Author of A Girl Behind Dark Glasses and A Girl in One Room.
and A Girl Beyond Closed Doors
Winner of Best Non-Fiction at The People’s Book Prize
She/her
Apr 4 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
What you should know (A THREAD)
I became ill with M.E. at 15, due to a virus. I disappeared from my life.
Since 2006, I have spent 1825 days in hospital.
I was bed bound for 12 YEARS and housebound for longer.
I've had 4745 blood thinning injections. (1)
#PwME #MedTwitter
I was tube fed for 2 years.
I was mute for 2 years.
I couldn't move for 4 years.
I've been shouted at for not getting better quickly enough and "ruining recovery statistics"
I've suffered with severe post exertional malaise with anything I do.
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Sep 18, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
So we are in the second wave of the virus... people are terrified and moaning at the very thought of a second lockdown. It has already caused such detriment to people’s mental and physical health... BUT... I’ve been in ‘lockdown’ for over a decade...
All due to my chronic health condition. I was bed bound for over ten years and I’ve been mainly housebound for a further four. People have called lockdown a ‘prison’... but that prison has been my life... my entire world for ALL of my adult life