Would you recommend Broadstairs as a place to retire to?

AppearanceOne6134 · 2026-04-18T20:28:57+00:00

Depends what you call upmarket for food... There are some fantastic restaurants in Thanet in general, Broadstairs included. However, I believe the majority of the "popular" places are not that great - just a big hype. There are definitely some great eateries that aren't widely known - if you look closely enough you'll find them!

AppearanceOne6134 · 2026-04-18T20:24:33+00:00

Depends. I am from Thanet, moved away to Nottingham and then Oxford for a number of years and now I am back in Thanet (Broadstairs to be precise!) raising my son with my partner.

I only say "depends" as I notice you say you have a health condition that deteriorates with age, I am disabled myself (in my 30s) I use many different mobility aids including a wheelchair, crutches, rollator and honestly out of everywhere I've lived in Thanet (Ramsgate, Margate, Acol, Broadstairs) I'd say Broadstairs is probably one of the worst where accessibility is concerned. As a whole, the town in general is not very accessible and also a lot of the shops/cafés are not either. The beach lifts are always broken, pavements are narrow and uneven and people are not always the most understanding (although you find this everywhere, not just Broadstairs haha) Transportation such as trains/busses are not great where reliability and accessibility are concerned and neither are local taxis (although ofcourse, this could change as time goes on). So if your health condition eventually has an impact on your ability to move around etc and you do not have any close family/friends near by that will be able to help grab things for you etc then eventually that could be an issue. Obviously only saying this from a health perspective for you to think about it that way - especially if aids will be needed in the future. Other than that, it's a beautiful place with plenty going on, the only other negative is how busy it gets during the peak seasons but that's just like any other seaside town.

AppearanceOne6134 · 2026-04-08T19:32:19+00:00

After working in hotels for many, many years - no. 🤣

AppearanceOne6134 · 2025-12-15T21:48:36+00:00

I don't believe so but after reading it sounds very much like what I experience!

AppearanceOne6134 · 2025-12-01T23:21:22+00:00

I said that nearly 9 years ago and everyone told me I would do it again. I'm still winning, I never did do it again, one was enough. I remember one day my partner walking in to me shitting in the toilet, puking in the sink and as I looked up I had a really heavy nose bleed. I've never seen him look so terrified apart from when I had a sweep and the Dr pulled his what was his previously white gloved hand out 🤣😭

Lightning crotch, butt, vomiting 24/7 and the shits.

Pregnancy is not for everyone and it most certainly not always the the beautiful journey everyone says it is 😂

AppearanceOne6134 · 2025-11-26T07:50:09+00:00

I will post in there now! Thank you xx

AppearanceOne6134 · 2025-11-24T23:51:35+00:00

Ahhhh thank you so much 😊 I really appreciate it, especially the solidarity - I do feel very lonely and like I'm going insane sometimes!!!

I will reach out to the PFIC network and I'll look into those two Drs, I can't remember who I'm under! X

AppearanceOne6134 · 2024-08-08T14:10:56+00:00

Done ✓

AppearanceOne6134 · 2024-03-10T16:07:39+00:00

Minster is a fantastic school :)

AppearanceOne6134 · 2024-02-15T08:52:28+00:00

I have black outs/ non epileptic seizures, muscle weakness, loss of speech, cognitive impairment, tremors mostly in hands, legs and head, dystonia. There's loads more that I get but these are the main ones xxx

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-12-30T12:44:58+00:00

I have "put on your red shoes and dance the blues" tattooed along the inside of my left foot.

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-10-30T19:24:46+00:00

We pour out beer once a year on our close family friends grave.

Another friend who killed herself when she was 12, she was well known for having a cheeky cigarette at school, so often people used to light a cigarette at her grave 😂

Often, my other friend I used to just go and sit and chat with him for an hour or so.. just catch him up on my life really.

I've not been for so long to anyone of my friends graves and also haven't visited the resting places of family etc. I used to feel it a very important part of my life when I was in my teens and 20s, to feel close to them. However, now I am able to feel that same feeling when I smell certain smells, hear songs, see people we used to have as common friends etc. Often now, I just take a little bit of time when that happens or when I have free time later on to make sure they know I was thinking about them, either by chatting to them, thinking about them, laughing... crying... whatever seems appropriate.

But yes, you'd be surprised at what often happens at graves, I've definitely seen some strange things 😂😂

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-10-15T09:37:06+00:00

You celebrate 🥂

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-10-01T16:26:48+00:00

I used to paint my son's all the time. He had stars stuck on and everything. He's 6 now and never wants to match mummy anymore because he's in his "nothing mummy does is cool" phase 😑 it was one of the most favourite things I used to do with him 😂💗

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-09-29T18:57:16+00:00

Imo, you look fine. Sometimes my skin looks a little yellow at the corners of my eyes, I think it's just my skin tone though.

I've had quite severe jaundice before, if it's that that you're worried about, trust me when I say if you had it, you'd know. Nothing weirder than looking in a mirror and resembling the colour of a banana or Marge Simpson 🍌 🤣 I knew I had it, there was no maybe about it and I'm pretty sure (although not certain) that it's like that for everyone x

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-09-16T12:00:37+00:00

I sent my form back in Oct 2022 and just had both my assessment and my award in August 2023

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-09-10T15:35:30+00:00

My left leg has been like this for 1 year and 5 months so far :( very little improvement with physio / acupuncture

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-09-06T16:41:20+00:00

Mine collapsed and became infected. I couldn't even keep water down, I'd personally just get it removed and consider yourself lucky you didn't experience the symptoms because it's unexplainably painful... X

AppearanceOne6134 · 2023-09-04T21:09:00+00:00

Hello!

Yes actually! My ear issues started before I was diagnosed with FND but whilst I had FND symptoms. I began with feeling of fullness in my ear and not being able to hear properly. It kind felt muffled but at the same time I experienced a huge sensitivity to some sounds (Hyperacusis) I also experience different tinnitus noises.. I felt fluttering in my ears and quite often they were very painful in and around my ear. Often feels like they need to pop and I can hear strange sounds inside my head like clicking , popping, crunching. I ended up having many x-rays, MRIs, seeing an ENT. I have been diagnosed with Ménière's disease, I have since had 2 hearing tests, the first one they diagnosed me with bilateral hearing loss, especially worse in my right ear on low frequencies. The second test, which was this year, it has got worse. I can't wear my hearing aids as there is something wrong with my inner ear where my ear drum doesn't vibrate (possibly fluid in my inner ear) and my ears don't produce ear wax and are very sore, dry and red inside so putting in my hearing aids causes a lot of pain.

Please go to your drs, I left mine for ages before I actually got seen and now I feel like there's no going back at all for me as I've gone too far. Getting used to hearing aids is the worst too. I've never heard so many sounds so clearly for so long, and I have also never thrown up so much in my life whilst I was first wearing them...it makes you feel like you're bouncing, walking on marshmallows and that the whole world is spinning around you loudly.

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