I write about the realities of living with pain, share pain management tips & try to spread awareness. #BackPain #TrigeminalNeuralgia #CoeliacDisease #Scoliosis
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Mar 24
#newBlogPost I'm 60, I've been living with pain for over 40 years. You'd think I'd have it all worked out. But I don't. I still just muddle through each day. #ChronicPain #PainManagement #BlogPost #ChronicIllnessBloggers
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May 28
#NewBlogPost When you live with #ChronicPain, you have to adapt. Adapting doesn't make everything perfect. It might just make things a little easier. But pain never stands still. It changes, and you need to adapt again. And again...
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May 18
#NewBlogPost Living with constant pain is hard. That’s putting it mildly, isn’t it? Pain creeps into every part of life, ruins everything. Yet sometimes, despite it, we need to find a way through it by focusing on something else.
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Apr 23
#NewBlogPost There are no magic answers for #chronicpain. There are medications & practical suggestions, but nothing really helps 100%. This post is about the small comforts that can make life a little easier.
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Apr 12
#NewBlogPost This post lists some of the things I do to try to help my #pain. Some help, some might ease it a little, but, I'll be honest — sometimes nothing helps and I have to wait it out. #chronicpainblog #chronicpain
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Apr 10
"I started to honour my body’s limits as wisdom and self-care, not failure & take the wins no matter how small as meaningful. I chose gentle living over constant striving, slowing down the pace of my life & going with the flow." post by @bloomingmindxx
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Apr 10
Advice and suggestions from @AChVoice for aftercare if you have knee surgery. You’ll want to get as comfortable as possible, so these tips are fantastic. #chronicpain #kneesurgery
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Apr 1
"My #YoungAdult years passed by in a blur with most of my good #memories shadowed by #pain. So often I would try to step into my perceived #persona only to have it fall apart, leaving me embarrassed and feeling very much like a fraud": buff.ly/DVdX5Uw #disability
ALT Loss of Identity with Chronic Illness. Plot Twist: Sharpened Self-Worth. (A woman with two different styles within one face — one side is lined with colours, and the other side is shaded with gaudy paint like makeup.)
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Mar 31
Coping with #ChronicPain isn’t pretty — especially on the difficult days. It’s not just about the physical pain, but also about coping with the difficult emotions that come along with it.
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Mar 25
"I fear that FND has left an indelible mark on my life that will never leave. And so perhaps more than I anything, I fear that I will never get better." brainlesionandme.com/the-mos… via @serenebutterfly
#FNDAware #FNDAwarenessDay
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Mar 19
🗞️ New #blogpost : Health #News [ 19/03/26 ] 🗞️
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From the #Meningitis B outbreak & #US childhood #vaccine proposals, to the #UK #Covid enquiry & the Scottish Assisted Dying Bill vote.
#blog #blogger #chronicillness #Health #healthcare #NHS #rfk #wellness
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Mar 17
"Raising awareness on how certain ‘easy’ part-time jobs are not as simple as they sound. Factors & barriers that an abled-bodied, healthy person would not even have thought of as a problem" post by @AChVoice achronicvoice.com/part-time-…
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Mar 15
Turning Sixty ~ Life, Laughter and Memories
You don't turn 60 every day, so I thought I'd share a blog post with a few snippets of my life.
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Mar 13
"Hope and chronic illness are inseparable — hope is what keeps me moving forward, even when my body tries to hold me back." brainlesionandme.com/magic-o… via @serenebutterfly
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Mar 11
"They accuse people w #ChronicIllness who stay home all day for being ‘lazy’. That they aren’t trying hard enough, or lack willpower and self-respect, or that we’re letting our ‘ego’ of working a menial #job hold us back": buff.ly/tE5clel #society #ableism #disability
ALT The Stigma of Chronic Illness People Being Too ‘Lazy’ or ‘Proud’ to Work Part-Time Jobs. a chronic voice .com
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#NewBlogPost Living with #ChronicPain or #chronicillness can bring unexpected emotions. Many people also experience feelings of #embarrassment or even #shame — feelings that can be difficult to talk about.
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Feb 28
How to Adjust to Life With Chronic Illness: 15 Things No One Tells You thethrivingspoonie.com/15-th…
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