Dawn Zerly

I wasn’t supposed to have a middle name. Mum snuck it onto the birth certificate

What makes me wonder this is I seem to have more memories starting in my 20s than for all the time before. That’s when digital cameras started to become a thing. It’s also closer in time… I still think it’s the photo thing

The metric that used to work well for me was where I was living at the time. Now that I’ve settled down and I’m not moving anymore I’m screwed

I read this and it’s just been turning over in the back of my mind. I relate to this, aphantasia included (my aphantasia does allow for some super vague, foggy ideas of images that can’t really be grasped at).

I wonder how many of my “memories” are pieced together because of photos.

Yeah, the opting out of producing children has been key to my success at not continuing the trauma.

She is just too cute!!

Pre-hospital my daily was a 6 or 7.

Life changing!

When I was in hospital, just before I had surgery I was a 9. Painkillers did nothing. Post surgery the worst I e had was a 3, and that was because my catheter gave me a UTI. I sit around a 2 now.

Seeing the two of you together makes me happy. It’s lovely to see how much you genuinely like each other

I adore her

And those that like to sit at concerts should get to sit in front of those that stand the whole time! I want to see the band too!

THEY ARE SO CUTE!!

I get aliens blowing up the earth dreams.

I’m blown away that in the UK, despite there being a vaccine, kids aren’t given it, you have to go private. I feel bad for all those kids that are going to get shingles one day.

me it is one of the hardest, especially mentally.

I have a deep, and profound appreciation for my community that showed up for me. Without them I wouldn’t have managed.

I love the people I have chosen to be friends with. When shit hits the fan, they show up.

Anyway, I can walk up 9 stairs now!!

building strength and hoping I get feeling back in my toes. Ore surgery it was just the left side now it’s bilateral. It feels better than it did but I’ve got about 10 more weeks before I can start worrying about what is permanent and what isn’t.

While this hasn’t been the worst thing to happen to

For anybody that follows me here but nowhere else, I spent most of April in the hospital (just over a month) and in the end underwent emergency surgery to decompress my spine (L4/L5) That was just 2.5 weeks ago. I’ve been spending my time relearning how to walk,

Part of my physio is to sit up for 15 minutes, 4 times a day.

Why does this make me feel so called out?

I’m giving myself three months and then I have to find a way to stop making my recent surgery my whole personality. Maybe once I can leave the house (still trapped by stairs) it will get easier. Right now I’m all about the scar itch.

I’ve reached the “is feeling returning to my feet or am I just getting used to them being numb” part of my surgery recovery. I’ll still take this side effect over the he’ll I was trapped in though.

As somebody that spent 3.5 weeks with a pain in the ass I would gladly share my meds. My solution was more drastic but oxy is a good start.

Oh no! That’s terrible! I hope it passes quickly and is banished forever

The older I get the happier I am that I snapped myself out of that “I’m not like other girls” BS and went and found other girls like me. The women I have surrounded myself with over the years are amazing and I don’t know where I would be without them.

Right now, it’s the women keeping me afloat.

I cannot sing the praises of my nurses and the aides enough.

I am so grateful for all of them and the care they continue to show me, even when they are waking me up at 6AM.

Staff member a shift get physically assaulted in one way or another. Even if you don’t end up being physically being hurt, it has to wear you down. They are here for 12 hour shifts, they clean up blood and shit, they get yelled at and assaulted, and yet they have been such bright lights in my day.

You can hear how hard NHS staff work and how much abuse they deal with, but until you are in hospital and see it with your own eyes, it’s impossible to understand. It cannot be understated the absolute crap they deal with. The yelling and verbal violence alone is a lot, but I’ve seen at least one

My medical staff looking after me right now are from the Philippines, Nepal, Nigeria, Syria, India, China, and a couple other places I haven’t learned yet. I am grateful for every single one of them being willing to come to the UK and work for the NHS despite how they get treated.

I don’t care what their reasoning is, this is wrong and anybody that defends it should be ashamed of themselves

This is Conservative type shit. How has Labour moved so far right?