Why Not?

Mental Health Foundation - is a national organisation aiming to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems: www.mentalhealth.org.uk

POPAN (Prevention of professional Abuse Network) - is a helpline providing information, advice and support for people abused by health or social care professionals, counsellors, therapists, etc: www.popan.org.uk

GALOP - is London's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community safety charity. We are a driving force in changing the way the police work with our communities and give advice and support to those affected by homophobic and transphobic violence or hate crime: www.galop.org.uk

Beaumont Society - is a national organisation supporting self-help groups for transgender, transvestite and transsexual people their partners and friends: www.beaumontsociety.org.uk

Women of the Beaumont Society (WOBS) - is a telephone helpline offering information, advice, support and befriending for wives, women partners, family and friends of transgendered and gender dysphoric people: www.gender.org.uk/wobsuk

Today was my day off. Outside my window, it seemed to be bright and sunny. I stayed in bed until 5pm. It wasn't a duvet dive. It was a considered decision that I had made, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I ate all my meals, I slept on and off, I made and received phone calls and indulged myself with much need rest.

At 6pm, I phoned my son, who then engaged in a thirty minute conversation with me. What a treat.

By 7.15pm, I was in Camberwell.