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PersonaI Haven’t Invested in my Health How I Should Have, and I am Paying the Price
I am proud of the supportive and loving following of people I have built over the last few years through my work, my blog, my social media and my videos. I respect each and every person who follows what I do, supports me, engages with my content and provides feedback and appreciate everyone so much.
This is the reason I really want to share what is happening in my life at the moment.
I am currently undergoing some really tough health battles. They have been ongoing since last year, before I was hospitalised in April 2018.
When I was first discharged, everyone close to me was telling me that I would get better. I didn’t have the most supportive medical team when I was discharged with GPs withholding information from me, making incorrect diagnoses, failing to refer me to specialists when need be. Thanks to this, I somehow let myself slip through the cracks.
I was so determined to be well again that I didn’t want to admit that the symptoms which I was experiencing were problems. I kept telling myself I could handle them.
I saw the impact my illness had on my life when I was first hospitalised in 2018 in my relationships with my partner, my friends and my family. I saw the toll it took on the people closest…