Things that make my life easier/better
I work on the basis I want everything to be as normal as possible. It winds me up if I can't do something, so with a lot of research from my husband and myself, we have come up with lots of solutions (which don't look like they belong in hospital). The whole not-looking clinical thing is very important to me. I have well and truly had enough of hospitals. I am young and I want things to look young and pretty. I have enough problems between my physical problems, not being able to drive and my crushing anxiety now that I don't want constant reminders! I know I was in a very privileged situation with a payout from my critical illness cover and being disabled is ridiculously expensive - see my post "Keeping busy" and my article "Are you covered?" But a lot of it, but not exclusively (can you tell I used to be a lawyer!) is reasonable and would be handy for everyone. Indeed, I wish I’d thought about a flask and the Ginseng tablets when