This week I can’t get the idea of running a retreat out of my mind. I’ve always wanted to be running retreats but this week it feels different, less of an ephemeral idea and more of a reality in the making. In the past the idea of running a retreat was all about offering opportunities … Read more
The nominations keep rolling in It’s a bit mind blowing that I’ve now been nominated in 7 categories of the WEGO health awards. Thank you so much to all of you who have chosen to recognise my contribution with nominations and endorsements. It feels so nice, if a little uncomfortable. Brought up on a cocktail … Read more
How to prioritise when you don’t have much energy for self-help This is an edited post I originally wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there in June 2018. The fact that there are more than 101 ways to tackle energy limiting chronic illness has its upside and its downside. On the one hand there is … Read more
Time Restricted Feeding I’ve had gut health problems now for about 12 years. I didn’t have problems during the 5 years of my first incidence of ME/CFS. They all started about 3 months after the illness had hit me the second time, after taking prolonged antibiotics for a tooth infection. I first became aware that … Read more
…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
