Pauline O'Connor
Author of fiction & non-fiction. Advocate for #PKU & #BrainInjury
News & recipes
Jul 12
Endurance training with PKU & brain injury🏃♂️ Why I'm walking 24 miles in a day, and how PKU & brain injury is affecting training. 🍎 Plus: What is your favourite low-protein training fuel? 🍌 🍪
Jul 4
July news from PigPen: 👏 new #PKU treatment, 👨⚕️ A Men's Health care strategy in the UK. 🧠 Neuroplasticity in #BrainInjury recovery 🥗A #LowProtein 'no-cook' recipe to beat the heat 🏃♂️ An epic 372 mile run for #charity. PLUS! 📚 new #books for PKU kids, full of low-protein foods. 🍎 🆓 Fre...Read more
Jun 28
One Man. 10 Days. An epic challenge. PKU dad Ian Spriggs is running from Bristol to Newcastle for NSPKU
Jun 10
Just released my new PKU books. An ABC reader and a colouring book 👏 Designed especially for children with Phenylketonuria. 👏 Full of foods which are considered protein-free for PKU in the UK, 👏 checked by PKU clinicians.
May 27
Catch up on this great discussion about creativity and rare disease. Rare Creatives’ Lives: Storytellers on Rare Disease In the Arts.