Freespire Blog

 I've been considering posting something for a good few weeks now, and feel like the time might have finally arrived.  So, it's another medical blah blah blah.  I'm feeling inspired by a quote in Cinderella.  "This is perhaps the greatest risk any of us can take: to be seen as we truly are." This inspiration unfortunately starts in November-ish of last year (2022) ...  I had quite a bad pain flare up. Honestly the pain was so intense I barely remember most of it. I have glimpses of crying, glimpses where I felt my whole body seizing in pain. I remember times it felt like my skin was on fire and my head would physically explode at any moment. Not a pretty picture. I know.  My fever was extremely high, and if it hadn't broken and if my pain hadn't started relieving when it did, I would've gone to hospital. (Although should anything like that ever happen again, we'll be going straight there.)  Later on, I learnt that my whole face was swollen from the...