I FINALLY made a website for my writing!!ππ
If you're interested in the book I'm writing about autistic shame, it would mean a lot to me if you signed up to my email-friend list. I'll send you book excerpts + personal updates on the publication journey:
https://t.co/pObwwPIsaQ
New from me in the ABC, in the wake of Mark Butler's announcement about the #NDIS cuts.
I've been quiet on the writing front lately. I'm currently working part-time and finishing off my PhD thesis. I've also been much more ill than usual...
#saveourndis#auspol#disability
"They suggest the following strategies for improvement: Form 1. Bibliographic apparatus: consider using footnotes rather than in-text citation so as not to break the flow of the writing, which is outstanding". π₯Ί
I'm so close to being done!! Only a couple more chapters.
Got my report for my PhD final milestone review today. Scored in the highest possible categories for my progress. π₯Ί
"The panel agreed that this is a wonderful and rich project, rigorously researched and written with elegant clarity."
Bad news: a CT confirmed my brain is MIA. Jk. Kind of. Cholesteatoma is back in my left ear and possibly my right. Seeing my surgeon in June. Surgeries to follow. At least I have an answer for my pain, vertigo, fevers, brain fog, tinnitus etc.
Another win: I did a public speaking gig a couple of weekends ago. Read a piece of my writing (about cholesteatoma and female friendship) to a crowd of ~100 people. Selfies from that night. Post-event, post-shower selfie shows genuine joy on my face bc of the feedback I got π₯Ίπ
@Anthonydownunda Thanks Anthony π I've not had much energy for social media, nor writing outside of my thesis. Though I do have some things in the works and one article done I'm still pitching. Hope to be more active again soon. Thank you for the well wishes π
The moment I knew for sure (I already knew). Doctors never call you personally for good test results.
Ten years on from my first diagnosis, it looks like my left ear cholesteatoma is back.
Worse still, it looks like there's something wrong with the right (my "good" ear) too.
Anyway. Waiting is the hard part. I'm working pretty much FT atm and also trying to finish my PhD thesis, while suffering all these symptoms and The Fear of the unknown.