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A Chronic Illness Edition of Snakes & Ladders

Do you sometimes feel that you are winning in life; landing on the bottom rung of a ladder, climbing further and further toward success and fulfilment. But only then for life to take a sudden downturn. Landing on a snake and forced to slide downwards toward despair. Yes, life, and especially life with a chronic illness is much like a real-life version of snakes and ladders...

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Surviving the Storm of Chronic Pain

I have usually talked about my experience of living with chronic pain in passing. However, I thought I would shed some light on what it is like living with chronic pain from my own experience. And from my own experience living with chronic pain is very much like attempting to survive a storm. The Storm that is Chronic Pain Living with chronic pain is like attempting to function through a torrential storm.  A mighty and ferocious storm that wreaks havoc...

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HAWMC Day 7: World Health Day

Welcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists.  Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based upon given prompts. Tuesday April 7th: World Health Day  April 7th is World Health Day - so let's talk about daily nutrition and diet.  After your diagnosis, did you alter your diet or health routine?  If so, how...

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HAWMC Day 4: The unpredictability of a predictable life…

Welcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists.  Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based on given prompts. Saturday 4th April: Creature of Habit  What good habits (health or otherwise) do you have?  Do you have a routine that you follow every morning?  Are there any bad habits you wish you could break? As...

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Life on autopilot…

I realise that I have been deathly quiet in regards to my writing recently but unfortunately I have been really struggling with well, everything. I have been finding that the trembling in the legs is becoming increasingly worse.  Standing is becoming extremely uncomfortable and impossible to do for very long as I am feeling the severity of the tremors and the buckling of them whilst queueing or whilst completing the washing-up for example.  With regards to standing, it has been evoking...

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