Orla Tinsley

In those transitory spaces in the hospital, where you think you can breathe a sigh of relief, don’t

Don’t let healthcare surroundings determine how you feel. Make the space your own with a few home comforts and items of self-care

What’s gone, what’s next, within is now all we can live for

Orla Tinsley: As I fought for life, the joy and magic of seeing Mariah Carey live, suspended in time, was something that could live forever

I bought a commode that the HSE should have provided. I paid for the hand railing the HSE should have provided

There must be accountability, and removal and retraining of staff who create danger for patients in their care

Medical gaslighting after a serious injury makes recovery a long, tortuous road

Orla Tinsley: I was a penniless student, but there was one kitten, King George, who melted my heart

Orla Tinsley: Social media morphs into a space to write intentionally and lyrically when picking up a pen is not an option

The Human Tissue Bill has taken 15 years to reach committee stage but it promises to be a milestone for donors and those in need of organs

In the Irish Health service, it is up to the patient to make the space-time continuum between the then of the appointment and the now of the pain work

As anyone with a chronic illness knows, hospital is not a holiday, it’s more of a gladiator match

This account of living with MS is a work of activism as much as it is creative nonfiction, memoir and cultural criticism

Here I am swimming around in death, and hope and transplant, but something gloriously gloomy is already afoot

The irony is, before I was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, I mostly avoided fast food