This morning I am not well. It's weird actually saying that, because it's my mental health that is shot, however, for some reason I feel like that is my fault, that I am somehow in control of my mental state and that I should just "pull myself together", woman up and be "ok". Well this … Continue reading Help Wanted – warning bad language
Public Inquiry
Factor 9 – pledge now to take this play to the Edinburgh Fringe
I am writing this post to ask for your help with the attempt to get an incredible piece of work shown at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A playwright called Hamish MacDonald has written a play called Factor 9 based on the contaminated blood tragedy whereby thousands of haemophiliacs and those with other bleeding disorders … Continue reading Factor 9 – pledge now to take this play to the Edinburgh Fringe
Contamination Narration
I found out that I had contracted Hepatitis C from contaminated blood products inadvertently. I am a 33 year old woman and have Type III von Willebrands disorder (vWd). This is von Willebrands in its most severe form. I was diagnosed when I was 8 months old and since that moment I have needed at … Continue reading Contamination Narration