There are so many things to be frustrated about when you live with chronic pain and / or chronic fatigue. As soon as your pain becomes ‘chronic’, the level of explanation needed just to get across to family, friends, doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers, what you’re experiencing can mean that you spend most of yourContinue reading “Pain bias – why is everything collectively coined as ‘backache’?”
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Mental illness emergency breaks – being brave enough to stop.
Since cave people prized open their bleary eyes at the dawn of human-time, readying themselves for another day of hunting and gathering, there was only ever one goal, one desire, one dream, for the end of their evening. Was it charring and devouring their fleshy prize? No. Was it seeing friends and talking about tomorrowsContinue reading “Mental illness emergency breaks – being brave enough to stop.”
Chronic Pain – a new diagnostic chapter
Well, it’s officially 2023 and I’m sure many of you are feeling as redundant as I am about what the future holds. These are not simple times. But my fear of external catastrophies, things I have absolutely no control over, has forced me to find the silver lining on every charcoal cloud. So when IContinue reading “Chronic Pain – a new diagnostic chapter”
The Chronic Pain Cyclone – Agony to Misery
I know I talk a lot, loads, infinitely, about pain. But, as anyone living with chronic pain will understand, it’s impossible to ignore. It imapcts and defines every second of your existence as you try and navigate life without making it worse. You wake up at night without a moment to feel dopey because theContinue reading “The Chronic Pain Cyclone – Agony to Misery”
Chronic pain – the drugs don’t work
They just make you worse. You know the song, but imagine living it. Imagine relying on medication that isn’t effective when all you want it to do is allow you to get to the toilet without pain. For those of us living with chronic pain, this is the norm. Trial and error of prescription medicationContinue reading “Chronic pain – the drugs don’t work”
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