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ME and Pain
I am in ridiculous amounts of pain at the moment, it is going right through me and I can’t tell if it’s my back or my stomach or both! It was the same yesterday, it is making me feel really sick too. It was like this yesterday and painkillers didn’t help, so trying to avoid…
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ME and guilt
Been feeling really guilty and anxious this weekend. There is a lot going on and I am dependent on Rob to get things done, which makes me feel bad as he has a full time job and deserves a break at weekends, but weekends get so manic trying to fit things in and keep up…
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Another year older
Thank you to everyone for my birthday and anniversary messages. We went out for lunch at http://2oxfordplace.com/ and went to see a small exhibition at Thackray Medical Museum http://wellcomecollection.org/…/georgie-meadows-stitched-dr…. I had a party tea with Emily. I felt pretty rubbish by the end of the day, it’s a shame ME doesn’t give us one day off! Rob got me…
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Anniversaries
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May Makes
With all the ME stuff and doom and gloom I feel like I haven’t done anything else. Just to prove to myself here is what I made in May Made using an image from Pinterest, stitched with metallic thread and eyes and nose coloured with pencil. Made with an Iris card from Dee Craft and ribbons. Using…
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ME and Me
I am really wound up today, my heart is pounding, probably from sitting in Drs waiting room for over an hour, it was noisy, bright and uncomfortable, I feel rubbish and want to be able to rest to cope with Emily later, all I ever seem to do is ask her to be quieter calm…
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ME vs Cancer
Here is a great article about a fellow sufferer Jenny Andrews, who has had both ME and cancer and her experiences of the difference in attitude and treatment between the two and her descriptions of having ME. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2861107/I-d-CANCER-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-Woman-s-battled-condition-10-years-says-people-unfairly-labelled-attention-seekers.html There are some great quotes“Jose Montoya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and a leading expert…
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All Princessed out
Last few days, May Offer, any orders for cards or bracelets, money will be donated to ME fundraising. Items won’t be made until June though, due to school holidays, check out http://www.craftyjanes.co.uk/gallery.shtml and https://www.pinterest.com/emilysmummy/made-by-me/ for ideas. My current total for the fundraising is £459.01 plus gift aid of £92.98, which is £551.99! The Princess team total is over £5,000…
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Count your blessing
ME awareness week has really got me down, I need to start counting my blessings and being grateful for what I can do rather than what I can’t do and what has been taken away from me. I also need to stop letting other people’s judgements make me feel bad, it’s impossible to live up…
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Story behind the photos!
Every picture tells a story or so they say, or the camera never lies, but in this case the pictures were not telling the truth. They show happy faces, they show peace, they show fun. They don’t show the pain, the difficulty getting ready and getting there, the payback for doing it, the effects of…