I have wanted to write this for a long time. I simply have lacked the words to express my journey with my invisible illnesses and mobility issues. You know I write better than I speak. Since I was first diagnosed, I have been grappling with the changes that needed to be made and the hard […]
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Every Little Thing Helps!
Fibromyalgia flares are ruthless and many times, we do not recognise them as they are our companions. The intensity varies person to person. Many of us are forced to shop online; and those who have carers support get their bits and pieces in. For me, there are things that I cannot just click a button […]
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The 2 of Me – Fibromyalgia Awareness May 2019
Every time the Fibromyalgia Awareness month comes around, I tend to feel inadequate to explain my physical pain or inspire those whose journey is so very different from mine. It has been close to 7 years since I started living with Chronic pain and 5 years since I got the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and Chronic […]
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Your Body and Your Mind – Mental Health Week 2019
The month of May has brought us back into another awareness discussion: “the body and the mind”. As an Ambassador of the Nous, my contribution was a write up on my thoughts on the subject. My reflection led me to mentally canvass the changes in the way the female body particularly has been viewed and […]
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Faith/Religion and Mental Health
The Nous, a UK non-profit organisation, will be hosting a programme on the Role of Faith/Religion and mental health this weekend. As I sit staring into the dark, I cannot help but consider how my attitude towards Christians changed since I was diagnosed with depression and fibromyalgia. The story of the Good Samaritan pops in […]
Your immune system and Fibro/Depression
Last November I went out to visit my doctor for my annual medication review. I was suffering with intermittent pain and my medication was not effective at certain hours of the day. After our chat and changing the medication to an 8-hour dispensation, I asked about my blood work. Due to the guinea pig feeling […]