Today’s Spoonie Diaries is been taken over by the wonderful Abbie Stapleton who has a passion for living cheerfully with a chronic illness. I highly recommend you check out Abbie’s instagram and blog after reading…
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The Spoonie Diaries : posterior uveitis and Sjogren’s syndrome with Mel Bowden
Today’s Spoonie Diaries is been taken over by the lovely Mel Bowden who has been living with auto-immune diseases for three years. On her blog, she shares her experiences to help others in similar conditions…
The Spoonie Diaries : IBD, interstitial cystitis & Fibromyalgia with Lolly Cooper
As today is World IBD Day, I wanted the Spoonie Diaries to show another IBD patient advocate and all around chronic illness warrior to take over the feature. Today, we’re talking to Lolly Cooper about…
10 everyday Myths about inflammatory bowel disease which aren’t true
Today is World IBD Day 2020 and to mark it, I thought we’d do some myth busting! There are so many people who really don’t understand what IBD is and there are a lot of…
The Chronically living collective community is now open
The Chronically Living Collective is a community I’ve created to help support and connect spoonies who want to live life to the fullest and embrace their chronic illnesses. There’s real power in community. Not only…
Learning to be open and honest about my health
Yesterday, I posted this instagram about invisible illnesses. Because the truth of the matter is you don’t have to look sick to BE sick. Add to that, you don’t have to have a name for…
The Spoonie Diaries : ME & Fibromyalgia with Ali Hemsley
I am so excited to introduce to you Ali Hemsley; an advocate for ME & Fibromyalgia and showing that you can still be badass with a chronic illness. I’ve been following Ali on Instagram for…
The Spoonie Diaries : Living with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
Today’s Spoonie Diaries features my fellow InvisiYouth global brand ambassador, Elina. At 17 years old, she is making waves in the chronic illness world, raising awareness with her blog and Instagram. Elina lives with Ehlers…
The Spoonie Diaries : Living with IBD and chronic pain
I had the idea for creating The Spoonie Diaries at the end of last year as I wanted to use the blog to spread awareness of a wide range of chronic illnesses. The only way…








