Look at all these cheerful people announcing things! Stock pictures are great.
I want to announce a couple of exciting changes.
- I have added some menus and an “about” page. If you go to the home page and take a peek at the right-hand side, you should see my posts about endometriosis collated in one menu, and my posts for tips and tricks on living with endo collated just beneath that. I’m hoping this will make these posts more accessible, particularly given that they are the primary point of this blog.
- I’m dropping my frequency of posting from daily to every second day for now. I think I’ve built up a decent amount of content now that should keep new readers entertained for a while. As I’m getting better at the moment thanks to being in false menopause (post on that coming soon!) I’m back at work and have less time to write posts, so generating seven over the weekend for the coming week is a bit of a challenge. I haven’t lost my drive to maintain this blog, but I am now much more lacking in time than when I was home sick three-five days each week. Reducing my posts to every other day will let me produce better quality content as I’ll have more time and energy to devote to it, and stop me having to do those apology posts that I’ve been doing recently (sorry!).
- I’m travelling to the UK next month, so that may also affect my ability to post. I will try and prepare a bunch to release whilst I’m away but I may not have as many as I’d like, and I want to spend my time in the UK with my family, so for three weeks this blog will take a backseat. It will be up and running again as normal in November, though! Expect some posts on travelling with endometriosis and travelling generally, including packing lists and must-see places in the UK.
- Finally and most excitingly, my surgery has been confirmed! Dr Edi-Osagie will start with an exploratory operation, and if he confirms the presence of endometriosis he will perform a total pelvic peritoneal excision. I’m terrified but full of hope. I’ll do a more fulsome post on this as well in the near future.
So, these are the exciting things going on in my life right now. Big changes, hopefully for the better.
I just want to finish on a quote I heard in the current audiobook I’m listening to (I use Audible and I cannot recommend it enough), which is Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. It says this:
Accept the pain, but do not accept that it is your fault.
That really resonated with me, for fairly obvious reasons, and I keep coming back to it. Accepting the pain that is part of our lives is so important, and feeling guilty for having it is an incredibly important trap to fall into, but it is something we need to fight against. This quote just reminds me of that.
Are there any things you would like to see posts on in the coming months? I’m still working on a Christmas giveaway or competition as well, so I’d love to hear your thoughts on a good prize and whether a giveaway or competition is preferable. Let me know in the comments!
Bubbles in the Brain 