Writer, editor, activist with 20 years+ professional experience. Living with chronic illness, exacerbated by DWP #HostileEnvironment. Publishes as Maya Bly.
Feb 25, 2020 • 25 tweets • 14 min read
Tweeps: two weeks ago today, I nearly lost my life due to a very serious bilateral pulmonary embolism.
I had no symptoms at all, except for tiredness & a little breathlessness, which I attributed to other causes. When you're living with chronic mental ill health & ...1/
...on a very low income due to #UniversalCredit, you get used to feeling rubbish a lot of the time. Vague symptoms like fatigue are inevitably dismissed by GPs.
Over the course of about 8 hours on that Tues, tho, I started feeling faint & very weird. 2/
Mar 16, 2019 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
So, after a very tough week, where my mental wellbeing was heading towards the danger zone, where the challenges of #UniversalCredit, insecure housing & a violent neighbour almost broke me....& then #Brexit & #Christchurch..., here is my story of #HopeInTheDark...1/
I went to a community "repair cafe" today, run by @RestartProject. Basically, you take along your dead appliances & a handy-minded volunteer will have a go at fixing it. 2/
