My honest story about being young and living with a chronic condition
Since my hospital residential pain management stay in October I haven't really had much inspiration when it has come to writing posts. All of the information and advice I have to offer I shared during my time in the hospital and have since just been keeping busy and trying my best to live without my [...]
A little while ago, fibronacci nominated me for the Real Neat blog award and I have finally gotten around to completing the questions. First things first, I would like to thank Fibronacci for nominating me for this blog award. It makes me so happy to know that there are people out there who enjoy reading [...]
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing ok. I just wanted your opinion on something I have been thinking about doing for some time. I have been toying with the idea of starting a YouTube channel, sharing videos on similar topics to the ones I share on my blog but, also more lifestyle, art [...]
Day 9 The end of the week was fast approaching. Throughout our session with the nurse, we discussed our relationship with pain and how we talk to others about it. We all tend to tell people that we are fine rather than going into the ins and out of how we are feeling, worried that [...]
My blog has been quiet for a couple of months. I just haven’t been able to unjumble the words and thoughts in my head in order to write something that best describes how I am feeling. The truth is, I don’t really know. I am at a point at the moment where I am constantly [...]
On Sunday 9th April, my boyfriend will be participating in a run/walk from Shoeburyness to Leigh-on-sea to raise money for Fibromyalgia awareness. Both his mum and I suffer from the condition and have had to leave full-time work because of it. Fibromyalgia has become the pinnacle of our lives leaving little room for much else. [...]
Chronic illness changes us as people but, we can often forget the impact that our conditions can have on the people closest to us. The people we see us when we are in pain when we struggle from day to day and out mood is unpredictable. We forget how difficult it must be for them [...]
