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
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
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