September is Pain Awareness Month and this year the theme is Let’s Talk About Pain. We’re almost into the third week of September already, so I’m a wee bit late to the party! But in a way, that’s kind of fitting. Pain has a bad habit of getting in the…
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Searching For a Diagnosis: Chasing the Cure
Do you ever watch those medical dramas on television and think, “Why can’t my doctor be like that?” They’re pretty amazing, aren’t they? Patients come to them searching for a diagnosis and those doctors pull out all the stops to get answers. ‘House’, ‘The Good Doctor’, ‘Holby City’ – the…
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How to get Help in a Trigeminal Neuralgia Emergency
Despite taking medication correctly, trigeminal neuralgia can sometimes flare to unbearable levels. Things that normally help, like heat pads and cool packs, might not work. Sufferers use coping techniques like breathing, relaxation and distraction, but the pain still soars. They haven’t been able to eat, drink or sleep for days….
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Pain Can Steal A Sense Of Purpose
Everyone who lives with chronic pain or illness knows how much it takes away. I could certainly write a long list. Health conditions can often just sneak into people’s lives like a thief and steal so much from them. One thing it can steal is a sense of purpose. I…
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Supporting ME/CFS Sufferers
I have met a lot of new friends since joining the Chronic Illness Bloggers community. As well as writing being therapeutic for us, many of us blog to try to help other people with the same condition and also to try to bring some awareness. This week I wanted to…
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What is Life Like with Chronic Pain?
If you read my distractions post, you’ll know I’m keen on A – Zs, so I decided to make an A – Z to describe what life is like with chronic pain. Counteracting Negatives with Positives Partway through writing this, I realised that the A – Z was quite negative…
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Supporting People on Rare Disease Day
It can take a lot of courage to discuss health issues with friends and family, but sometimes people put their own health in the public spotlight to help others. This awareness is especially important when it comes to people who are living with a rare disease. When people are living…
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Why We Need to Support Rare Disease Day
Rare Disease Day, which takes place on the last day of February, was first set up in 2008, with awareness events taking place in just eighteen countries. Last year, 90 countries took part. To bring awareness to Rare Disease Day, I’d like to share a few stories from people who…
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What is Life Like With Coeliac Disease?
In December 2017, I was given a diagnosis of coeliac disease, which meant cutting out all gluten from my diet. It came as quite a shock at the time as I didn’t have the typical stomach problems (often diarrhoea, nausea and bloating) which tend to come with coeliac disease. While…