04/09/2026
Something a little different from my usual posts and not ever shared this but it does mean a lot to me as to what had to overcome, here to inspire 🙏🏻💕
From these images they were taken within a week of each other exactly 3 years ago. I look well, full of life and energy.
When in fact actually I was running on absolute empty 😓
Commuting an hour round trip morning and evening for 20 months whilst building my business doing well and in a completely new area although I’m Welsh and established, it is risky.
Mum had been unwell for 18 months to that point and caring for every need too and trying to have some sort of social life. It was extremely hard but I managed to do it all. But at the cost of my health. I would be away from my business for 8 long painful months.
Today marks 3 years exactly I was admitted to hospital via ambulance from the out of hours Drs with an infection and then other nutritional deficiencies which was low iron ferritin, folate, b12 and Vit D. I can honestly say I thought my time was up 😓💔 I fell unwell very quickly over 24 hours and had been out with friends the night before but drove. I went in with feeling not good terrible in fact and a very high heart rate. I was dehydrated and needed to be assessed at the hospital. Got there via ambulance and things turned very quickly. I went from a chair in the A&E corridor to Resus as I just remember shouting out help me! 😓 I remember being absolutely terrified but they worked on me pretty quickly to find my potassium was worrying low and everything was out of sync. I was admitted for a week and for the next 3 months I was in and out of hospital and in the meantime lost my Uncle Vernon 💔
I recovered slowly so slowly as they got a lot wrong with my deficiencies and to learn and heal myself as the drs just didn’t care. I had to be my own health advocate as I had for Mum years previously.
So my moral of the story, I almost lost everything and almost my life in early September 2023 after putting my heart and soul. Blood, sweat and tears into my business as I wasn’t messing about and had the determination and drive, I was making it a success as I have with previous premises.
Continues