Electric Mayhem!
You may remember Kermit, Kermit was my lifeline when my eldest started school. It was the only way I could ferry her to and from school. It was a way to get out of the house without being reliant on others.
M.E. Awareness Month
May is ME Awareness month, more specifically May 12th is ME Awareness day.
This is the time when many ME sufferers do a giant push of fundraising and awareness building. This year there are many fundraising ideas out there, but I couldn’t decide what to do.
This is me.
This is me, take me or leave me. I am a shy person who occasionally does bold things like dye my hair blue, or shave it all off. I took GCSE drama, performed in the school choir, and love to dance, yet one of the things I hate most is getting up in front of […]
Scared
Earlier today I wrote a post about having my hair cut off, which is all very well and good and some may find interesting, but it has totally masked how I am actually feeling about life at the moment. Last week my youngest started school. The school run generally I struggle with and on my […]
Confessions of a hairless ME
Well it has been one week since I took the plunge and shaved all my hair off! In the week leading up to the event people kept stopping me and asking if I was nervous – I was not. Then people seemed keen to come and watch, so I opened it up to have people […]
Sponsored Head shave
I was first diagnosed with ME when I was 16. I was lucky enough to spend most of my 20s in good health, but unfortunately nearly 3 years ago this awful illness struck me down again. Very little was known about ME when I was 16, and not much more is known about it now. […]
Holiday ramblings
The end of this week sees the beginning of the summer holidays for my children. This brings with it a range of emotions, pride, relief, sadness, frustration. My eldest will be going up to year 2 and excitedly started her new class this morning. My youngest will be starting year R in September. I am […]
Different types of tired
Through having M.E. I have come to learn that there are different types of tired. In everyday life;There’s the satisfyingly tired where you’ve been busy, exercised, achieved things and are then worn out by the end of the day.Then there’s the frustratingly ill tired where you can’t move no matter how much you want to […]
Health anxiety = Hypochondriac?
I’ve been wanting to go and see my doctor for a while. I’ve been putting it off a bit as I have been feeling so unwell and when I have felt up to it she hasn’t been available.Eventually made an appointment with a two week wait. Great, lots of time to prepare. So I make […]
