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International Women’s Day
View recipe: International Women’s DayIt’s a late one but I didn’t want to let International Women’s Day pass without mentioning some of the amazing females in my life. Firstly…My amazing mum. She is one of the reasons I feel so strongly about supporting children, young people and their families through diagnosis and living with chronic illness now. I was…
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World Book Day With A Side Of Sadness
View recipe: World Book Day With A Side Of SadnessHaving chronic illnesses is bad enough but some days it feels crueller than others and it’s often just the little things. Being a mummy is literally my favourite thing in the world. I love everything about it, from the monumental first steps, to the seemingly routine bed time snuggle and storytimes every night. Today is…
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What A Difference A Fortnight Makes…
View recipe: What A Difference A Fortnight Makes…Today hasn’t been a great day – arthritis pain is at an all time high and is really taking it out if me. Luckily my belly is not behaving too badly so counting small blessings. It may sound shallow but I am struggling with the visible symptoms of my illnesses at the moment. Struggling to…
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So What Is A Spoonie?
View recipe: So What Is A Spoonie?“Is this woman making similarities between living with a chronic illness and hosting a fucking tea party?” Daniel Lee So yesterday when a good friend (and fellow Crohns patient) asked me this in his oh so Daniel Lee way, I realised not everyone will realise what a ‘spoonie’ is. Not even fellow spoonies it appears!…
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Well This Wasn’t Part Of The Plan!
View recipe: Well This Wasn’t Part Of The Plan!One minute you think you just need a day of rest…The next you are being admitted 🙈 Tonight I’m spending the night in hospital on IV steroids, fluids, pain meds and anti sickness awaiting gastro and rheumatology doctors to come sort me out on a proper medication regime in the morning to get this flare…
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It’s Time To Listen
View recipe: It’s Time To ListenToday is a day for listening to my body. Which is alot harder to do than most think! As a mummy I know I should be hoovering the house, doing the washing up, prepping tea etc. while the boys are at school. But my body is crying at me. Stop! And I’ve had to listen…
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An Introduction
View recipe: An IntroductionI wrote my first blog post almost 10 months ago, just after turning 30 and going through what was probably the toughest 8 months of my life. I then kept it to myself as I thought no one would want to read it! Fast forward to the present day and I realised at the weekend,…
PAIN IS TEMPORARY, QUITTING LASTS FROREVER
Showimg days cam still be happy, productive and well spent with chronic illness
Est. 2017
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Natalie AKA The Spoonie Mummy started the blog in 2017 to raise awareness of and support others living with chronic illness – with all the ups as well as downs. Read her bio
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