Category: Hip replacement

Hip hip hooray

How my recent hip replacement operation has resulted in pain free living, and has given me a new lease of life. Yes, it’s a happy and positive blog post!! Three months and three weeks ago I had a total right hip replacement due to degenerative osteoarthritis. Today I Nordic walked for 5.5k totally pain free … Continue reading Hip hip hooray →

diddy2309 Happiness, Hip replacement, Pain 4 Comments November 14, 2018 4 Minutes

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Fathers Day.... usually passes me by without much thought. But this year I’m in counselling & have been thinking and talking about the two men who I’ve called Dad. And it’s thrown up lots of feelings about my fathers. ▫️ Birth father - left me, my two sisters & Mum when I was 8. He lives in USA & I have no contact, despite trying to restart a relationship around four years ago. He has many issues which have had a deep & lasting effect on me. It seems that he can’t cope with relationships even when it’s his eldest daughter reaching out to him. ▫️ Step father - Mum remarried & he cared for me & my sisters as if we were his own. He gave me a third wonderful sister. He had many issues which have had a deep & lasting effect on me. He died almost 29 years ago at the age of 46 from cancer just two weeks after my wedding day. ▫️ So I have no father to send a Father’s Day card to or to share the day with... even though my father is very much alive. ▫️ There are many questions that I am working through & trying to resolve. ▫️ Happy Fathers Day to all of the Dads out there. And to all of the sons & daughters with fathers - have a wonderful day with your Dad & make sure to tell him that you love him. #fathersday #dadsanddaughters #daughterswithoutdads #family

Laura and I were on @bbcradiolondon today talking to @middleagedminx.Jo played our #listeningproject recording and then we talked about swapping roles, cancer, open heart surgery, flowers, family & caring. It was so lovely being in the studio with Laura and Jo was just delightful. So many interesting questions. Link is in my biog. Listen from 2:07.48 #cancer #mastectomy #breastcancer #openheartsurgery #family #flowers #caring #roleswap #mothersanddaughters

Posted @withrepost • @saracensofficial GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS! What a final that was, full time score Exeter Chiefs 34 Saracens 37 Love sport, love rugby, love Sarries!! Double double winners. #saracens #champions

I was asked by @dove to write about what representation means to me. Pretty cool to have my words in @stylistmagazine alongside three other women from the project. Link is in biog #showus @girlgaze @gettyimages #livingflat #bccww @flatfriendsuk #ad

Finally.... found me. I went down two escalators & on to a platform at Oxford Circus to find the right escalator. ▫️ The first time I’ve been in a tube station for around 30 years. Think it will take 30 more before I get on a tube train! ▫️ Still it’s a start. I did find it a little uncomfortable being down there. ▫️ But I’m very glad that I did it. ▫️ #ShowUs #dove #girlgaze #gettyimages #ad ▫️ 📷 @sophiemayanne. Thank you Sophie for getting me involved in this campaign & making me challenge myself.

A few from the last two days dog walks. I feel so lucky to live where I do. And well enough to be out in the countryside every day. The field with poppies is usually cultivated so it was a wonderful surprise to see it so heavily populated by flowers #dogwalk #countryside #wildflowers #whippetsofinstagram #rickmansworth #aquadrome #farmersfield #poppies #freshair #flowersmakemehappy

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The flowers are starting! Love this time of year. #britishflowers #grownnotflown #flowerstagram #flowersmakemehappy #flowerfarmer

The first arrangement of the year with all flowers cut from my cutting patch & garden. Slightly messy but that’s how I like it! #flowersmakemehappy #flowerstagram #cuttingpatch #homegrown #grownfromseed #britishflowers #flowerfarmer #summerflowers #sunnypatchblooms

I’m so excited about my sprouting dahlias. I divided most of these myself - much better result than last year. Supplemented by a few bought from @sarahravenperchhill #dahlia #summerflowers #homegrown #cuttingpatch #flowerstagram #flowersmakemehappy

Only 5 days until Rickmansworth @5kyourway event 3. Saturday 27th April. Meet outside the Cafe in the Park from 08.40 for 9am #parkrun start. Will you Walk 🚶🏻‍♀️ Jog 🏃‍♀️ Run 🏃‍♂️ Cheer 🗣 Think of it as a coffee morning with a difference! 🍰 🧁 #rickyparkrun #rickmansworth #5kyourway #moveagainstcancer #moveforhealth #cancerfitness #fitaftercancer #naturewalk #outdoorfitness

Blue skies days are the best. I have so much weeding to do before I can plant this year’s seedlings. Hopefully I’ll get round to it this weekend! 📷 @sophiemayanne for #showus @dove @girlgaze @gettyimages #ad 🌺 Currently, 70% of women report that they don’t feel represented in media and advertising. You can’t be what you can’t see, so I have set out to change that. Alongside 116 female-identifying and non-binary photographers across the world, we have photographed 179 diverse, beautiful and complex womxn who we believe represent the change we want to see in the beauty industry. Our rallying cry is join Project #showus

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