Body positivity with a Chronic Illness
Hi everyone! I have been hit full in the face with this over the last couple of weeks and it is something most people can identify with. I love my celebrities however my favourite actress is Nina Dobrev who somehow manages to be skinny, toned and have curves! I love my muscular men like Jamie Dornan, but I know my hubby sees them and wishes he could look like them! Every TV show, film, magazine etc tells us we need to be muscular to be a sexy male and skinny and toned to be a sexy woman…though boobs and a big bum are a must! I have seen things about women…
Health update and some advice?
Hey everybody! So this week has been tiring, I do not know why but my fatigue seems the worst it has been in so long and I am struggling to keep up. Naps and lots of sitting down between tasks is the only way to go I just wish I could have more days up on my feet so I could get things done and do my hobbies! Monday I had an appointment at Stafford hospital it was a follow up after my drop to anaemia happened so suddenly at the start of last year. In the summer I had cameras to investigate for things like tumours and ulcers that…
Dealing with broken resolutions when chronically ill
Hey everybody! So how are those resolutions doing? It is the 7th so a week into January and I have broken some of my resolutions and in the past this has led me to giving up throwing in the towel and declaring resolutions to be a waste of time. However this year I have come to realise that when you have chronic pain and chronic fatigue it is incredibly difficult if not impossible to determine how you will feel from day to day. Yesterday I was feeling pretty good I got up I did yoga, then I meditated, read my bible, and then I cleaned the living room. My dad…
Trying to keep up with my dreams
Hey everybody! Hope you all had a good few days? How are the resolutions going? Mine are doing well I have managed to do the yoga 30 day challenge every day but today and I am so proud of myself for that. I knew that with my fatigue and pain levels doing it every day would not be possible, but I will do my best and that is all I can ask of myself. Yesterday I did yoga, but then I started to feel so so tired and my pain spiked, I had a very nice dinner and then I had a bath in one of my Lush bath melts…
A fresh slate
Happy New Year everybody!! So today I want to talk about moving forwards instead of what I have been up to over the last few days! Today is the 1st day of 2017 and I want to wipe everything away from 2016 and just look ahead and make some plans and promises to myself for the year ahead… I want to grow this blog: I have recently joined the Chronic Illness Bloggers Network and the Fibro Blogger Directory and these are just the first steps. I have a ton of articles saved at my Pinterest that I am going to actually read and implement. It can be hard to talk about…
Christmas day with chronic illness
Hey guys! First of all I want to say that I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day if you celebrate and that you are enjoying the holiday season! My Christmas day was really nice, I honestly was very tearful Christmas eve because of missing my Grandad and wishing he was here. However, Christmas day my Dad and his girlfriend Linda bought my Nan over and we opened presents. I made everything I gave this year and I think they liked them, I did get the feeling they preferred the presents they got from Linda’s daughter Heidi because they talked about them a lot all day and never mentioned…
Cinema and christmas with chronic illness
Hey everybody Merry Christmas and Blessed Yule!! YESTERDAY I GOT TO SEE ROGUE ONE!!!! (No spoilers) It was amazing we saw it in 3D which I highly recommend because some of the scenes really pop out and you feel more a part of it. I fell in love with Jyn Erso she was badass and incredible so inspiring and I just love females taking charge and Star Wars is always good with those characters. I will say though that there were parts I struggled with there were a few places with shots looking down from ridiculously high places. I suffer with vertigo and I have a lot of dizzy spells…
Going out when you have a chronic illness
Hi everybody! Last night we went out you can see the evidence in the picture lol! I say that because I have my illnesses and Lee is on epilepsy medication and because of that we tend to not go out very often at night. We both find it difficult, Lee because he gets very tired in the evening and me because I get extreme back and shoulder pain in the evening so I generally get into bed early and watch TV. However, tomorrow is my Dad’s 70th birthday so we all went out for a meal, there were about 21 of us there and it was so nice. I got…
Trouble hearing
Hi everybody! So for about a month now I have had trouble hearing, this happens about twice a year for me and I put drops in for about a week then go see the nurse at my local doctors surgery and they syringe my ears. I am sure when I was a kid they should have done something to help but they didn’t so this is my life lol. So anyway I have been trying to get an appointment for three weeks which meant I could barely hear and then the other day I had a bath and my ears popped! Then I could hear and now I can hear…
Rediscovering baths
Hey everybody! So I have not had an actual bath in years, mainly because I am scared of falling and it is a pain having to have someone help you in and out of it. I did use to have a bath lift but it was not comfortable and you couldn’t have a nice soak using it so I lost interest and stopped having them. Then I watched a Lush haul video by one of my favourite You Tubers and I thought well they have nice products, kind to animals and they turn the water fun colours! So I got on the internet and I ordered some of their bath…