When living with a chronic illness, the unusual and disabling symptoms that we experience slowly becomes the norm and part of our daily lives. Life with chronic illness becomes the new normal. Often, it becomes such a part of every day that we can no longer remember life before illness suddenly entered our lives. Nor can we remember what it was not to endure such unyielding and debilitating symptoms. ...
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This post is genuinely personal and difficult to write, but as I think it will resonate with many others who are forced to live with illness every day, it is, therefore, an important one to write. There are many times that I dislike myself and am ashamed of who I have become. If I could be anyone else, I would gladly choose anyone else's life to live rather than my own. A lot of that is down to the neurological condition that...
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Once again it's the most wonderful time of the year; and like the Christmases that have come before, we again have been inundated with various iconography associated with Christmas. Images such as Father Christmas, snow and Christmas trees adorn popular decorations, and greeting cards meant for the holidays. However, in my opinion, there is one particular image that is often associated with the Christmas season, which is a perfect representation of those living with chronic illnesses. What is it, you ask? It's the...
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