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That time I nearly died

Seriously, why are hospitals so horribly noisy all night long?

16th November 2015 By Jonelle 6 Comments

I can't get no hospital sleep | Tyranny of Pink

It has been ten days since the last time I posted anything on my blog. In that time, I’ve been sick again and in hospital again. ๐Ÿ™ This time for two abscesses that caused me severe pain. Both of them related to my previous injuries and previous surgeries. I guess this post isn’t anything profound…

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Filed Under: That time I nearly died, Being an Ostomate Tagged With: back in hospital, colostomy bags, got a stoma, hospital sleep is rubbish, I'm back in hospital, life with a colostomy, no sleep in hospital, ostomate, surgery again, That time I nearly died but didn't, Where I've been lately

What it was like being on morphine after my Ostomy surgery

6th November 2015 By Jonelle 11 Comments

My Dance With Morphine โ€“ An Induced Madness | Tyranny of Pink

A long long time ago (okay not so long ago, more like two short months ago), I had a little visit to ICU and my first experience of morphine. It wasn’t a long visit (only ten days) and nothing much can be recorded from my time there, with the exception of a little near death…

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Filed Under: That time I nearly died Tagged With: be who you are, colostomy surgery, drugged on morphine, hallucinations, hospital experience, just not that kind of control freak, morphine experience, morphine for pain, my experience with morphine, ostomy surgery, pain is killing me, why I'll never take recreational drugs

The ugly truth about Endometriosis

4th November 2015 By Jonelle 13 Comments

The ugly truth about Endometriosis | Tyranny of Pink

Recently, I posted several articles about my near death experience. Not your regular birth story There is always something to be thankful forย  It’s not an exaggeration, I nearly died. Why? Because I lived my life without ever being diagnosed with Endometriosis. In high school, not a month went by that I didn’t find myself…

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Filed Under: That time I nearly died, Being Resilient Tagged With: hospital experience, I survived, is there a cure for endometriosis, is this pain normal?, living with Endometriosis, painful periods, Raising awareness, really painful period

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Learning to back myself. Allow myself to be more. Learning to back myself. 
Allow myself to be more. 
More out there. 
More out of my comfort zone. 
More authentic. 
More me. 

This coat is fucking fabulous. 
I was terrified to buy it... it's too much. Over the top. Not me. 

Well. This is me. 
This is my coat. 

Guess it's me now. 

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Dreading Monday.
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And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

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Date night. Date night.
Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when th Bit my pretty red heart in two.

I was ten when they buried you.ย ย ย 

At twenty I tried to die

And get back, back, back to you.

I thought even the bones would do.

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It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. #bat It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. 
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