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Monday Magic – Inspiring Blogs for You!

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, chronic illness8 Comments

The start of a new week and I wake up to yet another terrorist attack in London – following a dreadful week for our capital with the fire in Grenfell tower, west London.  My thoughts go out to all involved.

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Duncan has been away this week with 60 year 6 children, aged 10 & 11, on the annual French trip to Paris.  I gather it was very hot and very busy.  This has meant that the adult kids have had to be my carers – not sure who it is worse for.  As anyone suffering with dysautonomia – malfunctioning of the autonomic nervous system – knows, this heat plays havoc with us.  My breathing has been worse and the pooling of blood has turned my hands and feet to a delightful shade of blue/red every day.  So yours truly managed a truly spectacular faint in the shower cubicle, from which I had to extracted by the student engineer and lovely girl.  Not really what any mum wants her 21 year old son to have to do!!  The bruises are stunning – Ehlers Danlos skin combined with steroids gives great results for all injuries!

Today is my birthday…we won’t count the years….and I can’t quite believe that another year has passed.  I would write more but I am being called to get ready – my lovely parents are taking Duncan and me out for lunch.  So in my usual Monday fashion, I invite you to make a cuppa, kick off your shoes, sit back and enjoy some more inspiring blog posts from my friends over at Chronic Illness Bloggers!

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https://mymigrainelife.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/mile-for-migraine-charity-walkrun-2017/

http://blog.mighty-well.com/spoonie-community-self-love

https://letsfeelbetter.com/anger-management-garbage-people-that-time-i-went-ballistic-on-tech-support-my-bad/

http://gettingclosertomyself.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/the-storm-after-years-of-calm.html?m=1

https://themartianprincesschronicles.com/2017/06/16/someone-snatched-my-security-blanket-chronic-illness-and-motivational-tools/

http://invisiblyme.com/2017/06/17/mini-me-update/

https://wheelchairvista.life/2017/06/10/5-more-ways-to-survive-being-disabled/

http://thethyroiddamsel.com/autoimmune-diseases/sickness-health/

http://lifesapolyp.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/a-caregiving-father.html

http://www.travelbreatherepeat.com/lam-community-support/

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Claire x

 

 

Monday Magic – Inspiring Blogs for You

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, chronic illness6 Comments

Monday MagicAnother week and here in the UK we are electioned out!  Well at least I am!  Between the student engineer, now home, and the politics student-in-waiting and the younger sister, mealtimes in our house have proven lively and very noisy as political debates have raged.  Forget the House of Commons, just come to our house!

Of course the student-in-waiting has started his A levels this week and I am probably more stressed than he is.  The whole mum thing, where there is nothing that I can do yet I still worry.  We are keeping everything crossed that an EDS migraine doesn’t rear its ugly head on an exam day as he has had so many recently.  The pizotifen mad him feel worse, so he is now taking propanolol to try to stop the migraines before they start, if you get my drift.  He is pretty good at internalizing things though as believe me you would’t know that there were any exams happening!!

I have had more hospital trips and tests this week which I will tell you about in another post, but mum and I made friends with several delightful elderly gents in haematology outpatients, and the nurse became mum’s friend for life when she declared her to look at least 10 years younger than she is.  One thing we zebras can be grateful to Ehlers Danlos for – great skin!!

I have found another 10 great new blog posts for you – a couple from some friends who have featured before, others who will become new favourites with you I hope! There are a couple of great posts here with the summer holidays in mind – playdough and Disneyland, what more could you want??  So grab a cuppa, sit down and enjoy some fantastic reads……

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http://theseatedview.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/its-all-in-your-head-fighting-for.html

https://lightscameracrohns.com/2017/06/05/relationships-caretakers-and-crohns-a-candid-interview-with-my-husband/

https://findingmymiracle.com/2017/06/05/bigger-than-my-something/

http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=30398

http://patienceandpajamas.com/disney-travels-part-one/

http://www.chronicsex.org/2017/06/7-ways-feel-sexy/#main

https://reclaiminghope.blog/2017/06/08/maintaining-mobility-with-fibromyalgia/

https://beinglydia.com/2017/06/11/the-ache-of-triumph/

https://medicalmysterymusings.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/meet-the-admin-team/

http://strengthandsunshine.com/how-to-make-natural-homemade-gluten-free-playdoh/

 

……..please comment, share and make the blogger’s day!

Claire x

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Monday Magic – Inspiring Blogs for You!

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, chronic illness8 Comments

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I have found myself reading a lot of new blogs and posts recently – many that I have found through link /meet & greet parties and others through connecting on instagram, twitter etc!  It just strikes me what talented people are out there and also some pretty fantastic writers too.  Some of your poetry has blown me away.

So this week I have some very new bloggers to introduce you to along with some well established, but new to me, sites.  I hope that some of you newbies will consider looking up the Chronic Illness Bloggers network and joining us – we are a friendly bunch who communicate mainly on our members facebook page!  Details here : How to join Chronic Illness Bloggers.

So once again, grab a cuppa, put your feet up and enjoy some great posts – please remember to comment and share if you enjoy them,

Claire x

 

http://iwendy.ca/2017/05/17/hello-world/

https://3sistersabroad.wordpress.com/

https://fibrowarroir.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/life-then-life-now/

https://courtneymmorgan.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/week-one/

https://mywalkinthewoods.wordpress.com/

http://www.multipleexperiences.org/2017/05/19/this-is-jamie-the-raw-and-uncut-version/

https://highwaytohealingblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/named-remarkable-traveler-by-weigh-out-wander/

https://morespoons.com/chronic-talk-episode-2-mental-health-awareness-month-mother-schizophrenia/

http://www.abreak4mommy.com/2017/04/myobuddy-massager-pro-review/

http://sweatpantsandcoffee.com/sweatpants-self-care-8-tips-to-help-you-thrive-while-living-with-constant-fatigue/

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Puerto Vallarta – photo taken by Kirstin Larkin, HIGHWAY TO HEALING BLOG

 

 

 

Monday Magic – Inspiring Blogs for You!

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, chronic illnessLeave a comment

Monday MagicTime for some Monday Magic!  I hope that you have all had a great weekend – I think it was Mothers’ Day in the USA, so hope all you mums were spoilt rotten.  I was asked by Evie, the lovely Zebra Mom, to take a selfie wearing red and to post it to spread the word about Vascular Ehlers Danlos Disease.  We had a very rare moment in our house and I managed to persuade everyone to do a selfie…all 5 of us in one shot!!

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I am delighted to be still be finding different blogs from the Chronic Illness Bloggers community to introduce here – please remember that just because we are chronically ill doesn’t mean that we don’t blog about other things too!  So sit back with a cuppa and enjoy exploring some great blog reads with me….

https://asmyjointsturn.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/i-preexist-therefore-i-am/

http://brainlessblogger.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/fibromyalgia-awareness-day-things-i.html

http://moonglotexas.com/2017/05/13/book-review-sweetbriar-cottage-by-denise-hunter/

http://gettingclosertomyself.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/i-lead-good-life-and-im-not-burning.html?m=1

http://zebrawrites.com/2017/05/06/edsawarenessmonth-blog-challenge/

https://snowflakesandspoons.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/myasthenia-gravis-and-pregnancy.html

http://www.stopget.org/2017/05/290/

https://findinglifessilversun.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/when-how-dan-became-my-caretaker/

https://veronicalhill18.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/setbacks-and-feeling-broken/

http://stillgotanopinion.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/the-wolf-and-black-dog.html

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Monday Magic – Inspiring Blogs for You

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, chronic illnessLeave a comment

Good morning and welcome to another Monday Magic with some more great inspiring blog posts for you.  I have just returned from a GP appointment and my head is spinning with the various specialist appointments I have on the agenda….endocrinology this week, cardiology, rheumatology, hip x ray and then orthopaedics…..

This is without the referrals for the kids!  University College, London where I was diagnosed no longer accept direct referrals so the kids need to be referred by another consultant.  Initially this was to be a paediatrician, but the A level student has turned 18 and the paediatric department decided that they really don’t know enough about EDS to take my lovely girl on, so she has been referred to a paediatric geneticist.  We are going to try to get an appointment for my son with the same rheumatologist that I see…….I think that we just have to go with the saying “don’t hold your breath”!

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So I am going to sit down with a coffee and enjoy some tips, some yoga and some stories from some of my fellow chronic illness bloggers – if you look and listen really hard, you might spot yours truly in the You tube film from Invisible Girl!!

https://1nvisibl3girl.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/living-with-ehlers-danlos-syndrome-edsawarenessmonth/

https://howtogeton.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/how-to-answer-15-tricky-disability-questions/

http://www.satonmybutt.co.uk/more-flare-ups-than-good-days/

https://www.notaballerina.com/2017/05/travel-disability-chronic-illness-episode-53-thoughtful-travel-podcast.html

https://brainlesionandme.com/2017/05/07/self-care-happy-distraction/

http://www.health-hats.com/golden-rule/

https://weartearandcare.com/2017/05/02/meeting-the-neurometrix-team-and-seeing-the-quell-up-close/

http://glasshalffull.online/accessible-yoga-for-all/

http://dystonialiving.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/my-4-favorite-self-help-tools-for-pain.html

http://www.makeitbakeitfakeit.com/2017/05/my-body-my-prison-my-life-with-mecfs.html

http://upbeatliving.net/downsizing-emotional-work-tips/

http://dadhasaheadache.com/2017/03/22/shattered-dishes/

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