Tag: arthritis
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BlogMas Day 2 – 12 Days Of Christmas Chronic Illness Style
On the 12th day of Christmas, chronic illness gave to me 12 breakfast tablets, 11 early nights, 10 pred rages, 9 fill your faces, 8 doctor visits, 7 bouts of brain fog, 6 non-alcoholic cocktails, 5 swollen joints, 4 heat pads, 3 bag leaks, 2 stool samples, and a blockage cuz I ate nuts!
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What Is Body Confidence?
I was in a relationship for years with a man who I believe may have narcissistic tendancies. A man who emotionally abused me. First, came the love bombing. The constant adoration, the you are so amazing and look, so am I taking you on expensive holidays and dates (which to be honest, are not really…
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Sex With An Ostomy (and numerous other health issues)
So after doing the deed the other night I couldn’t help but lay there giggling. Luckily, it wasn’t a reflection on the sex which was, as always, very good, but I realised that between us me and Ste had ‘on’ two ostomy bags, a Peg-J tube and three heat pads. I see many people on…
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Arthritis In Your Hands – Tricks, Tips and Exercises
Arthritis is a painful condition that causes inflammation in the joints. Around ten million people are affected in the UK of all ages. Some people have a couple of joints affected and some people have it in multiple joints all over their body. I am one of those lucky souls that has it in pretty…
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An Update…
Good evening! Thought I would do a post to update you all on things that have been happening lately, rather than do lots of little posts about everything. My health has been pretty up and down but I’m still trying to keep a smile on my face as always. Firstly some of you would have…
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Methotrexate
Low dose Methotrexate (25mg or less once a week) is used to treat a range of joint, skin and bowel conditions. This includes rheumatoid diseases, Crohn’s disease and severe psoriasis. In higher doses it is used to treat cancer. I was put on Methotrexate when I was 14 years of age. I remember it being the first time…
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Not Every Disability Is Visible
There has been a big push for these signs to be displayed on all disabled toilets recently but it sadly appears not everywhere has caught up and awareness, even amongst the disabled community is lacking. People with Crohns and Ulcerative Colitis often need to make multiple bathroom trips a day. They suffer severe diarrhoea episodes…
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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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The Spoonie Mummy 