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What am I supposed to do with that? The worst Christmas presents when feeling ill...

17/12/2013

 
I love presents, giving them, receiving them, there's something really exciting about unwrapping a gift. I thought buying presents was easy. Then I got ill and suddenly it was this whole minefield that no-one seemed to know how to cross.

I'm the first to admit when I was bedbound I was a complete nightmare to buy for. I was sensitive to smell, so cosmetics were out. I was too ill to watch TV, read or listen to music, so that was a non-starter. I couldn't go out and it was in the days before online shopping.

So what did I end up with one Christmas? That's right, high street vouchers I couldn't go out and spend, bath products that I could smell through the wrapping paper and a writing set when I couldn't even hold a pen. Total. Utter. Nightmare.

There's nothing that makes you feel quite so rubbish as being reminded of all the things you can't do. Especially at Christmas! I have to admit there were a few tears that year which is why I wrote a post on The Do's and Don'ts of buying presents for people who are ill

I hope it helps you find the perfect gift for your loved ones this year or maybe you could point a few people in that direction (a share on Facebook or an accidental e-mail forward works wonders) to give them a few suggestions for future present buying.
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I hope it helps you find the perfect gift for your loved ones this year or maybe you could point a few people in that direction (a share on Facebook or an accidental e-mail forward works wonders) to give them a few suggestions for future present buying.

Claire Wade is the winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Competition and author of The Choice. She was bed bound for six years with severe ME, trapped in a body that wouldn't do what she wanted. She now writes about people who want to break free from the constraints of their lives, a subject she's deeply familiar with.

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    Claire Wade

    Claire Wade

    I'm an author, disability activist, winner of the Good Housekeeping First Novel Competition and The EABA for Fiction 2020 and founder of Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI).


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