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
Some people probably assume that when you have chronic pain, you can?t go on holiday. It can be difficult stepping outside your comfort zone and your safe environment of home, but there are often things that you can do to help make it easier. Here are my top tips for going on holiday to help … Continue reading Tips for going on holiday when you have chronic pain
A few blog posts back I wrote about why I'm having to join the gym to help with my neck pain. It seems to have been a long time coming, but after several months of what feels like wasted gym membership fees, numerous conversations about what I should and shouldn't be doing, and having the … Continue reading My workout journey: what I?m doing to help my chronic pain
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
It's that time of year where we all have a million and one things to do. Having chronic pain and coping with daily activities can be challenging enough, but when you add the 'Christmas to do list' to the mix, then things can get that little bit tougher. Here are a few ways how I … Continue reading How I?m helping myself this Christmas
This post contains affiliate links.? I've been using a coccyx cushion for over 5 years now. I don't have a coccyx anymore, but a cushion helps me when I'm sitting. I went out with some friends to a local Chinese restaurant last week and I decided to take my cushion with me and it's got … Continue reading Coccyx cushion: pain v embarrassment
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
Everyone's pain is different and everyone copes in different ways. I've had my endometriosis pain for nearly 20 years and my sitting disability and other pains for over 5 years. During that time I have had to learn ways to cope with chronic pain rather than fight it and question why I've got it. Below … Continue reading 10 ways to cope with chronic pain