Category: hospital

World Swim Day 2021 – What swimming has done for me

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, challenge, chronic illness, chronic pain, Disability Swimming, Disabled, Events, friends, hospital, Lake Windermere, Living with a Disability, Mental Health, Open Water Swimming, outdoor swimmer, Outdoor Swimming, Training, Wheelchair User

Saturday was World Swim Day and I wanted to write something about what swimming has done for me. Swimming has almost always been part of my life and without it I felt lost. I had about 5 years after my accident with no swimming and during that time my life changed drastically, I became disabled, … Continue reading World Swim Day 2021 – What swimming has done for me

10 Years

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, challenge, chronic illness, chronic pain, Disability Swimming, Disabled, Family, friends, hospital, Lake Windermere, Life in a wheelchair, Living with a Disability, Mental Health, Open Water Swimming, outdoor swimmer, Training, Windermere

  This week marks the 10 year anniversary of my cycling accident that triggered all my current health issues, including my Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. After the day of that accident my life changed forever but at the time, I didn’t realise the result of the accident would be so drastic and have … Continue reading 10 Years

Week 16 – Two Weeks To Go!

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, chronic illness, chronic pain, Disability Swimming, Disabled, Events, hospital, Lake Windermere, Living with a Disability, open water, Open Water Swimming, Outdoor Swimmer Magazine, Outdoor Swimming, Races, Training, Windermere

None of this is what I hoped to be writing just 2 weeks before Windermere but sometimes things just don’t turn out the way you hoped. It doesn’t seem possible that I had a pretty major surgery less than a fortnight ago, it was slow progress when in hospital but as soon as I was … Continue reading Week 16 – Two Weeks To Go!

Windermere Training Week 15 – Hospital Stay!

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, chronic illness, chronic pain, Disability Swimming, hospital, Life in a wheelchair, Open Water Swimming, Training, Windermere

  My plan for training the past week was to get back into swimming after my unplanned hospital visit and on Tuesday 3rd August. I got in the river and can’t explain how good it felt to be back in the open water. The plan was to swim from Houghton to Brampton and back, I said … Continue reading Windermere Training Week 15 – Hospital Stay!

Windermere Training (sort of) Week 14

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, chronic illness, chronic pain, Disability Swimming, Family, hospital, Lake Windermere, Life in a wheelchair, open water, Open Water Swimming, Outdoor Swimming, safety, Training, Windermere

This week started off with me still in hospital so again, there wasn’t very much training done this week! By Monday I did just want to get out of hospital, which for me is always a sign that I am on the mend and feeling better. Thankfully, my bloods came back with good enough results … Continue reading Windermere Training (sort of) Week 14

Windermere Training (or not!) Week 13

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, chronic illness, chronic pain, Disability Swimming, Events, hospital, Lake Windermere, Life in a wheelchair, open water, Open Water Swimming, Outdoor Swimming, safety, Training, Windermere

Week 13 of my training didn’t exactly go to plan. Last Monday I had an appointment planned with Helen Davis from think.believe.perform about the possibility of some sports psychology sessions in the lead up to my Lake Windermere swim. I know from experience that long swims are often as much about being strong mentally as … Continue reading Windermere Training (or not!) Week 13