One of the things that can be most disempowering for people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS / ME) and other chronic illnesses is the lack of an income – or a significant reduction in income – due their health condition. I certainly know it has been for me. Not … [Read more...]
The Dilemma of Pain – An Unusual Choice
(What follows started as a journal entry last night when I was really feeling the burden of my electrosensitivity pain. It turned into a blog because I want to show other people living with chronic pain that I struggle with this chronic pain life as much as anyone else, but I … [Read more...]
Refuse To Be A Victim of CFS / ME
I am not a victim of CFS / ME. In the early days I was, but for some time now I have relinquished my victim status. I refuse to be a victim of anything in life, especially an illness. I feel very passionately about refusing to be a victim of my life circumstances. It might … [Read more...]
My Top 5 Pain Management Strategies … and a Bonus One!
There is so much information on the net about how to manage pain, but I can really only speak from my own experience with any authority. In time, I plan to examine the current psychological literature and do an easily-digestible review of this, but for now I thought I would talk … [Read more...]
When It All Seems Too Hard – The Tough Days of CFS / ME & Electrosensitivity Pain
I'm sure you all have days like I've had today. Those days when it all just seems too hard. The pain, the fatigue, the digestive and bowel problems (yep, those bits nobody wants to hear about!). It all just seems never-ending at times, and sometimes even makes you want to … [Read more...]