the truth about chronic illness
I know what you're thinking... How did we get to week 7 - it was like yesterday when you wrote "Calorie Addict". No it was actually at the start of September. At the time, I'd just done a lot of thinking and writing and thinking, so I had a few posts scheduled. It has in fact ...
My name is Amanda - and I’m addicted to food. Oh, and I have a chronic digestive disease that tries to kill me every so often. I really wanted to start off this post by blaming everything but myself for the situation I’m in. I really did. I even thought about what I would say. But ...
I had a very interesting experience the other day. I was called a social climber. I was called this by someone formally in my life, who I drifted away from, in amongst a tirade of abuse which focused on how selfish I was for not helping them with their problems. Wow. I’m going to admit I wasn’t ...
I don’t want to get caught up in the story of my last job. Part of being able to let go of the past is getting it out of my system and leaving it there - which I was able to finally do in, Truth be Told. Did I hate people from there? Yes. Without a ...
So I'm in a situation... and it's one of those good/bad situations. Since going back on the Mercaptopurine in April I've had a very long list of side effects. The worst being fatigue. Crohn's comes with a healthy dose of fatigue to start with - which makes sense, it's Auto-Immune so your body is fighting a ...
Last week a celebrity personality posted on her very public, very large social media platform that she will be having a home birth with a midwife, raising her child as a vegan… and will not be vaccinating. That personality is the heavily pregnant Kat Von D. I was totally with her (not necessarily agreeing, but with ...
Let’s go back in time almost 10 years. Back to when I was first diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. I was angry. And I was entitled to be angry - anger is one of the stages of loss. I had just lost my “old life” so I was working through the grief process. One thing that used ...
I've had a real struggle the last two weeks. I've had Influenza A for a while now and every little action has been harder than it should be. Getting up is hard. Working my main job is hard. Working my second job is hard. Housekeeping is hard. Relating to people is hard. It's all been harder ...
So here I am... on a Tuesday, middle of the day... at home. Am I sick? No - well kinda, but that's a longer story. No, I am officially unemployed for the first time in my adult life. I shouldn't say that. I am actually self employed... but I think that's just semantics at this point. What ...
Self Respect is defined as pride and confidence in oneself. I'm so sad. Not depressed, no I don't mean depressed. I mean sad. Like I don't feel like I can possibly manage a smile. Like the slightest word would have be burst into tears. Sad. It started last week while I was applying for leave. Leave, ...
