Living with chronic pain or disability is difficult. It can be overwhelming. But, I tried to find enjoyment in life despite it.
On Friday night, while watching television, I saw a woman in her early forties tell the world that she had been diagnosed with cancer. That woman was Catherine, the Princess of Wales. But I didn't see a Princess. I saw a woman who looked tired and afraid. But most of all, I saw a Mum …
Continue reading Everyone Deserves Privacy…Including the Royal Family
Happy New Year to everyone. I am sending you my very best wishes and hope you have better health and lots of happiness. Hopefully, good things happen for you in 2024 and I truly hope that you can look forward with enthusiasm despite your pain or chronic health condition. I think I say this every …
Continue reading Look Forward With Enthusiasm – Happy New Year
I wrote a few weeks ago that I wanted to take a blogging break to focus more on myself and get my art journey back up and running. However, I didn't want to let October go by without writing a post as it is Facial Pain Awareness Month and the 7th of October is Trigeminal …
Continue reading Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day And Facial Pain Awareness Month
I was contacted a few weeks ago by Wave Health to ask if I would consider using and reviewing their health-tracking app. The Wave Health App was created after one of the company's founders was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The app was initially created specifically for people undergoing cancer treatment. However, the company then realised …
I've not been blogging much lately. In fact, it's over two months since I last published a post and I have been somewhat absent on social media and on my trigeminal neuralgia support group too. In the past, that would have driven me nuts. But this time it hasn't. In fact, I have felt quite …
Continue reading It’s Important to Focus on Ourselves Sometimes