Alex B 👩‍🔬🙋‍♀️💪💙 Profile picture
Deaf lass, more aware than an ignoramus cos life is better this way. A scientist and lives my life via peer review. EDI representative
May 1, 2023 19 tweets 4 min read
1/ A long thread - I'm now home after going to the hospital 5 times (yes 5!). I've been failed 4 times by Pinderfields. At first I thought I had an ovarian cyst, had an ultrasound and CT, A&E called me 3 times which my notes would be bluntly clear that I am deaf! 2/ 5 days later, acute agony, back to Pinderfields, found out I had 2mm kidney stone! Was admitted to a ward for 2 days. Now diagnosis changed to endometriosis (I was dubious because the pain was different to what I was used to)
Non stop flow of Oramorph to cope with pain
Oct 9, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
@ollymurs Olly, can I just give you constructive feedback on your makaton signing. Did you know that you're not signing BSL but in makaton? I didn't get any context in your signs which consists of own grammar, facial expressions, syntax etc. 1/ @ollymurs People do get confused between BSL and Makaton when there is a clear difference. BSL is a very expressive language using face, body and hands. There's no spoken word involved in BSL.
BSL is now a legally recognised language whereas Makaton isn't. 2/