spoonie Archives – Page 27 of 27 – My Brain Lesion and Me

In 1969, the Swiss American psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross published her groundbreaking book called 'On Death and Dying'. In the book, she introduced the now famous 'Five Stages of Grief'. Her theory suggested that there are five stages of adjustment after a loss, which are: Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance The theory described the five stages of grief concerning the mourning of a loved one. However, these five stages have also been used to describe many areas that involve a loss. These five stages of...

Chronic Illness, Writing Challenges

The Ingredients of being chronically ill

Jul 22. 2013

I was reading the Weekly Writing Challenge over at Wordpress 'The Daily Post' and I loved the idea of writing a recipe to describe someone and thought maybe I could use this prompt to write a recipe to describe the life of a chronically ill patient! So here it goes: Recipe for a Chronically Ill Person Main Dish: 4 cups of pain 2 tablespoons of dizziness 3 cups of fatigue 1 teaspoon of depression 2 afternoon naps 8 oz. of determination and strength Pinch of wobbly legs 2 oz of...

Chronic Illness

Lost the Battle, but will win the war

Jun 11. 2013

Today I am participating in WordPress Daily Prompt Challenge. I have never done so before, but after seeing today's prompt, I decided to do so, as it fits in nicely with what my blog is all about - me living with my neurological condition. The prompt is entitled 'Take Care' and asks the following: When you’re unwell, do you allow others to take care of you, or do you prefer to soldier on alone? What does it take for you to...

Chronic Illness, Writing Challenges

HAWMC 2013 Day 11: Why I love to Tweet!

Apr 11. 2013

Welcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists. Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based upon prompts given. Today’s prompt is as follows: Write about your favourite social network. Do you love Twitter? Facebook? Pinterest? Why? I can be found on most social networks - Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and Instagram! Facebook used...

Chronic Illness

Summer’s Here!…And worsening of some symptoms??

Jul 27. 2012

Hello, Everyone! I hope you are doing well and are AWAP (as well as possible!) and I hope that everyone has been able to enjoy the great weather we've had (granted, for those of us in the UK, it's only been a week or so!). Anyway, although it has been delightful to see bright blue skies and the feeling of warm sunshine on my skin, the hot weather and particularly the humidity at night has been playing havoc with the symptoms...