ME/CFS Holistic Coach
…with suggestions from my fellow chronic illness bloggers (Apologies to my male readers, this one isn’t likely to interest you) When you have a chronic illness and have to rest a lot, comfortable clothing is really important. I live in loungewear. Underwear is equally important, but where I have a real problem is with bras. … Read more
When you have an illness like ME/CFS, that affects your nervous system, it can be really difficult to switch off the stress response, even after the stress has passed. Sometimes the stress isn’t even what others would recognise as stress, it can simply be a case of the demands of life outweighing your resources, in … Read more
Gluten Free, Low Lactose, No Added Sugar Sometimes, despite many food intolerances, you just have a craving for something special and a bit more normal than the unprocessed healthy diet you usually have to stick with. I’ve become adept at making the healthiest possible ‘damage limitation’ treats that are almost as good as the real … Read more
This morning I woke up to two of my symptoms being worse than normal. I could feel the congestion of my allergies and I had a really sore and swollen gut from something I shouldn’t have eaten yesterday, and I felt miserable. Every day since my vaccine, I keep hoping I’ll wake up feeling a … Read more
A story of life with ME/CFS Towards the end of two weeks of being able to do very little, after my Covid jab, I was getting a little cabin fever. It didn’t help that we’d had a couple of rainy weeks before the vaccination and I hadn’t been going out for my (very short) walks. … Read more
I was quite surprised when I received the text to book my second vaccination as it was only 8 weeks since I’d had the first. Most people here, have a 12-week gap between their two doses. Another inconvenient anomaly was that I was only offered appointments on the following day. Usually this would not be … Read more
A few years ago, for ME/CFS awareness month, I took part in a blog chain called #ThisIsME set up by the lovely Louise, the ‘Get up and Go Guru’. Today I wanted to start writing an awareness post for ME/CFS Awareness month but I was at a bit of a loss for where to start … Read more
When you have a chronic illness all the things you have to do to be as happy and healthy as possible can add up to being a full-time job. Because there is no cure, we work hard at finding ways to offer some relief, improve our health and adapt to our new normal. There are … Read more
Recently I downloaded a free tracking app to measure my walks (map my walks). Unfortunately, because of my poor health last year, I’d gotten to a point that I was very easily crashing when choosing just a slightly longer walk, for my daily gentle exercise. I decided that if I did all 3 of my … Read more
It doesn’t have to be that way! When you have a chronic illness like ME/CFS there are many mornings when you wake up and just know that you’re not doing as well as your normal. Or sometimes your very important morning routine gets interrupted and you just know that it’s going to affect your carefully … Read more
