I've had a Kindle for as long as I've had my chronic pain and I absolutely love it. It's easy to hold, easy to use, and helps me manage my chronic pain. I can get comfy lying down If you're familiar with my story and regularly read my blog posts, you'll know that I have … Continue reading How my Kindle helps me manage my chronic pain
Socialising when you have chronic pain can be a real struggle. Going out for meals, attending weddings, or work events can be hard. Family, friends, and colleagues often don't know the difficulties we face when we put on a brave face and try and join in. Like I mentioned in a previous blog post why … Continue reading Socialising with chronic pain: the struggles I have that people don’t know about
I've had a Kindle for the last few years and I absolutely love it. Admittedly, you can't beat a proper book, but a Kindle comes a very close second and is the ideal product to help with my chronic pain. I've recently bought myself a new Kindle Voyage. My previous one was the Kindle Keyboard … Continue reading Why my Kindle is good for my chronic pain
I saw that I was tagged in this blog post by Nicola at Nicola J Ogston and the title immediately grabbed my attention. My belief is that my pain should not be the focus of my life, so as much as I enjoy writing my blog and sharing my experiences about life with chronic pain, … Continue reading You behind the illness (tag)
Socialising when you have chronic pain can be a bit of a struggle. Recently I've been to a work's lunch 'do', spent time with my family, and to a wedding. It's really got me thinking about the whats?and whys?of coping with my pain when with family and friends. Like I mentioned in a previous blog … Continue reading Chronic pain and socialising: the things my friends and family don?t know
Everyone has their ups and downs. I don't know why, but I've noticed this a lot more this last week, so I thought I'd do a quick blog post on it. The Ups Every day I write down something to go in my happy box - something positive from the day to remember and look … Continue reading Life with chronic pain: the ups and downs of my week
I've had chronic pain for over 5 years now. I'd love to say that it hasn't changed me and that I'm still the old me, but this isn't true. It's not a bad thing that I've changed, but I know I'm different in some ways than before I started dealing with daily pain. It's bound … Continue reading How my chronic pain has changed me
In my last post I talked about the first two years of my chronic pain journey before surgery. I found it a hard post to publish as it was a tough journey but it?s also a very personal one. The purpose of it is for you to get to know more about me and my … Continue reading My chronic pain journey after surgery
Yesterday I conquered one of my fears and completed my first solo session at the gym. In fact, while I was writing the first draft of this blog post I was still there, sat in the cafe area. Recovering. My glasses were still steaming from the sweat on my face. My workout Ok, it sounds … Continue reading 5 things I?ve learnt at the gym
It's taken me a few weeks to get my blog set up and at the point where I'm happy with it. I'm new to all this - blogging, website design, WordPress - so it's taken a little longer than planned. But here it is, my first blog post about why I'm blogging about my life … Continue reading My first blog post: why I’m blogging about my pain