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I FEEL LIKE CRYING HAPPY TEARS THAT MY CHRONIC PAIN HAS FINALLY STARTED TO DECREASE….BUT I’M SCARED TOO JUST YET!

Posted on April 16, 2016 by SCARFMAN

“If I can’t get back on the anti-inflammatories then my life is over. I won’t be able to cope with physio on my pelvis, having a girlfriend or going out five days a week for a job”. In the last … Continue reading →

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MY LYMPHOEDEMA IS IMPROVING AND ALL I HAVE DONE IS………..EXERCISE MORE!

Posted on October 29, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“Lymphoedema is a chronic condition that causes swelling when the lymphatic system is not able to drain fluid properly”.(Google search). “Lymphoedema is a swelling that develops as a result of an impaired lymphatic system. This may be as a result of … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged #LYMPHGLANDS, #MENSHEALTH, 2015, ABUSE, ABUSE IN STREET, ABUSE IN STRERT, ANGRY, ANKLES, anxiety, APPEARENCE, ARM CRAMPS, ARMS, BACK PAIN, BAD LUCK, BIG TUMMY, blog, BLOG WRITING, BLOGGING, BODY, BODY CRAMPS, BODY IMAGE, BODY SHAPE, BONES, BUILT UP FLUID, CELLULITIS, CHARACTER, CHEEKY KIDS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPRESSED DISC, COMPRESSED NERVE, COMPRESSION, COMPRESSION GARMENTS, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, CORE, CORE MUSCLE EXERCISES, CORE MUSCLES, CORE STABILITY, CRAMPING UP, CRAMPS, CRISIS, DAMAGE, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DETOX, DIABETES, DOCTORS, DRAINAGE, DREAMS, EMOTION, ENGLAND, ENVY, EXERCISE, EXERCISING, Family, FAT, FIGHTER, FITNESS, frustration, future, GENITAL URINARY SYSTEM, GP, HAND CRAMPS, HANDS, HANDS CRAMPING, Health, HEALTHY, HOPE, ILIOPSOAS, ILIOPSOAS PAIN, ILL, ILLNESS, IMPAIRED, IMPAIRED LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, KEGEL KEGAL EXERCISES, KIDS, LEG LYMPHOEDEMA, LEGS, LIFE, LIFE LONG HEALTH CONDITION, LIFE LONG HEALTH PROBLEM, LOWER BACK PAIN, LOWER LEG LYMPHOEDEMA, LUMBAR SPINE, LYMPH GLAND, LYMPH GLAND EXERCISES, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic drainage, lymphatic fluid, lymphedema, LYMPHODEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA SUPPORT NETWORK, MALE HEALTH, manual lymphatic drainage, medical, MEDICAL CONDITION, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, mental illness, MIND, MISDIAGNOSIS, MLD, MOTIVATION, MUSCLE, MUSCLES, MUSCOSKELETAL, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NHS, NORTH ENGLAND, O.C.D, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OVERWEIGHT, PELVIC FLOOR, PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIS, physio, physiotherapy, POISONING FEELING, positivity, PRIMARY LYMPHOEDEMA, PROSTATE, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATE INFECTION, PSOAS, PSOAS PAIN, PUFFY ANKLES, PUFFY LEGS, RANDOM ABUSE, REHAB, SCIATIC NERVE, SCIATIC PAIN, SCIATICA, SECONDARY LYMPHOEDEMA, skin, SKIN INFECTION, SKIN RASH, Social Media, SOCKS, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SPORT, STOCKINGS, STRENGTH, STRONG, SUFFERING, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, TEARS, TILTED PELVIS, TOXIN BUILD UP, TOXINS, TRAUMA, true stories, TRUE STORY, TUMMY, TUMMY MUSCLES, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UK, UNCATEGORIZED, UNFIT, UNSTABLE CORE, UNSTABLE PELVIS, UPSET, WALK, walking, weight, WHAT IS LYMPHOEDEMA, WORRY | Leave a comment

‘HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE’ – MY ‘MIND’ SUMMER CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION ENTRY ON THE THEME OF HOPE.

Posted on October 13, 2015 by SCARFMAN

HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE! Ever woken up wishing you had not? I do not mean because you fancy another half-hour or so in bed, I mean because your whole being is CRIPPLED with anxiety … Continue reading →

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THEY’RE ALIVE…….I HAVE CORE MUSCLES AFTER ALL. MY DEVASTATING SUFFERING WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN…..BUT HOPEFULLY NOT DEVASTATING FOR MUCH LONGER!

Posted on October 9, 2015 by SCARFMAN

IT IS OFFICIAL, MY CORE MUSCLES DO EXIST AND IT IS NO LONGER A MYTH! Yesterday was the first time in years that I did not feel pain upon walking. It shocked me at first if I am honest. I … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, Uncategorized | Tagged ABDOMEN, anxiety, APPEARENCE, BACK PAIN, BARBER'S, BLADDER, BODY, BODY IMAGE ISSUES, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, CONFIDENCE, CORE, CORE MUSCLES, cricket, CRICKET CAPTAIN, dad, DEGREE, DEPRESSION, DEVASTATION, DIET, DIETING, DISAPPOINTMENT, DISASTER, EMOTION, EXCITEMENT, EXERCISE, Family, FOOTBAL, football, GOLF, Health, ILL HEALTH, ILLNESS, INFLAMED PELVIS, INFLAMMATION, INSECURITY, IRRITABLE BLADDER, KEGEL KEGAL EXERCISES, LATE DAD, LOWER BACK PAIN, LOWER BACK PIAIN, male health problem, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MOTIVATION, MUSCLES TOO TIGHT, MYTH, NHS, ORDEAL, OVERWEIGHT, pain, PELVIC, PELVIC FLOOR, PELVIC FLOOR TRIGGER POINT RELEASE, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIS, physical health, physio, physiotherapy, PITCH N PUTT, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, QUERCETIN, SCHOOL CRICKET, SCHOOL FOOTBALL, SCIATIC NERVE, SCIATIC PAIN, SCIATICA, SELF LOATHING, SENSITIVE, soccer, SPORT, SPORTS FAN, TENNIS, TILTED PELVIS, TOO TIGHT, UNCATEGORISED, UNIVERSITY, urology | Leave a comment

“FATTY, BUM BUM…..” DAY SEVEN OF MY FIRST EVER DIET AND ALREADY I FEEL BETTER FOR IT!

Posted on September 29, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“Fatty, bum bum….oi Mister, can you lend us some money? Fatty, bum bum” These words got shouted at me one evening whilst I was walking home from the doctors in the early part of the summer this year. They were … Continue reading →

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NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED AS I DO RIGHT NOW….ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE OCD!

Posted on September 22, 2015 by SCARFMAN

ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED…….this is how I feel right now. I have been feeling like this for at least the last three years if I am honest, but last night as I went to bed these feelings were utterly overwhelming … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, twitter, Uncategorized | Tagged ANGER, ANGRY, ANGUISH, anxiety, ANXIOUS, BACK PAIN, banter, BLOGGING, CAREER, CATHARTIC, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION FLARE-UP, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DOCTORS, DOG DIRT, DOG DIRT FEAR, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, Family, fear, FIGHT, FLARE-UP, FRUSTRATED, frustration, GALLBLADDER REMOVED, GALLBLADDER SURGERY, GPS, Health, HEARTACHE, HEARTBREAK, HERNIA SUGERY, HOPE, ILL HEALTH, JOB, JOBLESS, laughter, LIFE, LOWER BACK PAIN, LUMBAR SPINE BACK PAIN, MALE HEALTH, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, MIND, MIND MANCHESTER, MIND MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY, MIND UK, MISERY, nerves, NHS, NO HOPE, O.C.D, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD ACTION UK, OCD UK, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, physical health, sad, SADNESS, SELF HARM, SINUS SURGERY, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SUICIDE, SUPPORT, UNIVERSITY, UNLOADING, UPSET, WRITER, writing, WRITING CAREER | Leave a comment

CRIPPLED…………………….WITH FEAR! MY CONTINUING AWFUL STRUGGLE WITH OCD!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Ever woken up wishing you had not? I do not mean because you fancy another half-hour or so in bed, I mean because your entire being is CRIPPLED with anxiety and fear? Fear about confronting the day ahead because you … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, BORDERLINE PSYCHOTIC, CAN'T COPE, CONTAMINATION, CRIPPLED WITH FEAR, DEPRESSION, DIARY, DOCTORS, DOCTORS SURGERY, DOG DIRT, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, DOG POO, EMOTION, fear, fed up, HEALH, HELP, HELPLESSNESS, ILL, ILL HEALTH, LIVERPOOL, LOWER BACK PAIN, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, MENTAL SUFFERING, MIND OCCUPATION, nerves, NHS, NO HOPE, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD STRUGGLES, PELVIC PAIN, PERSONAL, physical SUFFERING, PSYCHOSIS, rant, REAL LIFE, rib pain, SEVERE OCD, stigma, SUFFERING, SUICIDAL, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, TORMENT, TRUE STORY, UNCATEGORISED, UNIVERSITY, WORRIES | Leave a comment

THE VERDICT IS DUE IN ANY MINUTE…DOES ANDY LLOYD HAVE LYMPHOEDEMA OR NOT?

Posted on February 24, 2015 by SCARFMAN

JUDGE : “Members of the jury do you find the defendant Mr Andrew Lloyd guilty or not guilty of having LYMPHOEDEMA…..FOR LIFE?” Chief Juror : “NOT GUILTY YOUR HONOUR!” Reporter : “Screams from the gallery, Andy Lloyd looks stunned in disbelief … Continue reading →

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I FEEL LIKE CRYING HAPPY TEARS THAT MY CHRONIC PAIN HAS FINALLY STARTED TO DECREASE….BUT I’M SCARED TOO JUST YET!

THEY’RE ALIVE…….I HAVE CORE MUSCLES AFTER ALL. MY DEVASTATING SUFFERING WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN…..BUT HOPEFULLY NOT DEVASTATING FOR MUCH LONGER!

NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED AS I DO RIGHT NOW….ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE OCD!

CRIPPLED…………………….WITH FEAR! MY CONTINUING AWFUL STRUGGLE WITH OCD!

THE VERDICT IS DUE IN ANY MINUTE…DOES ANDY LLOYD HAVE LYMPHOEDEMA OR NOT?

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