by Sarah | Jan 20, 2020 | Your Stories
In November 2011 I gave birth to a beautiful boy. It was a C-section delivery but as a fit 31 year-old woman I recovered quickly and had a very active and fun maternity leave. I was also training for the Great North Run the following September. On 1st September 2012 I...
by Sarah | Jan 20, 2020 | Your Stories
It’s 1:00 am in Rio on Sunday morning 18/9/16. I’m absolutely exhausted but buzzing with overwhelming joy. Apologies that this is a long post but I’m a bit emotional and it hasn’t really sunk in yet. Day 10. Last day of the competition. 17/9/2016. Main event. 50m...
by Sarah | Jan 19, 2020 | Your Stories
I dreamed of this, as I lay paralysed in a hospital bed. The leather-skinned steering wheel, warm to the touch, playing through my palms as the yacht heeled, gathered on its haunches, settled in its groove and powered up into the shimmering, rolling dunes of chromium...
by Sarah | Jan 19, 2020 | Your Stories
On 1 June 2015, at the age of 68, I was diagnosed with GBS. This followed a bout of food poisoning (campylobacter) a fortnight before. On 30 May I felt some weakness in my legs and by the morning of 1 June I had lost all use of arms, legs and hands. I was hospitalised...
by Sarah | Jan 19, 2020 | Your Stories
I walked up Ben Nevis because I CAN! Two years ago (May 2012) I started trekking up a mountain in Nepal; I didn’t reach the top but had to be helicoptered off when I lost strength in my arms & legs, falling over and being unable to stand back up (thank you to the...
