It’s taken me 12 years to realise that I am never going to get better
Okay…here goes. *breathe* Last week I dropped my cup of tea on my lap in front of a good friend and colleague. Instead of being honest to someone I trust and appreciate as a friend in my life, I lied...
View ArticleThe day Rogeema ran for me
Rogeema was one of the first people I engaged with on Twitter. It was a rocky start at first because, I mistakenly thought she was a guy and kept reading her name as Roger Kenny. I finally got to meet...
View ArticleForced to sit this one out
New Year’s resolutions look differently when you’ve had the rough December I’ve had… On the 17th December, I lay in a hospital bed with a drip in my hand in the Sandton Medical emergency room feeling...
View ArticleMiss Diagnosis
They warn you about Googling your symptoms, but when an aching pain on the side of my body did not want to go away, I became desperate. Having suffered from Ulcerative Colitis (wiki link if you’re keen...
View ArticleWhat doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. WTF? #microblogMondays
Nobody told me when I was first diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that in a nutshell, “it’s my own body trying to destroy itself.” I‘ve had to find out the hard and painful way. Ulcerative Colitis....
View ArticleSick & tired of being sick
I feel pretty miserable. It’s the weekend and while everyone else is out running, cycling, visiting friends and family, I’ve been locked up at home, desperately trying to treat a cough and congested...
View ArticleHow did I get here?
I’m a curious individual, a researcher. I like to read up on topics, especially those related to running form, running health and injuries such as my dreaded plantar fasciitis. I’m always on the...
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