I've never kept a diary, I mean I've tried, but I always find myself writing it for the reader, who'd ideally be no one, weird right? So I thought I'd try again but this time as monthly blog. I'm writing this as much for you as for myself, and with the way 2020 was, I'd … Continue reading Looking Back: January 2021

This week, a close friend of mine who runs the Casual Ableism Instagram and Facebook page received a comment on a post from another disabled person, asking if their page was satire. This was the original post: An important message I thought. I've been a follower of the page for some time. I admire how … Continue reading Double Ableism and Small Fries

You see that title? Pretty strange thing to write about and explore but let's do it. As you'll likely know, I have Becker Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive muscle wasting condition that gets worse over time. I've known about it all my life, and I live with the knowledge that one day I'll lose the ability … Continue reading Not Disabled Enough

There's no delicate way to put this, I started 2021 with a colonoscopy. It's an experience I'd never had, and hopefully won't need for a while, but it was not as terrible as I'd thought. Two weeks before Christmas, I went to the toilet, wiped, and saw red. Lots of it. Like a silly amount … Continue reading Smile for the camera

Another Facebook group inspired post? I know, I know but with things being as they are, most of my interaction with the world is digital. So I'm seeing a trend within the MD community, and others, where people are referred to as warriors. Sometimes it's an attempt at instilling a sense of self-worth, sometimes it's … Continue reading Not a Warrior

I've been working on a post for the last week or so that hasn't quite come together just yet. While I'm putting the pieces together, I thought I'd put together another music post!This time we're talking Christmas songs. Just as I did in Dystrophy Dad Volume one, I'll link to the songs on Youtube and … Continue reading Christmassy Dad

Recently I've seen a lot of this popping up on my Instagram posts. I know it's cheeky, but I can't stand to see members of our amazing community being taken advantage of. I'm not here to denounce herbal medicine, that would be ignorant of me. I have no doubt that many plants, roots and herbs … Continue reading Parasites and Panaceas

I have depression. Three words. Five syllables. Simple to say. Hard to accept. Why am I talking about this? So you can too. I'm sick of the stigma, sick of the 'man-ups', sick of people not being able to just talk about how they feel for fear of judgement. We're living in pandemic, people are … Continue reading Wellbeing at work.

You ever have one of those months where you can't get your head together? That's me right now. I've been doing a lot of work with Sons Of Dystrophy, so much so that I've not been able to focus on my own writing. I'm also in the middle of a substantial amount of muscle pain … Continue reading Dystrophy Dad Vol.1

I woke up on Tuesday morning feeling unwell. It started with a cough, deep aches that I genuinely felt through my bones, chills and a tightness in my chest. I sat with it for a while, and suddenly started to remember everywhere I'd been since lockdown was lifted. Several coffee shops, several supermarkets, two restaurants … Continue reading Worst. Drive-Thru. Ever