Diagnosed in 2016 after 4 years of no bleed, numerous bloods, referral privately to an endocrinologist specialist in POI. After mri pituitary, ovarian ultrasound, genetic bloods was diagnosed as idiopathic Premature ovarian insufficiency and commenced on HRT. At this time put me on trisequins a tablet form with progrestrone included. Over the next few years migraine, abdominal pain, nausea became my friend. Ended up in gastro clinic had ogd, eus and colonoscopy nothing wrong

When Niamh first heard the term "premature ovarian insufficiency," she felt a wave of confusion wash over her. At just 26 years old, she...

Living with psoriatic arthritis can be a challenging journey. It is a condition that affects not just the joints but also the skin,...

Living with psoriatic arthritis can feel like a rollercoaster ride. One moment, you are enjoying life, and the next, you are grappling...

After a last minute swap at work, I was able to support  +Niamh , my mother and Clodagh, who were doing the VHI Women Mini Marathon. Before the start of the 10km, we went via the Mansion House, so Niamh was able to collect her t-shirt for Laura Lynn and also gave me a final chance to have a sneaky look inside. Of course the girls had to have a picture taken outside of the Mansion House before the race. Niamh and Clodagh had entered as joggers, so set off about 15 before my mo

With life finally getting back to normal now, everything unpacked, settled into the new place completely, thought it was time to finally pay the donation I owed Padre Pio, that I promised him, during the stress of finding a place to live. Managed to find a Capuchin Order Friary on Church Street near Smithfield. As is usually my nature in the lead up to Christmas, I went Christmas shopping around the October mid term. As I am working in retail too long, that I won't think of d

The excitement for the Flora Women Mini Marathon, all started when Clodagh came up on the Saturday afternoon, we spent the rest of the day and night, shopping and catching up on all the gossip. It was really when  +Liam  met us in town after work, when things got fun, as we all had to trek out on the bus, to the RDS to collect race numbers and goodies and sample the food on offer. After all that, decided to check out the Dublin Port Riverfest, in the docklands. All 3 of us, w

Monday May 20th,  +Liam  got a call from the Alfred centre to cancel his OPD appointment due to a mis-communication and the fact that his colonscopy hadn't been scheduled. So we decided to go into the city and whilst over chocolate at Theobroma Chocolate started discussing our plans for our stopover in Abu Dhabi.  + I went to the Alfred myself early the next morning for my final check up which included an X-ray, consultant and physio. I was told that I had no restrictions and

The week started pretty much the same for both Niamh and me, work and such until Wednesday morning, when on my way to get a tram my pants got caught on something which caused me to fall and bruise my thigh, right arm and bottom. So as you can imagine work, wasn't a fun day, sore and painful as it was. Lucky I had a doctor appointment anyway the next morning at 9am for another problem, as I had been feeling unwell. After his examination, he thought it might have been appendici

To relax during the Labour weekend, we decided to catch the tram into the CBD, after our Skype call home to our mother. Whilst there, we...