A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
After my somewhat sobering review of the past year, I wanted to spotlight one area of my work in which I have achieved what I set out to this year, that of my podcast, A Different Way of Seeing. I try to release an episode of the show every two weeks, or rather twice each …
Today’s post starts with a memory, best explained in an extract from my bestselling memoir A Different Way of Seeing: A Blind Woman’s Journey of Living an ‘Ordinary’ Life in an Extraordinary Way. “It was the evening of my 22nd birthday —10 months since I had been declared blind. We were sitting in the lounge …
Last time I told you I was scheduled for an angiogram to check my heart health as my next step towards my kidney transplant. Following the procedure, the main thing to know is that I am still on track for the transplant operation. Well, mostly on track as I will have to wait six months …
One of the final tests I need to go through before we can be approved for a kidney transplant is an angiogram. From what I understand, an angiogram is necessary to confirm that my heart is strong enough to undergo the rigours of the transplant process well. While I haven’t experienced any heart problems my …
Taking another quick break from my dialysis journey, I wanted to show you that I’m still managing to fit in a little of the work I love so much, that of sharing my story and speaking about all that is possible for those of us living with disabilities. Today I thought I’d let you know …
Last time I brought you up to date on how things are going with my dialysis. As I mentioned at the end of that article, I have simultaneously been actively working towards a possible kidney transplant. And that’s what today’s blog is about. I think when I last wrote about this side of my journey, …
In my last two articles I’ve stepped away from sharing different aspects of my journey with chronic kidney disease and dialysis. I felt we all needed a break from the topic for a while *smile* That’s not to say that nothing has been happening on that front. On the contrary, I have so much to …
On Friday this week my guide dog Normandy will turn three years old. I can hardly believe we have now been working together for more than a year, and this feels like a great opportunity for me to reflect on how our working relationship has changed in that time. I’ll admit I wasn’t at my …
Across the globe, people love sport. Every country has several sports that their population particularly supports. In South Africa, the favourites are cricket, football/soccer, and rugby, though these are by no means the only sports that are both played and supported passionately here. As with so many other aspects of life, somehow people seem to …
I have always been a reader. As a child, I was the one who would be curled up in a quiet corner with a book, rather than out there playing in the sunshine. Reading is, and has always been, a fundamental part of my life and a pastime that I’ve turned to when I’ve felt …