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Photo from "Cumbria Crack" Well finally I had my COVID19 booster jab today in a church hall connected to St Peter and  St Oswald's Church  on Abbeydale Road. The vaccination  centre seemed to be staffed entirely by people from South Asian and African communities. Not all of them spoke English fluently and comprehension difficulties were exacerbated by the masks they were wearing. After my jab I had to sit in the waiting area for fifteen minutes with others who had just been vaccinated.  A big man with a striped stick entered the vaccination centre. There were two young African men at the reception desk. The big man was asked for his name but with the African accents and the masks he didn't understand them at first. When the penny dropped he said in a booming voice, "I'M ALAN BIRD!" It echoed around the quiet church hall. Then because of some confusion, he bellowed even louder, "I'M ALAN BIRD!" The young African said quietly, "You...

  The  Fireworks have been very loud in Trelawnyd tonight. The village lies within a circle of hills so the bangs flash back and forth and echo dreadfully The girls and I are still sat on cushions in the upstairs hallway in the warmth and darkness of the open airing cupboard. albert is here too, he’s not stressed, he just doesn’t want to miss out . I’m watching an Extra slice of Bake Off on the ipad wrapped in a duvet Dorothy has needed a quarter of Valium and has only hyperventilated once I feel bloody rough from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3wllxIi

 I need thought I would do this, but there was a question raised in the comment section regarding the baclofen pump. This comment wasn’t meant to harm, but it hurt. For me, there is no alternative. Taking the baclofen orally was not working for me. I had no quality of life. I was existing.   As for the access and availability in poorer countries I can’t speak of. Which brings me to something more pressing. I can’t speak to equity of most anything in the developed world versus the developing world.   Does it anger me? Yes. Does it sadden me? Yes. I’m realizing that I can’t internalize the struggles of the world of which I have no control. I do my best each day to make the most of my blessings that is pleasing to God. The most difficult questions to answer are above my pay grade. When I share my experiences, I do so in hope. That you have hope. And that you fight a battle that is not mine. I’ve harbored too much guilt trying to reconcile why some have access while others do...