the truth about chronic illness
The only time I’ve left the house is to go to Masters, Bunnings, the Bowl, or work. We’re still sleeping, eating and working in our living room. I’m completely and undeniably over it. I don’t know where ANYTHING is anymore… I can’t find clean clothes… I can’t find what I put down 5 minutes before, thanks to ...
So remember when I wrote about my whereabouts for the last few weeks? I finished saying we had to paint our architraves and skirting boards and it was going to take 2 days. Surprise, Surprise I’m still eating, living, sleeping and working in my living area. I haven’t slept properly in 16 days now…. my ...
One of the major things I'm criticised for both with my social outlets (my blogs) and professions is my lack of attention to spelling and grammar. I'm the first person to admit this short-falling - I even admit it in interviews or at new client meetings. Why? Because I know I have the issue. There are a ...
Where have I been for the last few weeks.... Trying to swallow the huge mouthful I decided to bite off on behalf of both Stocker and I. Last year - we made a decision that has heavily impacted our well being. We decided that we no longer wanted to live where we are. I'm not talking ...
"I get you more now, your like an Island of one.... You had to be." This is so messy. I debated for a long time whether to put it down - but I feel like it's been rolling around in my head for a while so perhaps it's a good time to get it out in ...
Medication. It's pretty much how I set my clock. I take a bunch in the morning, a bunch at night and it fluctuates depending on how sick I am. Right now I'm taking a new medication to try and regulate my heart rate - which admittedly has been totally out of control. It's taken me a long ...
Warning: This post is probably going to contain some of the most graphic language I have ever used in a blog in my entire life. Why? Because I'm not sure my regular, every day words can express my disgust at what's happened to me in the last few days. I was born into this world broken. And ...
I'm a stress eater. I always have been and I venture to say I always will be. It's a problem I know I have but it's also a cycle I haven't been able to break 33 years. The last 8 months for me have been the very definition of stress. I've been juggling two very intense ...
I, like many people who live with chronic or invisible illness, enjoy travelling. Since my diagnosis we've kept our travel fairly local choosing destinations like Fiji and New Zealand (which has reciprocal health care with Australia). We've done this because my illness has been unpredictable and also because we haven't had the cash stream to ...
I have had a volatile relationship with my parents for about the last... er.... 6 or 7 years. Why? You know, I'm not really sure. After my first divorce in 2004 I became pretty fiercely independent. To some extent, I think that's been a personality trait that has helped with my illness. In the last 2 ...
