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A Christmas Symbol of Life With Chronic Illness

Once again it's the most wonderful time of the year; and like the Christmases that have come before, we again have been inundated with various iconography associated with Christmas. Images such as Father Christmas, snow and Christmas trees adorn popular decorations, and greeting cards meant for the holidays. However, in my opinion, there is one particular image that is often associated with the Christmas season, which is a perfect representation of those living with chronic illnesses. What is it, you ask? It's the...

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Reasons For loving Winter

Oct 25. 2014

Winter can be hard for those living with chronic illness and chronic pain. But even despite this, however, there are still many reasons for loving winter. What Immediately Comes to Mind When You Think of Winter? When imagining winter, which words or images are conjured up in your mind? For many, they would answer with images such as the nights drawing in during the early evening. Heavy rain lashing against the windows. The sounds of the howling wind outside and fighting...

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Life is anything but a fairy tale…

Oct 09. 2014

Sorry for the recent lack of updates on the blog. Despite still being active on my social media sites, I, however, have struggled to find the time or energy to write a post for the blog. I had been experiencing good days during the last posts that I published. Still, unfortunately, as many of you living with a chronic illness will relate to, these good days do not last, and so my health has slowly regressed back and therefore bad...

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The one important component to survive a life with an invisible illness…

Sep 06. 2014

Imagine you are a marathon runner, struggling at the half-way mark. You are fatigued, suffering from muscle cramps and out of breath. However, you are determined to complete the marathon and cross the finish line. So, what spurs you onto the finish the marathon despite the pain and fatigue? I can imagine that one thought that would help is to know that the end is in sight and awareness that the pain and fatigue will eventually end. [caption id="attachment_72699" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Unlike marathon runners,...

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Holding on and letting go…

Mar 28. 2014

Living with a neurological can be difficult - at times, it can be bearable, with symptoms although always present, they are however manageable. At other times, however, symptoms are out of control; life feels as if you are on a battlefield - your condition and its symptoms are at war with your brain and the rest of your body. [Tweet "When symptoms are out of control, it can feel you are at war with your body"] During recent times, my experience living with a neurological...