Healthwork
Jul. 17th, 2014 04:57 pmSo far today:
- e-mailed sleep log to counsellor
- counselling
- one difficult conversation
- daylight lamp
- eaten two meals
- e-mailed the research group's mailing list asking people to do the thing to my samples I was unable to do today because I'm housebound
- e-mailed my supervisor, see previous
- e-mailed occupational health
- read & responded to (helpful!!!) e-mail that just came in from my union rep, including a reply to her e-mail from yesterday to let her know I've contacted occupational health
- e-mailed counsellor to set up next week's session
- actually taken any of my meds
- tracked down the way to request a slot at the walk-in clinic, tracked down opening times of walk-in slot, stuck reminder to self in diary, for sexual health screening
- read e-mail union rep just sent to the building managers she's being amazing ;__________;
- wrote first draft a letter to the DWP about how my situation's deteriorated since I made my application
- work out how to summarise the impact my health issues have on my life for the GP
An almost entirely facetious list
Jul. 14th, 2014 04:23 pm... which I was already contemplating making this morning, but feel even more in need of now.
It is a list of Best Things About Being A Wheelchair User, to be added to as I go along.
1. Wearing shoes I can't walk in.
2. Never being without a seat on public transport.
3. Going downhill.
4. Wheelies.
It is a list of Best Things About Being A Wheelchair User, to be added to as I go along.
1. Wearing shoes I can't walk in.
2. Never being without a seat on public transport.
3. Going downhill.
4. Wheelies.
Things still on my list are "what a good session feels like [to me]" and "[one method for] setting boundaries with your counsellor". Also, given that I've half-mentioned homework, maybe something about homework.
However! I have spent long enough in counselling that I've slightly lost track of what things aren't general knowledge (whoo autism + specialisation), so if there is Stuff you would like me to write about, please let me know and I'll put it on the list.
All comments to this post are screened & will remain so. <3
(Also, major major thanks to everyone who's finding the post series useful - it means a lot to me that I get to share these experiences in useful ways <3
However! I have spent long enough in counselling that I've slightly lost track of what things aren't general knowledge (whoo autism + specialisation), so if there is Stuff you would like me to write about, please let me know and I'll put it on the list.
All comments to this post are screened & will remain so. <3
(Also, major major thanks to everyone who's finding the post series useful - it means a lot to me that I get to share these experiences in useful ways <3
- passing for allistic (see "autism" tag end of April 2014)
- teenage werewolf romance novels as trans narratives
-specialism & expertise (though probably rewrite at some point so it is, like, more coherent)
- and just as a reminder, here's the previous to-write list...
- teenage werewolf romance novels as trans narratives
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- and just as a reminder, here's the previous to-write list...
Stuff to write this week
Jan. 21st, 2014 07:30 pm- feelings about creativity & Kill Your Darlings & the themes in my poetry
- kintsukuroi
- knowledge versus belief (Things I've Learned From Counselling)
- kintsukuroi
- knowledge versus belief (Things I've Learned From Counselling)
after graduation
Apr. 18th, 2013 11:53 pm- knock a few more things off the to-write list
- THAT RIDICULOUS FANFIC that wants to be a queerfeminist novel when it grows up
- turn Alternity into ebooks
- read ALL OF ALTERNITY
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get the to-read list in the e-reader back below 50 (I KEEP BUYING BOOKS this is the problem) [as of July, I've got it from "over 100" to "back below 75"...] [in July I then acquired another 25, whoops, but as of mid-August it is down to 54 & I am taking a break to read some dead-tree books on loan from CK]Achieved, as of September 7th! (Actually I have 50 pages of novella left, but shhh.) -
Edinburghhhhh -
go and infest![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
noldo for a couple of weeks - head down to Cornwall for a week or two to visit grandparental
- complete the commission (started the commission, as of Sept 6th!)
- sort out coherent feedback to the people waiting on feedback on their writing from me (
JO-from-DW/LJ, JO-from-FB, R, possibly the other R) -
my various half-started patches, many of which are effort-minor so REALLY won't take long once I've got to grips with git(I've acquired more, of course!) - feeds documentation & user-facing frontend for DW
- maybe languages-in-profiles for DW, if I'm feeling REALLY enthusiastic
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THE COOKBOOK - essays/fic for people from Lashings fundraiser
What else should I be putting on this list, my lovelies?
[meta] to-write
Feb. 24th, 2013 12:01 amSome of these are repeated from the last such list, but this one is a bit more organised/coherent... as ever, holler if there's anything you'd particularly like me to bump to the top of the list. :-)
Fic.
- Mai walks into a bar and meets June (gift, to be ~500 words)
- Kuei and Bosco meet Song (gift, to be ~500 words)
- the one about all the ladies set up schools (which I have started, and is more Mai and Zuko interaction)
- the Proceedings of Ba Sing Se university (seriously, I have about 5-6 papers outlined for this one, I just need to write them) (batrachian has requested this as a perk for fundraising, as have a couple of other people; so include a survey of swamp fauna)
- Katara & Suki gossip about Mai
- the misc drabbles
- the dreadful A:tLA/Molesworth crossover noldo & I have been threatening each other with for about a year now
- the Spike/Xander monstrosity
- the actual *backstory* to the elaborate Buffyverse AU in which lots of dreadful slash is set
Essays.
-tech competence vs tech confidence (to pitch to geekfeminism; the rest are for the LashBlog) drafted, sent to betas this is going to go up wooyeah :D
- disablity vs impairment: chronic pain is fundamentally shit/"mixed model"
-what's in a name? - chosen names, "IRL" as a busted concept when used in opposition to "online", etc live
- the machinery of grace is always simple/how Ani DiFranco helped me learn to love mobility aids
- buying your first wheelchair: a guide/retrospective
- what "queer" looks like taking into account non-binary gender (plus revisiting my previously-stated thoughts on "non-binary" as a term)
-something, not yet formulated, about being me & being a scientist - poss. collaborate with someone I know in the artsy side of academia (if you think I might be talking about you, I probably am, I just haven't asked you yet ;) [thank you, past self, for not putting down anything less cryptic! but having thought about it for all of thirty seconds, I think I've worked out what it was going to be, ergo I'm going to leave this just as cryptic for even-further-future-self. HI. WE LIKE YOU, HONEST. -april2013] aaaand in August 2013 this is finally scheduled to be posted on the LashBlog :-)
-talking dirty "versus" enthusiastic, informed consent
-medical advocacy reworked for VP
- social negotiation as informed by disability and care needs
-dinnertime geology started, which will do for me.
- what being genderqueer is like from the inside, foralexseanchai
Other.
-A5 flyer on kitchen ingredients repurposed for sex & sexual health
-15-minute presentation on STIs for a workshop about women who have sex with women, for LGBT+ and welfare reps across the university
-... my lit review [2300 words down, 2700 to go...]
-... catch-up on the lectures I've missed so far this term [partially achieved!]
-leaflets for UCS on being queer & trans palmed off on my successor
-LashCookBook HOLY CRAP I FINISHED IT
- that one paper, maybe?
Fic.
- Mai walks into a bar and meets June (gift, to be ~500 words)
- Kuei and Bosco meet Song (gift, to be ~500 words)
- the one about all the ladies set up schools (which I have started, and is more Mai and Zuko interaction)
- the Proceedings of Ba Sing Se university (seriously, I have about 5-6 papers outlined for this one, I just need to write them) (
batrachian has requested this as a perk for fundraising, as have a couple of other people; so include a survey of swamp fauna)- Katara & Suki gossip about Mai
- the misc drabbles
- the dreadful A:tLA/Molesworth crossover noldo & I have been threatening each other with for about a year now
- the Spike/Xander monstrosity
- the actual *backstory* to the elaborate Buffyverse AU in which lots of dreadful slash is set
Essays.
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- disablity vs impairment: chronic pain is fundamentally shit/"mixed model"
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- the machinery of grace is always simple/how Ani DiFranco helped me learn to love mobility aids
- buying your first wheelchair: a guide/retrospective
- what "queer" looks like taking into account non-binary gender (plus revisiting my previously-stated thoughts on "non-binary" as a term)
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- social negotiation as informed by disability and care needs
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- what being genderqueer is like from the inside, for
alexseanchaiOther.
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- that one paper, maybe?
Why a retrospective? Because at this point, things are beginning to kick into gear for my return: we're beginning to talk about a project; we've already talked about accessibility of accommodation and my department; and the "yep this one's good" letter has been requested from my GP.
So what have I got done?
... and, of course, a large number of other bits and bobs.
Most of these - including getting my meds sorted out - were completely incompatible with getting a degree (or possibly staying alive), but have made a massive improvement to my quality of life and ability to, you know, do well when I return.
I'm finding things a little emotionally wearing at the moment - Facebook is full of status updates along the lines of "degree finished, HERE I COME ABERDEEN PHD" from people I matriculated with, and that's bothering me much more than I expected to - but oh my goodness, taking a year out was the right thing to do, and: I am fundamentally okay.
So what have I got done?
- sorted out my medication: my mental health is now generally well-managed, and my pain is acceptably-managed
- applied for DLA, and appealed the subsequent decision
- accessed NHS funding for a wheelchair, plus applied for a grant for magic wheels
- sent another round of letters in The Saga Of Fiona Fucking Blake
- written fic plus misc crafty endeavours
- started learning Javascript and volunteering with Dreamwidth
- I'm about to be in my first Lashings show, and have booked tickets for the Edinburgh Fringe
- set up an LGBT+ library
... and, of course, a large number of other bits and bobs.
Most of these - including getting my meds sorted out - were completely incompatible with getting a degree (or possibly staying alive), but have made a massive improvement to my quality of life and ability to, you know, do well when I return.
I'm finding things a little emotionally wearing at the moment - Facebook is full of status updates along the lines of "degree finished, HERE I COME ABERDEEN PHD" from people I matriculated with, and that's bothering me much more than I expected to - but oh my goodness, taking a year out was the right thing to do, and: I am fundamentally okay.
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I keep ending up in conversations with people about Things I've Tried For Endometriosis, With Bonus Stuff I've Heard Or Read About. Typing it out over and over again is getting slightly silly. Hence this posting.
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I keep ending up in conversations with people about Things I've Tried For Endometriosis, With Bonus Stuff I've Heard Or Read About. Typing it out over and over again is getting slightly silly. Hence this posting.
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