Each month I link up with Sheryl over at A Chronic Voice and these are the chronic illness writing prompts she has set for September. Writing Prompts for September Feeling Gruelling Tempting Running Mending Feeling I think being at home so much means that you focus on your feelings a lot more. Sometimes it’s good, but sometimes…
stiff person syndrome
Monthly Chronic Illness Writing Prompts. Why I stay!
Each month I like to join in with Sheryl’s writing prompts. She gives the prompts and then I have to write about each of them and how they apply to my life. This month I’m really thinking about why I stay. The prompts this month are STAYING DOING BEING TARGETING WEIGHING Staying – Why I…
Stiff Person Awareness Day 2019
Tomorrow is Stiff Person Awareness Day and I thought I’d try and give you some insight on what it’s like living with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) First of all, it seems as though it’s different for everyone. I’ve spoken to, and met, many people with SPS but no-one has exactly the same symptoms. Diagnosing SPS…
I Told You I was Ill
‘I told you I was ill’ is the famous epitath of Spike Milligan who died at the age of 83 in February 2002. Listening to some women talk in the hospital yesterday brought it home to me how this epitath could be the serious comment of so many under healthcare at the moment. It’s not…
At Least You Don’t Have Cancer
I’ve had a few people say to me “at least you don’t have cancer” including my husband. I’m so glad I don’t have cancer, it’s an evil disease that doesn’t care who it attacks, young or old. Nearly everyone knows someone with cancer. Getting a diagnosis feels like being given a death sentence. Even those…