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Once again life kicks me in the teeth. - A blog post about the latest unimportant bullshit making my life harder.

My chair is broken. It was incredibly expensive to buy because it’s a heavy duty rise and recline chair. The rise bit, which raises the seat to assist with standing, still works. So I can get up out of my chair. It’s the footrest that’s broken. That means that I can’t elevate my feet to alleviate swelling and reduce knee and ankle pain.

I know this doesn’t sound like a lot to you. I’ve been…

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Accessability: In which I talk about my kitchen. It’s slightly more interesting than it sounds

One of the hidden truths of being disabled is that you can always get more disabled. Another hidden truth is that often the problem isn’t one of disability but one of accessibility.

On a related note my kitchen is even less accessible than I thought and now I’m sitting here hungry and waiting for takeout.

Feeding myself shouldn’t be this hard. Even during lockdown it shouldn’t be this…

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