My honest story about being young and living with a chronic condition
Day 8 The last few days of the week went by in a blur. Between all of the sessions during the day, some free time and visits from family and friends I didn't really get the chance to blog in the evenings so now I am catching up. I did try to write an overall [...]
Day 7 Our day started off with some psychology which seems to bore us all to death. We were asked to imagine that we are 80 years old and look back on our lives as they are today and think about what we would change and what advice we would give ourselves. We also thought [...]
Day 6 - Week 2 I definitely have that Monday morning feeling. I had quite a bad nights sleep so motivating myself was quite difficult. We started the day off with some physio which just highlighted all the pain that my body was in. We were told only to do a bit of a movement [...]
Day 5 I can't tell you how happy I was that it was Friday. It had been an awfully long week. In 8 hours I would be travelling home to a comfortable chair, my own bed and surrounded by my family catching up on tv (who knew the little things could make such a difference) [...]
Day 4 Throughout our session, with the nurse, we finally focused on the common medications that people with chronic pain are given. Many of us are or were previously on a cocktail of different medications that have not helped our pain and have instead given us multiple different side effects. Many people find painkillers helpful [...]
Day 3 I struggled to get out of bed as I was so tired (something I will probably be repeating quite a bit). I felt so nauseous and worn out that I wondered how I would make it through the day. First Session: Psychology So far having psychology first things in the morning has been [...]
Day 2 I woke up to my room phone ringing. I had overslept and it was 9:05. In 10mins I managed to get dressed, grab my bag and get down to the first session of the day by 9:15. It is safe to say that I didn't get off to a very good start as [...]
