS and all the other ‘MUS’ A year ago, for Severe ME Day, I wrote about my apparently inexorable descent back to the severely disabled state I was in 25 years previously as a consequence of … Continue reading
Egypt 5: Marsa Shagra – Reef Break
The first thing Red Sea Diving Safari founder Hossam Helmy told me was how pregnant black and white tip reef sharks are the only shore sharks of the 12 species found in the Red Sea. They come to shore to … Continue reading
Egypt 4: Hurghada ‘Dog Tired’
Let me tell you a bit about my husband. I spent a chunk of my early twenties confined to my bed or my house. Once I found my feet on the road to recovery I was eager to catch up … Continue reading
Posted in 21 Egypt
Tagged Anil van der Zee, Arabia Azur hotel, CCI and ME, FGM, Green Star Hotels, Happy Dolphin, Heba Shawky, HEPCA, Marriott Beach Resort Hurghada, ME and POTS, Playkite, pomegranate anti-inflammatory, ProBio, Red Sea tourism, spinal injury and M.E., travelling with M.E., Zafarana Food Court
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“Like Sands Through The Hourglass, So Are… ”
Children, I am so sorry to have to tell you this, but there is no other way. It is the job of parents to protect their children from the horrible truths of the world – the perennial violence, the abuse, … Continue reading
Egypt 3: Alright Giza?
Wednesday 6th December 2017 was a great day in the life of the Sampson family. What this picture of us at the pyramids doesn’t show is how it took me a week to work up enough strength to get there, … Continue reading
Posted in 21 Egypt
Tagged Hoda Shaarawy, Khafre, Khufu, Mena House Hotel, Menkaure, pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, travelling with M.E.
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Egypt 2: Cairo or ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’
Right, well, what with the relapse brought on by Euro winter 2017 and other challenges, I’m now a full year behind telling our story. Please pray I am granted time and capacity to catch up with the blog and make … Continue reading
M.E. Too or Why I am No Longer NOT Speaking to Doctors about Chronic Illness
Three weeks ago, I met the first doctor in 25 years to believe me. She is a gynaecologist and I went to consult her about my intense peri-menopause rather than my autoimmune condition. As symptoms overlap however, I had to … Continue reading
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