#mymilestone

It seems that every day and every week is some kind of awareness week for some illness or condition. It gets to the point where the awareness gets lost in the sea of awareness days. Then by the time everyone on social media has got around to sharing the info, we've had three months of autism awareness or whatever else it might be.

Yesterday evening, I spotted a post from the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA), telling me that it was spinal injuries awareness day. I'd never heard of them until a few months ago but I really want to sing their praises. A little while ago, starting a new medical procedure coincided with us moving house and although the hospital had given me a starter pack, this quickly ran out. Prescriptions crossed over, got lost and emergency ones had to be written. Then I found that no pharmacy stocks the stuff I need. It all came to a head one day when my final hope rang on collection day to tell me I would have to wait another 2 weeks. That was when I sought help in the CES Facebook group and several people suggested ringing SIA Healthcare.

You know those days, when you just wish somebody would be kind, just for a few minutes? Well enter Natalie. Natalie spoke to me like somebody who understood how important this stuff was to me and my health. She took my details and promised to contact my GP and get everything sorted but meanwhile she would immediately dispatch the stuff I needed (which was good as I had only one left). She told me how they work...

They call or email you every month to do a stock check. Then they contact the GP and send everything you need straight to your house... and all for FREE! Not only that, but they send all the non-medical related stuff that you can't get on prescription and that would cost a lot of money, as a free gift.

This particular medical procedure has been my greatest fear since the day of my injury. It is down to one amazing nurse, who has worked with me since we moved back here, and the SIA that I have been able to adapt and overcome my fear. They truly are a God-send! I want to raise awareness of spinal injury but if you know someone who has had a spinal injury, please tell them about SIA. They make the day to day stuff more bearable because they get it. They know the things that just have to be done right.

#mymilestone Thank you so much to Karen (my nurse) and Natalie!