Tag: Health Talk

I wanted it to be Cancer – It was an agonising wait! Each minute felt like an endless hour! It was so hard to focus on anything around me, that looking back all else is a blur! In the end I had to immerse myself in something! I had to lose myself in anything that would mean – I would stop thinking and agonising about what would be! Because every time I did I kept thinking – It had to be cancer! Having that diagnosis hover over me and not having had time to dwell in the immensity of it […]

The problem about kidney cancer that no one tells you is that even when you have your kidney removed, you are plagued with fatigue. Added to other health issues meant fatigue was so real it hurt! the lonesome part of this is loved ones have no idea how it affects you, not even with the best will in the world. Almost two years since my journey started and here and there i have my hopeful days, the days where i feel almost like myself, so much so i forget all my issues, pain, and the dreaded fatigue! Yesterday was one […]

Peeling the layers of time, No longer looking back, Looking forward to a time that is absent of lack. True Purpose! Peeling the layers of time, No longer feeling blue, As big changes loom,  I know I’ll find the moon. True Hope! Peeling the layers of time, No longer fearing pain, With a heart as high as the sun at noon, A butterfly bursts from its cocoon. True Healing! Peeling the layers of time, It’s time to look ahead Time to find the knack, Time to raise my head, Exhale and get back on track. (Peeling the layers of time […]

When the odds are stacked against me, I refuse to believe I have to give up on being fit and healthy. So how do I keep the focus? Progress is better than Perfection – I recently heard when I took up an online digital marketing course, in order to keep my sanity and avoid drifting into the sadness that walk in tangent with my circumstances. As the eldest child of educated parents the pressures to succeed and take on high level education were immense. So often we find ourselves doing things for the wrong reasons or simply doing things that […]