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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Teenage tantrums.
My son never went through the terrible two’s, I think he’s making up for it now he’s 15. I swear there must be some teenager fairy that sneaks in their room in the middle of the night on their 14th … Continue reading
Posted in Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged Adolescence, autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Fatigue (medical), Health, illness, Parent, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Psychology, psychology courses, Stress, Tantrum
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Getting rid of my teenager…
I wish sometimes! lol But… the appointment with the educational woman yesterday went well, she seemed nice if a little eccentric at times, I think she thought she had to be ‘down with the kidz’ as she was getting on … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Echinacea, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Erythromycin, fybromyalgia, Gastroparesis, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, Metoclopramide, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, Tardive dyskinesia
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Everything at once…
After a relatively mundane, stress free month (!) life has suddenly started chucking everything at me at once, yet again. So far this week I have been chasing up a domiciliary eye test which was meant to have been done … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Everyday living, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, Costochondritis, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, kindle, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, psychology courses, Vocal cord dysfunction
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A small update on various things…
I randomly had a bad day yesterday, not too awful but the POTS was making me feel extra tired and some chest heaviness and slight breathing problems so I decided to have a very lazy day and catch up on … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Catching viruses, Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Pain, POTS
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Endocrine Disorders, Hair removal, Health, hypermobility syndrome, Laser hair removal, Pain, Pain Management, PCOS, Polycystic ovaries, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Second Life
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and then there was one…
Wow, what a few days it has been! I came right out with it yesterday and told Mr ‘ex, I want you back’ (I’m running out of names for them all!) that it wouldn’t work and he seemed to take … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Everyday living, Psychology Courses, Relationships
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, disability dating, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Psychology, psychology courses, relationships, Second Life, Single, single life, virtual dates, virtual dating
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Men are like buses…
nothing for ages, then three come along at once. Mr V is back chatting away to me like nothing happened, Mr N asked to see me again (and is very keen) but is still unsure of my situation and is … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday living, Psychology Courses, Relationships
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, disability dating, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Health, hypermobility syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, psychology courses, relationships, Second Life, virtual dates, virtual dating
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Meeting Mr N
I am so tired today due to a bad nights sleep, so forgive me if there’s a ton of spelling/grammar mistakes! Well, yesterday I met Mr N! He turned out to be exactly the way he is online, he’s very … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Everyday living, Relationships
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, disability dating, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, kindle, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, relationships, single life, virtual dates, virtual dating
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Zapping my hairs away!
For someone who is pretty much stuck in one room and a bed all the time, you’d think I wouldn’t bother too much with prettying (is that even a word?) up myself, after all I don’t see a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Pain, POTS, Psychology Courses, Relationships
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, Boots, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, disability dating, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Hair removal, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, Laser hair removal, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, Psychology, psychology courses, relationships, Single, single life, virtual dates, virtual dating
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And a new year begins…
and I hope it’s much better than the last! So far not too bad! I have felt a bit more energised recently and have got stuck in with various things, such as some serious Wow playing, a little bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Everyday living, Psychology Courses, Relationships
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, Costochondritis, disability dating, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, England, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, Psychology, psychology courses, relationships, Second Life, Single, single life, Value added tax, VAT, virtual dates, virtual dating, wow
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