Pain Awareness Month 2024
It is September which means it is pain awareness month 2024, and as I live with chronic pain it is only fitting for me to talk about. I am not alone in living with pain, and raising awareness of how…
Starting off the year with pain
Hello 2024, except I’m starting off the year with pain and it is not something I can just push through so let’s chat about meeting expectations. Life with chronic illness is never easy, I have spoken a lot about how…
Coping skills for when you are flaring
I’ve not been well recently, a couple of weeks ago I found myself in A&E so lets chat about my thoughts after that and I share some coping skills for when you are flaring. I will be honest, when I…
All my illnesses awareness month
May is a big month in the raising awareness stakes and for me it is all my illnesses awareness month! So, I thought I would do one big post with lots of information! Lets do this: My illnesses, Ehlers Danlos…
I got covid
The last two weeks have been a blur of covid symptoms and fatigue, yes after 2years I got covid and I want to chat about my experience and how I’m feeling now. I have been lucky, as a mostly housebound…
Invisible Disabilities Week 2022
It’s invisible disabilities week 2022 and as always, I want to shine a light on how mine affect my life and those around me so let’s chat. I first got sick in university, headaches constantly making me miss work and…
Living with chronic pain – pain awareness month 2022
Living with chronic pain is something I’ve spoken about a lot here on the blog over the years, and it is pain awareness month so let’s get into it. Everyone has at some point felt pain, whether it is from…
How my illnesses affect my life
This month is Disability Pride Month, so I thought I would shine a light on how my illnesses affect my life. Ehlers Danlos Syndrome This is a connective tissue disorder that affects how stable my joints are, for me personally…
My Illnesses really slow me down
There are times when my illnesses really slow me down and when I say it is frustrating that is a HUGE understatement! So, let’s have a chat about it. I have a YouTube channel and on it I do videos…
Frustrated with illness and GPs
Do you ever feel completely frustrated with illness and GPs and the ways that health professionals and government agencies react to it? If so, this is the blog post for you! I am diagnosed with a few overlapping illnesses that…
