Flare & Flourish: My Fibro Body https://t.co/qeSnCFsizU 💜🦋 #fibromyalgia #fibro #ChronicFatigue #SarcasticAndSuffering #SpoonieStruggle #BruiseMystery #InflatableLegEnergy #SwollenButStillGoing #FibromyalgiaAwereness

Alicia had less than 48 hours' notice that her mother was going to end her life using Canada's euthanasia programme. Under the assisted suicide Bill in England and Wales, there is no requirement to inform family members at all... 😱 👉You can watch the full BBC documentary on

As a grief expert and a bereaved person I don’t believe in closure. We don’t “close the door” on someone we love. The media asks people after tragedy: “Did you get closure?” That creates the illusion grief has an ending. It doesn’t. Peace is real. Closure is a myth. agree?

Please re-Tweet if you agree: Genuine empathy may be among the most important and least understood elements of caregiving. #Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving #empathy

🚨🎉 GOOD NEWS: The UK Government has committed to introducing a national strategy for palliative and end of life care. Minister of State for Care @SKinnock outlines his plans. 👇 This is a crucial step towards fixing the gaps in palliative and end of life care. 🙌

Amazing artwork.

For a cancer awareness project at her school my daughter drew this butterfly, incorporating as many colors as she could to represent the different tumor types: leukemia (orange) pediatric cancer (yellow) lymphoma (green) colon (blue) pancreas (purple) breast (pink) myeloma (red)

The trees were talking. And no one had been listening. For decades, foresters believed trees were competitors—silent giants fighting for sunlight, water, and space. Cut down the weak ones, they said, and the strong would thrive. But Dr. Suzanne Simard, a Canadian forest

Siegfried Sassoon (1917)

Please re-Tweet to raise awareness that the energy of music and the calm of gentle touch amid silence can be powerful ways to connect with someone who has dementia. (image via @Premunition) #Alzheimers #dementia #music #quote

Worth a watch. Too little thought into how these unnatural premature deaths affect loved-ones

Grieving isn’t only about missing the person we’ve lost. It’s mourning the future we’d dreamed up together, the plans, & the life we saw ahead. It’s a sorrow for all the ‘what could have beens’ that were left behind. Is there a part of grief you think others don’t understand

You know what really sucks? Having crushing fatigue where all you want is sleep, but it’s accompanied by insufferable pain that won’t let you fall asleep.

Tomorrow is the 3rd anniversary of my daughter’s death. Tory was our ray of sunshine & truly one of the kindest souls. She was our smiley person who filled our life with colour & here I share some of her colour. Please light a candle or spare a thought for her. Please RT #grief

Please re-Tweet these 10 Dementia Early Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore https://t.co/RmrF2yQNRz by @PreventionMag #Alzheimers #dementia #health #wellness

Earlier this year, my wife and I had an early miscarriage. It was a traumatic event and after it happened we agreed that we would share our story, to raise awareness and help others in similar situations find support. This is my speech during a recent Parliamentary debate on

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Long day in the hospital today. Surprisingly busy for Fall. Hard to imagine what winter will be like. Golden tip if you have a loved one in the hospital: Be the BEST advocate you can. Be there at the bedside as much as possible watching over things like a hawk, for however long

Brain cancer took away our Ashley’s ability to speak, took away her motor skills & eventually, our Ashley wasn’t able to consume any foods nor liquids. 💔 Ashley communicated with her fingers in her last few months on Earth & answered “yes” with her pointer finger & “no” with

A friend sent this to me so I thought I would share it