Author: Michael McFarland Campbell
Neurodivergent liturgical writer, organist, and storyteller exploring the sacred in everyday life, shaped by chronic illness, care, and Benedictine spirituality.
When the Lighter Weight Became Too Easy
Starting Again, Ten Repetitions at a Time
The Cake I Chose Wasn’t the Cake I Received
Five Years On: From Self-Care to Shared Care
From ICU to Hope: Lessons from a Cardiac Admission
A Bit of an Unexpected Detour
A Familiar Name on the Monitor
Back Where My HIV Story Began
Shared Air
Tidying Seventeen Years of HIVBlogger
For the Media
A Small Adjustment
Some Weeks Are About Progress. Others Are About Persistence.
Heatwaves, Dialysis, and Learning When to Rest
Accessibility Is More Than Installation
Fourteen Years Later: Ireland Is Finally Rethinking the War on Drugs
Schooled for the Path: St Alban, Strength Training, and a New Milestone
One Week In: What a Notebook Taught Me About Strength and Health
Strength & Health Log
Irish AIDS Day
The Power of Small Gains
Sometimes the Workout Moves
Kilkenny Steps & Clever Pivots: Listening to My Body on Exercise Day
Why I Don’t Want Dialysis at Home
Strength Between Sessions: Fitness on Dialysis Since 2018
Forget DrABC: The Definitive “High-Vis” Triage Protocol
HIV Is Not a Political Football. Treatment Works. Full Stop.
Patient Autonomy and Safety Matter—Even Between Patients
Life Is Good — Just Mostly Elsewhere These Days
Seventeen Years of Blogging — and the Journey that Followed
When the Dialysis Machine Has “One of Those Days”
Dialysis Days: Starting the Week a Little Heavier
Stepping Away from Social Media for hivblogger
Why Accurate CCI Scoring Matters for People Living With HIV
A small step, a warm pancake (or seven)
A Year of Faith, Creativity, and Community
Christmas Dialysis: the first session back
Writing Through Resilience: An Irish Writers Centre Membership
🌍❤️ Last week we marked World AIDS Day.
Writing, Publishing, and What Comes Next
⏱️ A Day in the Emergency Department
An update from dialysis
On the Threshold: journeying to Beaumont, waiting for World AIDS Day 2025.
Dialysis day: the Aranesp question
Bearing the Cold: Asthma, Chest Lines, and the Ethics of Dialysis Support
A Dragon at My Side
Bearing the Numbers: Blood Pressure, Dialysis, and the Ministry of Presence
Mask. Shift. Breathe.
