I’m Not Too Young
Simply, the fact I am 'young' means that I should be perfectly healthy. That's great, in theory. Unfortunately, I think someone forgot to tell my body that, because sometimes, I feel like I'm falling to pieces.

Writer. Mother. Living with trigeminal neuralgia, polycystic ovaries and a rare eye disease.
Simply, the fact I am 'young' means that I should be perfectly healthy. That's great, in theory. Unfortunately, I think someone forgot to tell my body that, because sometimes, I feel like I'm falling to pieces.
I think I've reached a point in my journey, of both my vision and my pain, where I've just had enough of not being disabled enough.
The first problem with being sent away with exercises to do on your own is that you can't tell if you're doing them correctly. The second problem is that no matter how motivated you feel to get better, it's really hard to find the motivation to do your exercises.
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I'll dive right in: my pelvis never recovered from carrying my baby during pregnancy and giving birth.
Read more Living with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD/Pelvic Girdle Pain): One Year On
When I was about six months pregnant, I was diagnosed with symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD), which you might know as pelvic girdle pain.
Read more I Have Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD/Pelvic Girdle Pain)
Losing my hair is just one more annoying thing that I'm dealing with that I don't want to. I thought I would put together a few tips for those currently in the same position as me.
On Sunday 17th January 2021, at 1.15am, I woke up to feel my waters had broken. I was 35 weeks pregnant, was supposed to have another week left in work and was completely unprepared to go into labour.
"You can't take codeine when you're pregnant."
Read more Trigeminal Neuralgia and the Codeine Ban: I’m Pregnant