Strength and Grief

This topic came about as we’ve been thinking about the fact that not only is it New Year, but it is also a new decade. Thinking of how we would get through this year, we know it will require many things, but strength is one of them. This is why we chose to cover this […]

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New Year and Grief

As we are approaching a new year. The feelings are hard to explain. The ending of a year in usual circumstances can bring about many thoughts feelings emotions. Add grief on top of that and it is a whole different story. For us, this is the second year we have gone without our Dad in […]

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Dissociation and Grief

We decided to do this topic as my sister and I are aware that we dissociate ourselves from all the traumatic incidents that occurred whilst our Dad was in the hospital, and we continue to do so to date. We are also aware it might not be the best way to deal with things.. Please […]

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Stress and Blood Pressure

This topic wasn’t planned, however, on a recent visit to the Doctors for my NHS Health check I was informed that my Blood Pressure was high. As a result of this, it is going to have to be monitored. This is why we decided to cover this topic…. Please see Stress and Blood Pressure which […]

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Diabetes/Diabetes Awareness

We have decided to write about this condition as although our Dad did not get this whilst an inpatient in the hospital, it is a condition that he suffered from that caused him to gain significant degree burns to his feet. Our Dad lost feeling in his feet and didn’t realise hot water from the […]

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Delirium Awareness

This blog is a work in progress. Our first initial thought was we wanted to share the knowledge of the many unknowns we were facing (and still are facing now)…We use various social media platforms to monitor which best suits to help us get our story out there..through posting this we learned that sadly many […]

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