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Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of, and finding treatments for, complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.
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Blog entries by hellytheelephant
Check out my latest Blog: It's about Adrian Mole, sleeplessness, ME and MENO!
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/diary-of-menopausal-elephant-aged-49.html
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This Blog challenges the way that Chronic illness is portrayed in self-publicity...and compares Frida Kahlo with me!
This is 'Woman with CFS' from a picture library. Read my Blog for the real picture of 'Woman with ME'!
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/spot-difference.html...
My latest Blog is about the question of whether you chose to recognise the day you became disabled.....
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/mini-blog-disability-anniversary.html
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Check out my latest blog, which is about looking forward...and looking back.
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/525600-minutesa-year-in-life.html
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Check out my latest Blog about coping with a day of full-on pain.
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/in-dentists-chair.html
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The final part of this short series on my development as an artist:
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-history-of-elephant-art-part-4.html
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Check out my latest blog:
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-history-of-elephant-art-pt-3.html#more
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My latest blog tackles the process of coming to terms with still being ill after my stay at Burrswood....and the difficulties of finishing a piece of artwork..
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My latest blog continues my journey as an artist...
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https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/history-of-elephant-art-pt-2-art-ofno.html
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I have just found out how to put a 'subscribe by email' box on my page...so feel free to use it!;)
I am embarrassed to say that I have neglected to write much about the nuts and bolts of me as an artist...so here goes...a whistle-stop...
Hurray! I am finally back blogging! Check out my latest post which is about practical things I have found have really improved the quality of life- both at home and out and about.
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-about.html
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10 Podcasts To Make Your Ears Smile
A year ago, like Howard Carter finding the tomb of Tutankhamen, my ears and I were dazzled and amazed when a trawl through a drawer full of junk unearthed an elderly ipod Nano. Surprisingly it still worked, and after I cranked up my tiny brain, pod-things...
If you thought my problems with trousers was epic(!), then check out my latest blog, which is on the David and Goliath battle of me against the DWP
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/friends-without-benefits.html
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My latest blog is about mobility ( lack of!), and the trials of using mobility aids...when you are...well...an elephant!
https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.co.uk/2017_03_01_archive.html
You many or may not have memories of watching a TV programme with your parents called ‘It’s a knockout’...
It is confession time.....:rolleyes:
Feeling extremely stressed this morning ( another rubbish sleep, still under house arrest, feeling like something being emmitted from a pig with the squits, no sign of pain meds that actually WORK (!)….etc., etc.…) At 7.30 this morning,I did the unthinkable...
Me and My Relationship With Bottoms- It’s Complicated.
Ah!- you can’t live with them, can’t live without them...a woman needs a pair of trews like a fish needs a bicycle. Alas, this elephant won’t be pulling on some spandex for a spot of off- roading anytime soon...but, I DO need fabric to...
ME has overshadowed the whole of my adult life, and affected me badly twice: the first time when I was 22, and the second time starting over 3 years ago….
In 1993 I was first diagnosed with ME. That is to say I diagnosed myself and found a Doctor who knew what ME was and he agreed. Yes, I had...
THE 12 ME DAYS OF Christmas;)
On the first day of Christmas
ME gave to me:
…... a letter from the DWP !!
On the second day of Christmas
ME gave to me:
2 opoid meds AND…..a letter from the DWP !!
On the third day of Christmas
ME gave to me:
3 flare ups
2 opoid meds AND…..a letter from the...
Hi- this is a two part article- part one is about considerations of whether to buy a scooter,and part two that follows on, is about using the scooter.:thumbsup:
Helly
http://www.pajamadaze.com/blog/chariots-of-fire-selecting-and-using-a-mobility-scooter
I cannot buy a guinea pig.
I cannot buy a cat because I allergic to their catandruff. A dog would need walking…and you can’t cuddle a fish.
I cannot buy a guinea pig because I cannot put another creature in the position I am in. I cannot make it sleep inside a box when there is a whole life...