Valerie lost all her confidence

Valerie had been ill for a long time before being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and was then laid up for six months with a torn cartilage. Her confidence was shattered and she was stuck in a rut.

"I'm now happier in myself and getting out a lot more. I'd always written but I didn't see it as anything special but Jan from Bromford Support did and she encouraged me to start writing poems again"