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You (yes, you) need to read what I have to say about the plastic straw ban

20 July 201820 July 2018

    Human beings need five things to survive: water, food, oxygen, sleep and also sufficient warmth so that they don’t get hypothermia. For many people with disabilities, the total removal of plastic straws would …

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Let me tell you a bit about my parents…

11 June 201811 June 2018

    Let me tell you a bit about my parents. They have worked relentlessly hard to care for me so incredibly well for over 13 years since I became seriously ill during my first …

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The launch of my ‘Five by Five’ challenge and how I managed to do it

5 June 20184 May 2018

The past four months have been brutal. On top of all the ambulance journeys, as I explained in my previous blog post, I can now only lie horizontal with my head touching my pillow for …

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Jenny’s 100 Question Quiz in aid of M.E. Research UK and Annabelle’s Challenge – plus there are 10 prizes, including tickets to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

13 December 20161 December 2016

Twelve years ago today, I became ill. To mark the day, I thought of a fun idea that will hopefully also do a lot of good. I have devised a 100 question ditloid quiz to …

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All the things that you never wanted to know about my life with an acute chronic illness

7 August 201712 May 2016

I’ve lived within the four sides of my single bed for 11 years. I haven’t seen outside apart from the times I’ve been in an ambulance. I’m unable to sit up so when nature calls, …

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About Jenny Rowbory

Jenny Rowbory is a poet with a unique and important voice, who writes with tenderness, insight, honesty and playfulness. During her first year at university in 2004, she became ill with a virus that caused her to become bed-bound and acutely ill since then.

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