A girl was waiting outside his house in her car (scary, stalker-ish behaviour?) and when he left his house in his car, she followed and he noticed that she was filming him. He got out of his car and kicked the car in a rage, sending shards of glass over the stalker girl. Now he is in trouble with the law but doesn't care (as if you would if you were Cristiano Ronaldo!). He says it's all about his mother - that he puts up with this kind of behaviour when he's alone, but when his mother is involved and scared then that's it. He loses it. I think I love him.
In the meantime, for all of those people out there that are struggling with Trigeminal Neuralgia - you can go to the Trigeminal Neuralgia Associations website, at www.tnaustralia.org.au. They are actually having a conference in September that I will definitely attend. I'm talking to them about speaking and they have (I write this with tears welling because this has been a very long and painful journey for me) asked me to be a Patron of the association. I accepted humbly. I say this not to be dramatic, but in light of what they have already achieved.
xMel
From my hospital bed: patients are usually in hospital because they are sick, right? Yes, I thought so. Interesting then that the noise levels are beyond. You actually have to raise your voice a few decibels to be heard. Sleep? A siesta would be nice, but not possible. At night? Irregular at best. Night nurses have it back to front and like to talk, sometimes yell from your room. You're f----- kidding you want to say. But you don't. You crack a I'm asleep half smile. Let them go about their business - testing blood pressure, pulse etc.. Fun when children are around. They love those things - stethoscopes, blood pressure arm band. The giggles are soothing for everyone. Even the old man in the next room. Walls paper thin, so I know it gets to him. Should go in I think, take the gigglers to brighten his day. Don't though. I remember that I am sick too. Door closes by itself. Reminds me of a bar door in Mexico. Suits me more than you can imagine, who wants random people looking at you lying in bed in pj's? Not me. For sure. Lots of intrusions though. Tea, coffee, cappuccino? Cappuccino? You're going to make it from that little trolly? I don't think you can call that a cappuccino. Blood. We need some. Sure, go right ahead and offer up my veins. I like to watch them fill vile after vile after vile. Best friend comes in. Looks devine in new Lee Mathews top. On sale. Good buy we agree. Sadness at her leaving, she is going on a holiday. Husband arrives. He makes me cry. Holding in the pain all day. Tired of the brave face. Sometimes I'm just too tired to wear it. That's what husbands are for.
I'm writing to you from my hospital bed. The sun is shining through the barren trees and into my room. Anyway, sorry! I digressed from the task at hand which was to find a fabulously dressed celebrity from last nights Bruno premiere. There were slim pickings. It was ultimately between Michelle Leslie (because she struck a pose (sort of)) and Kerri Ann. KAK looked great too but the pic just didn't do it for me. So Michelle Leslie - last night you were a hottie.
Over the weekend there was a column in the Sun-Herald about me going back to hospital:
Lucky our poster girl ticks all those boxes!
You can read the insightful news here.
It's sad that Michael Jackson has died, but lets not be sad - lets celebrate the good times. We've all had them, dancing to his music on the dance floor, at birthday parties, weddings or just at a club - I don't think any other musician could get you up off your butt and onto the floor like Michael Jackson!
My favorites are Thriller, I Want to Rock With You, Beat It..... enjoy!
p.s. Sadly Farrah passed on. Very sad. Prayers for her family and close friends who would be devastated.
It was such a conflicting decision for me to come out and talk about my illness in such a public way. Everyone around me told me not to do it. But I had a gut feeling that I should. And I am SO SO SO GLAD I did it because I have received hundreds of emails from fellow sufferers reaching out to me. There are two types of emails I get. One is from people offering me advice on how to deal with this because they have Trigeminal Neuralgia too. The other type of email breaks my heart - from people who haven't got a diagnosis and who are just suffering alone and are being told by Dr's that they have a psychological problem or who are dealing with the stigma of people thinking they are just after the drugs. Of course, as diagnosed sufferers know, you need some pretty heavy duty drugs to get rid of the pain. My heart breaks for these people and they are in this situation because the Doctors they are seeing don't know enough about TN to diagnose it. It's those people that I hope I can help through referrals to Doctors whom I know, know a lot about this condition and who can hopefully help to get them on track.
Now I am thinking about reaching a wider audience because whilst Woman's Day has a pretty big readership, there are more people to out there - medical professionals included - that need to be made aware of this illness. When you think that there are people out there in so much pain that they want to kill themselves, something has to be done. How fortunate is it then that I happen to own a marketing communications agency? We're on the case and have sketched up the first stage of the plan, so hopefully you'll be hearing more and more about this in the media.
So I am 'ROCKED" this week at the responses to the interview (and it's funny that I don't care that I look shocking in the pictures at all - whatever).
xMel
Italy - Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister is knee-deep in sleaze, but manages to survive! Yes he does - in fact, he seems to do better politically the creepier his personal life gets. Despite the latest revelations - young women staying overnight in his villa in Rome and being paid for sex - his constituents don't seem to mind at all. They have just handed his party control of 9 more provinces.
Of course, I love this quote from the Prime Minister "I have never paid a woman. I don't understood what satisfaction is when you are missing the pleasure of conquest"
USA - The Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, went MIA (missing in action) recently - he told everyone that he was going hiking along the Appalachian Trail - of course, that wasn't what he was doing - he was off to Argentina with his mistress whom he met on the internet.
And in Australia, what is our political scandal of the moment............ 'UTEGATE'! I stand firm on this - I just love being an Australian.
Enough said.
xMel
Then there is that .01% that have so rightly had a go at me for the headline "My Perfect Life Is Over" - to wit, can I first of all say that I couldn't agree more. My life is not over, like so many people out there who are facing a terminal illness prognosis, or who have children in this situation! I didn't say this, I don't believe it for a second and I am sorry for any offense it has caused. In fact I am not just sorry, I am deeply sorry.
Keep the emails rolling in and I will pass on some of the great treatment advice I am receiving from people who have lived with this for a lot longer than 7 months (me). A lovely man named Peter emailed to let me know that there is a Trigeminal Neuralgia Association of Australia. I am going to investigate and post up some information about that here shortly. Thank you Peter. I would love to be involved in some way in the Conference coming up in August so will contact the President.
Thanks xx
xMel
Hate: Greg Bird gets 9 months jail time. Harsh in comparison to other comparable offences e.g. Wayne Carey. What is astonishing is that he was allowed to get on a plane to France until the appeal is heard later this year. I doubt he will do even a day in jail. Then over to the USA and Chris Brown gets hard labour (removing graffiti and picking up rubbish - seriously). Sadly, I don't think his relationship with Rihanna is OVER.
Love: Rockin' Rory
Well said article has come out in Woman's Day. What do I think? I think I should have taken the part in the contract re signing off on all photos more seriously! I signed off on the words, but the pictures (@#%#@#$%#) - if I can be so vain. The headline - no sign off and again (@#$%$&^$%^&).
What you need to know - if you read it - is that I did the interview coming close to two months ago now. While I am a lot better than what I was then - I had not long been out of hospital after having had brain surgery - I still have severe trigeminal neuralgia attacks that knock me sideways and into bed for days at a time. I recently did another stint in hospital (post interview) because the pain was so bad that I had to be put on IV morphine. But hopefully we are coming close to the end of a long journey.
I did this interview to connect and offer up some advice to people going through a similar thing. So far, emails are pouring in from people who have read the article and who also suffer from Trigeminal Neuralgia or a chronic pain condition and practically all of them have been where I am and are offering me advice - thank you. That outpouring is amazing! I would really love to hear from those who haven't yet had a diagnosis and are wondering what is wrong with them. It can be very difficult to get a diagnosis and it can be a long, lonely road. When people can't actually see anything wrong with you, it's very hard for them to
Ooops! Sorry, here I am ranting on about something that I've assumed you've read. Now that the cat is out of the bag (article out, can talk freely now without breeching confidentiality agreement) - I've been really sick for about 7 months. Had brain surgery even. So really sick. Diagnosis is Trigeminal Neuralgia. You can read about that here - very severe pain disorder. Its nickname is the suicide illness because so many people kill themselves when pain relief is unavailable. After brain surgery (which didn't work unfortunately) I contracted meningitis in the hospital and I've never really been myself since it all started. Mainly because of the drugs I am having to take (morphine) to deal with the pain. So that is what the magazine article is all about - basically a rant and whinge about it all. A bit sensational for my liking but if it helps someone out there, then I've done the right thing.
xMel
If you're a follower of this blog (really hope so!), then you'll know that I've been waiting ever so patiently for an interview I did with Woman's Day magazine to come out. The interview covers something quite large that's happened in my life and basically how my family and I have been dealing with this. It's an exclusive story - confidentiality agreement - so I haven't been able to write about it. You can imagine how I've been busting to talk about it but each week that I thought the interview was in, sordid stories involving soap stars etc... Have bumped me out. Don't get your hopes up, nothing sordid going on with me. Anyway, it will be in this week’s magazine - totally confirmed. Please buy it. And if you or someone you know is going through the same thing - email me, I'd love to hear your stories.
Once the mag is out - tomorrow, I'll blog some more about the whole thing. In fact, I probably won't shut up about it (!)
xMel
The Balancing Act
A very hot topic is how to deal with the ever-increasing demands on us as women, mothers, lovers, friends and businesswomen. Not to mention getting in exercise and eating a healthy balanced diet. So much fuss is made about all the roles we have to play and how demanding and overwhelming this is. I just don't subscribe to this school of thought. Like everything, how you perceive a situation is exactly how it is. If you perceive that something is hard, then hard it will be.
If you want more, then go buy my book - I have a mortgage to pay!
xMel
What a gloriously windy day in Sydney today - and I have to go into the CBD with Narae where the high rise buildings make for great wind tunnels and the temperature is a couple of degrees colder!
I have exciting news. My beloved Narae has done a deal with Yahoo!7 for melissaseymour.com to become a part of Yahoo!7 Travel. So I am joining them as a Travel Blogger, posting regular blogs & vlogs and they will also host my travel columns for My Child Magazine. For the most part, my travel exploits will see Brad & I travel the globe in style - sounds exciting huh? - but here is the kick - with our kids in tow. There will be long distance car travel (my cherished ones are 2 & 6 ;) ), long haul plane travel (never before have upgrades been so important!) and we'll flush out the best hotels for you to stay in, if you are (I guess even if you aren't) traveling with children.
Every time we travel, we'll have new tips we've learnt and I'll be posting these up to my blog immediately. In fact, when we're 'on trip' we'll be posting (well, I will be. It may be a little beyond Brad's computer skills at this point. Teaching him will be a good idea before I go - travel tip number 1.) DAILY, sometimes more, but at least daily. We'll also be Vlogging, so you can take in detailed parts of our destinaton - and we'll throw in some of the kids tantrums, they'll love us when they're older.
xMel
Good News first! I am going to let you in on a little shopping secret of mine mywardrobe.com - go straight to the 'sale' section which is perfect (when shopping on any sites in the Northern Hemisphere, because we are always a season behind the UK & US) so we are shopping on trend. The sale is driving me nuts and I've already ordered twice from it. If you like designers like By Malene Birger, Antik Batik, Betty Jackson and Tara Jarmon then do yourself a favour and check it out... My last order arrived like this: I shopped Friday night, it was delivered Monday afternoon. Insane.
And here comes the bad news. If you believe Michael Pascoe who writes for The Age and is a regular media commentator on all things Finance, then WE ARE IN A TECHNICAL RECESSION afterall. You can read about it here. He makes an excellent argument for it. And if you believe it, it unfortunately makes this week's issue of Grazia look pretty 'off trend' as they celebrate the fact that we aren't in a recession and tell everyone to just shop shop shop!!
Which is pretty much what I've told you to do too - and in another Country. Which, if I'm honest with myself is just plain wrong. K Rudd will be outraged. We're supposed to be keeping the Aussie dollar ashore. But when there is heavily discounted, favourite designers on sale, then... you do what is right for your conscience. I've already shopped twice, which makes me bad, very bad. But here's another secret...
xMel
