Tag: blogging

So. Many. Things

I miss this blog. I miss you guys. I miss the days when I updated three times a week. I miss the days when when uploading to my YouTube channel was a weekly thing at least, but there’s just so much going on right now. So many things. I haven’t even had chance to read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child yet!

Annnywaaay, the main bulk of it can be explained I guess by watching this video that I made, which I may or  may not have shared on here, I don’t even remember any more TBH. But yeah, this will probably explain a lot:

 

Work on this project is still ongoing and probably will be for ages. It’s taking up most of my brain power, and what little I have left is spent reading the huge pile of library books that only seems to be growing as more and more of my reservations turn up, and binge-watching Gilmore Girls. Hopefully I’ll be back more regularly soon, but for now, I hope you’ll stick with me.

In terms of how I’m doing Cerebral Palsy wise, I’ll update you all soon, probably by doing a video so that I can keep everyone on YouTube and this blog updated at once. Things have been a bit up and down, I guess. That’s all I’ll say for now. My back is not exactly my best friend at the moment, but some good things have come out of having to deal with a lot of back pain too.  I’ll explain what I mean soon, or hopefully before too long anyway.

I hope you guys are doing okay.

Thanks for being patient

Nic xx

VIDEO: Things that Scare Me (as a disabled person)

Hi guys,

I made a new video about things that I’m scared/nervous about doing because of my disability, cerebral palsy.

I hope you all understand what I was trying to say with this video. If you like this one, then why not go check out my YouTube channel?

Love,

Nic xx

Cerebral Palsy and Life Update May 2016

I know I posted a cerebral palsy update on my YouTube channel about a week ago, but a lot of CP-related stuff has happened since then, so I thought I’d do an update here, with some other stuff from my general life thrown in too.

Let’s start with the CP stuff:

So, I had my Botox appointment earlier this week, I think I had two injections in each leg this time. There’s not much else to say about that really. It was fine. It always is. I just have to make an extra effort to do my physio now.

Some of you might know that my mystery hip pain has been niggling at me over the last couple of weeks because I tripped over, yet again. Well, my family helped me do some of the stretches that I can do for myself and it seems to have gone again. I didn’t need to ask for more acupuncture, which is a good sign, I guess…

Anyway, moving on to general life stuff. Things are getting busy in this department:

  • I’ve got some more freelance social media work, yay!
  • Writing is still happening. Slowly. But it is happening!
  • I have two trips coming up, one with my family, one with Rob. My family and I are going to London to see some of our other family members. Rob and I are going to Scarborough for our anniversary. We won’t be going to the beach though. He hates water and I hate sand so avoiding the beach will probably be our top priority.

Well, that’s everything that’s going on with me, what about you?

Three years of blogging!

Can you believe it’s been three whole years since I decided to take the plunge and hit publish on my first post for View From a Walking Frame? I’ll be honest and say that it some ways it feels like it’s been three very long years and in others in feels like it’s only been a couple of months. Yet here I am still typing away and here you are still reading.
I’ve changed a lot in these last few years, both as a person with cerebral palsy, and as a person in general when you don’t take my CP into account at all. In my life as a person with a disability, I’ve noticed that I’m having more and more bad days, and that I’ve been trying more and more things to help ease said bad days with varying degrees of success. I’ve extended this blog and now I’m a vlogger on YouTube as well.

I decided to open up to all of you about my mental health and talk about my anxiety and low moods. Sometimes I think I talk about that more than I talk about my cerebral palsy, but you’re all lovely and none of you seem to mind. These things especially have dragged me through the ringer quite a bit over the last couple of years, and this blog is always here to help me deal with that and so are you guys.

I like to think I’ve posted on this blog fairly consistently over the years, even if I have had the odd quiet patch. Having a quiet patch used to make me feel guilty, which would make me feel anxious and down, but I’m slowly starting to accept that it’s okay to write less sometimes. This blog will always be here when I feel like  I have something to say or like I need some extra support.

Seriously, knowing that guys are out there has helped me get through some pretty low times, so thank you. I only hope I do the same for you in some way, no matter how small.

So, who’s up for a similar kind of post this time again next year? I know I am.

Love,

Nic xx