Author: Michael McFarland Campbell
Neurodivergent liturgical writer, organist, and storyteller exploring the sacred in everyday life, shaped by chronic illness, care, and Benedictine spirituality.
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.
Still Too High: A Blood Pressure Snapshot of Chronic Life
Managing Hypertension on Dialysis: A Patient’s Tightrope
They Should Know Better. But Sometimes, They Don’t.
Dialysis, Decisions, and Sticky Blood: A Gentle Pause
From Diabetes to Dialysis: Plushie’s new mission.
🧠 Remembering Phosphate Binders: A Real-Life Struggle
🛑 PrEP Access in Ireland: A Public Health Promise Unfulfilled
Finally: Costa Drive-Through in Port Laoise Installs Emergency Alarm Cord in Accessible Toilet
Why I Skip My Blood Pressure Meds Before Dialysis
Still Waiting: Accessibility Delayed at Costa Coffee Port Laoise
