Welcome to my first Christmas Gift Guide, my loves. This one is especially for my chronically ill readers, or if you know someone who has a chronic illness and are unsure what to purchase for them. We’re not difficult, give us some pyjamas and we’ll be buzzing. 1. Soft Fleece Grey Snowflakes Lounge Pants |…
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Oesophageal Tests: The Day Of
Last month or the month before I headed over to Glenfield hospital in Leicester for oesophageal manometry and pH tests. I was meant to have them both on the same day, however, when I got to the hospital, the machine was faulty, so I had to go back a few weeks later. It was pretty…
10 Reasons I’m Awesome BECAUSE OF My Disability NOT Despite It
Do you know what I’m sick of seeing? ‘Oh <insert persons name here> is so lovely despite their disability’. As someone that identifies as disabled, that one word, ‘despite’ infuriates me so much. Why can’t they just be lovely? What does their disability have to do with anything? Using that shitty little D-word is so…
My Personal Independence Payment Assessment and Decision
Back in February the brown envelope of doom landed on my doorstep. I wasn’t expecting it so wasn’t struck with anxiety when I opened it but as soon as I read the first few lines the panic set in. It’s no word of a lie how much fear the assessment process is for disabled people…
I Want To Write But I Can’t
You may or may not have noticed that for the last few months my blogging schedule has become pretty nonexistent. I’m very much a routine person, I always have been, I like to do things a certain way and on a particular day, I just find it works better for me but lately I’ve been…
Gastroscopy: The Day Of
After I wrote a detailed post about my last MRI scan a few people stated that they liked that kind of post and if I had any other procedures to write about those too. So here I am sharing all the secrets to my latest test at the Endoscopy Unit. I had a gastroscopy which is…
Love Island and Why I’m Glad I Don’t Have To Date in Modern Society
Similar to last year, I’m very much hooked on Love Island. I’m a total reality TV junkie; it’s not even a guilty pleasure of mine, it’s purely pleasure and I fucking love it. Tell me it’s staged, tell me it’s shit, I don’t really care, I still watch it and I’ll no doubt forever be…
MRI Scan: The Day Of
I’ve been hella lucky to have two MRI scans (sense the sarcasm?) within six weeks of each other. I usually have at least one per year and have done since I was a teenager, yet they still bother me. I’m claustrophobic and they freak me out; so a few weeks ago I wrote a post…
Me, Myself and My Hair, Spoonie Style
I’ve had quite a lot of hairstyles and various colours throughout the years, and I must admit I haven’t always taken the best care of my hair. For some reason unbeknown to me (could it be the faulty collagen with EDS doing me a service?), my hair has consistently looked in good condition and had…
Mental Health Is As Important As Physical Health
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and I wanted to continue the conversation about MH. It’s been a few months since I talked about it, and to be quite honest, I thought I was doing good. Then my physical health took a turn for the worse, and a few things online triggered me and knocked me…