This post is in collaboration with YuYu Bottle Chronic pain is the bane of any person living with a chronic illness. A study in 2016 showed that around 43% of people in the UK have…
Chronic Illness
5 Self-care rituals for chronic illness
Self care comes in all forms. It’s not always easy, sometimes it’s really hard. It’s not always bubble baths and candles, but it can be that. Self care is different for each of us, but…
The Spoonie Diaries : Crohn’s Disease with Bryony Hopkins
I am so excited to have Bryony take over the Spoonie Diaries this week! I’ve followed Bryony for a long time now and always blown away by her positivity, but also how real she is…
Working with a chronic illness
Something I’ve worried about since I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease was working and whether I could have a ‘normal’ job. I put ‘normal’ in quotations because what is a normal job really? The…
The Spoonie Diaries : Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with Gerry Langan
Gerry is someone I follow on Instagram who tells life exactly as it is, but is still so optimistic about life. When we share our health online, I think it’s really important to show all…
How to keep positive with a chronic illness
Getting your chronic illness diagnosis can be a real mix of emotions; relief that you finally know what’s wrong, fear of what’s ahead, anger and frustration because you can’t do what you want – just…
The Spoonie Diaries : Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Postural Tachycardia (PoTS) and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
I’m really excited to have Rachael from Sick in the City take over the Spoonie Diaries today. Rachael recently launched her blog, Sick in the City, sharing her experiences of living with chronic illnesses as…
How to start your chronic illness blog + why I share my health online
I’ve been blogging about my health for five years now and something I get asked a lot is why I share my health online, and how to start a blog. So I thought I would…
The Spoonie Diaries : Lupus & celiac disease with Keelin Burk
Today, I want to introduce the brilliant Keelin Burk who is currently studying Childhood education and is an avid coffee drinker! Keelin was diagnosed a year ago at 19 years old (I’ll let her tell…
