For the second time in six months I’ve undergone another BRAVO 96-hour PH monitoring test, whilst investigating my chest pains and digestive problems.
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Tag: chronic illness
The chronic life….
The chronic illness life is the gift that just keeps on giving. And giving. And givvvvvvingggggg….
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My three top tips for living with fibromyalgia
Imagine if there was a single pill for all fibromyalgia symptoms! If only! Fibromyalgia can be a complex condition to manage given the wide range…
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Grief and fibromyalgia 2.0
This is a post about nothing really. I’ve been getting quieter and quieter. I know. And I’m sorry. Since Mama Claire left for the next…
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Musings on suicide: love might save a life
…every day I decide to live, another person, someone, chooses to die. Their struggle is my struggle, but they have now gone while I still have a chance…
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Overcomers (Louise Webb): Healing my body & turning my illness into something positive
For two years Louise knew that something wasn’t quite right. And the day she was diagnosed with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis she seized the opportunity to shake her life up and set things straight so she could live the life she was meant to.
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Overcomers (Carole Griffitts) – “I can face today”
At a point in Carole Griffitt’s life, she thought she could no longer face tomorrow. She was 31 when a work related back injury triggered the downward spiral that went on for 40 years. But Carole learnt that she didn’t have to become the diagnoses that changed her life. She said to herself then, “I can face today.” And she’s never looked back.
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Overcomers (Melissa Reynolds): ‘How two keys decisions turned my life around’
When Melissa Reynolds’ life went upside-down with chronic illness, she decided to fight. Nevermind her doctors wouldn’t help, she’d do whatever it took to get her life back.
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Overcomers: Sheryl’s search for meaning: life in pain and hope
Sheryl has stared death in the face. She has had to reframe her life on account of pain. But neither have been able to stop her from living in hope. Not then. Not now.
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Overcomers series (Kayla Lauer): ‘Faith, trust and pixie dust’
Days before Christmas 27 year old Kayla walked into her doctor’s appointment for her routine Remicade infusion — therapy used to help keep her Crohn’s…
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