Stuart Briggs

Living with sarcoidosis, the good, the bad, and lots of in between.

  • That went quick

    2012 woah, where did it go? all in all it was a great year for me, yet I certainly am glad the festive season is all but over. This is the most content I have felt, pretty much since 2002, yet at certain times of the year a gap is in place. Last night it felt good to be in bed at 8pm, its been a busy couple of week and I needed a huge sleep.

    Yes it was new years eve, but how missing that nice somebody to either be with, or be able to phone on the midnight hour stroke, I missed big time, where is she, how is she? though I did get a call and text on the dot, thanks to my Jacob and Matt, love you both tons.

    As the earlier poem says, the journey of something does carry on, no plans, just allow the carpet to keep on rolling out and not tread too lightly, 2013 could be the best yet…

  • 2013, well will it really?

    Something that is not doom and gloom, its a positive!

    Think im going to stop something.
    Think im going to start something.
    Think im going to try something.
    Think im going to leave something.

    Think im going to lose something.
    Think im going to gain something.
    Think im going to dream something.
    Think im going to live something.

    What is this something.
    Where is this something.
    How is this something.
    Something never knows.

    Unless you try…

    Same again, but after 2012, then 2013 is offering something.

    Something will be sound
    And something again found.

    Oh, its the future wife…

  • How to use a banana that helps save even more

    I had a £1 voucher off if I spent more then £10 at Morrison’s local in Ilkley, these bottles of Cava were offered at a £4.99 saving £3 per bottle, took me to £9.98 so I got a 12pence banana, I felt I had to explain myself…

    And so I get another voucher to save £1.30 if I spend £13 or more.

  • Topman and being dizzy

    Just a short post here, today while in Topman with my sons, well I almost passed out and hands went tingling, its the first time its happened, more than likely a mixture of sarcoid, meds and the crowds, hard to explain but its one of the reasons im not going to the Bradford City v Aston Villa game, a good day at work needs rest and not a long exciting evening at a mega busy stadium, im still adjusting to working full time, if only I could explain it better and then folks will understand…

  • Spot just appeared

    As if by magic this spot, or lump is best way to describe, it kind of just appeared and then went away, hmmm…

  • Just had my Sainsbury’s monthly top up shop

    I’m so tempted to say, and so I shall, not comparing the folks employed but, the Sainsbury’s delivery person – was a man but im being politically correct! oh yes, he was very friendly, the second delivery I have had that both were ever so chatty and likeable.

    And so what am I ranting on about, they were more helpful and polite than others that have delivered, the reason I changed to Sainsbury’s are quite a few, but the eat by dates are very good, Tesco used to send with only a couple of days to cook and eat, and on many occasions it had gone off;

    Hmmm. I must also say that, because I can currently afford to (this top up is £61.38), then a little of what I buy is supposed to help others? eventually I will buy local, been looking in some shops and yes, indeed.

    Toward the end of this 2012 I have given all my old clothes to shelter, being able to purchase new has been amazing, I also give the £2 for a big issue, and sometimes not even take a copy. And so providing all goes well on my working front I will give anything back to those who helped and supported me, family, friends of new and old, and certainly Ssafa and the RBL…

  • Christmas break 2012

    One thing is for sure, the short working week allowed me to catch up on a fair few on-line surveys, yet another in-depth article that I will be writing about; how to earn through on-line surveys, these can get you a good amount of vouchers for the sales, but certainly not make a living!

  • Garlic skins to eat

    Something here, most folks do strip garlic and chuck the insides in, but do folks know, yes they usually strip skins and then eat the insides, yet most skins actually have the most goodness, including garlic, hmmm…

  • Oral hearing is arriving

    Well, here it is, the hearing, I have one hour to explain why it is all wrong, the hearing is about if any law has been broke, no it has not but its wrong, I will work through my case hearing and then take it to the parliamentary ombudsman, I will succeed in getting sarcoidosis sufferers the recognition we deserve.


    6th Feb 2011 was my initial assessment, its (my maths are not too bad) about two years to the date, and all im after is better sarcoidosis recognition, I think, I really think I’m capable of doing this, and what a great position to be in, that I have got a job through Remploy, I just wanted ‘proper’ support while we had to find out what my sarcoidosis was upto, thankfully Ssafa and the RBL helped me big time, no, the system did not fail me, it was Atos that caused the system to pretty much not believe me, even when the medics and local MPs wrote in my support. If you have nothing on then get on there.

  • It will take me forever

    Sometimes we get the daftest of offers…


    Why wait a lifetime for a holiday of a lifetimes? its simple, it takes a lifetime to save for it you idiots, arrggghhhh.

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