I feel sick all the time, but usually when I’m lying down, or first thing in a morning, or in the evening.. Yes, basically all the time. I have no idea why, doctors don’t know why and I’ve just given…

I often feel that I have to justify my medical needs more than some other people, because mine isn’t recognised anywhere by anyone! I always find myself thinking that no one has even heard of it, unless they personally know…

I recently posted a picture on my instagram of a pile of Salivix boxes on my bed. Salivix are some sweets that help stimulate saliva and I think they’re actually recommended for cancer patients. No one had heard of them,…

Then my entire face went numb.

Unfortunately this isn’t a travel blog post, this is the story of my suicide disease. I’m going to start at the second to last day of our holiday, when I realised that my teeth were starting to hurt a bit.

I have recently stopped Amitriptyline and reduced my Pregabalin down to 25mg twice daily, which soon I’ll be stopping completely. Whenever I reduce a dose in medication, the side effects hit me hard and I feel very unwell for around…

I see why you’re supposed to brush your teeth morning and night. I love the fresh feeling in the morning and it definitely is good to give your teeth a good clean at the end of the day, but it’s…

I have to admit, before I got ill, I didn’t really pay attention to if chronic illness myths were true or not – I just didn’t really think about them at all. I didn’t take them as gospel, but I…