Today, I want to take the time to write about my piece of chronic pain art titled ‘Within the Shadows of Pain‘. This is my first piece of artwork directly inspired by my experiences of living with Fibromyalgia and Lyme Disease.

Today, I want to take the time to write about my piece of chronic pain art titled ‘Within the Shadows of Pain‘. This is my first piece of artwork directly inspired by my experiences of living with Fibromyalgia and Lyme Disease.

What if I told you that you could donate to charity by simply taking your medication as prescribed each day? Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? But, this is exactly what the DrugStars app allows you to do. Are you intrigued? I was too. Read on for my full review of the DrugStars app and […]

A few weeks ago, an email popped into my inbox that had me intrigued. I was asked if I would like to review a device called the Body Clock iTENS. The Body Clock iTENS is a portable TENS machine that offers drug-free pain relief and works with Bluetooth technology. The bit that really caught my eye […]

Pain is a hallmark feature of Fibromyalgia and is also a symptom of many other chronic illnesses. I have personally lived with chronic pain for a number of years now. Admittedly, it is one of the symptoms that I have found the most challenging to manage. This is because pain is very variable. It […]

Each year my mum and I book at least one spa day together. Usually, we all club together to buy my mum a spa day for her birthday and I go along too. It’s great to spend time with my mum and I always like to think of it as a way of saying thank […]

Each month I get a package of supplements through the post and I always end up opening them dangerously with a kitchen knife. I’m not going to lie, I have almost cut myself more times than I would like to admit. I’m even more hopeless with scissors. Therefore when I was asked if I would […]

As someone living with a chronic illness, I have learned that creating a peaceful and relaxing home environment can have a positive impact on my health. I believe that it’s important to be happy, calm and content spending time in your home, especially given it is where a lot of us spend the majority of […]

How many times have you hit up Google searching for information about symptoms or a particular health condition? I know I have done it countless times. In fact, thanks to my internet searches I discovered a health condition I hadn’t previously heard of; one that I would soon be diagnosed with. Yes, I searched the […]

Colouring in books for adults are becoming an increasingly popular trend. Although colouring books are usually associated with kids and playtime, today more and more companies are making colouring books for adults in addition to children. I even have one myself! There is good reason for their rise in popularity, as they have been shown […]

AD [sponsored post]: I personally love music. I have playlists tailored towards different moods and can find songs that will energise me, calm me or simply make me happy. I confess that I even have a few songs that I will find myself crying along to on the days when chronic illness has got me […]