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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Funky new glasses!
I’ve had a right hoo ha, over trying to buy new glasses. As I said before, I refuse to pay ridiculously expensive opticians glasses and prefer to buy online (like everything else I buy! lol). I tend to use goggles4u … Continue reading
Posted in Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Pain, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Glasses, Headache, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, Optician, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses, Vision, Zenni Optical
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Someone heard my plea!
Strangely enough the virus I thought was starting just disappeared! I felt worse and worse that evening, had a blocked nose overnight and the next day and that was it, gone. I am so thankful for that. The Sambucol must … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Everyday living, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, Laser hair removal, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses
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Please noooooo!
Last week when I had my eyes tested, the optician kept coughing. I felt like giving him the evil eye for daring to come into a sick person’s house to pass on their lurgies! I thought I had escaped it … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Health, hypermobility syndrome, Optician, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses, Second Life
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Busy, busy, busy!
Following on from my last past, yes I did manage a quick bath and I didn’t suffer after either, hooray! Just in case anyone has been waiting anxiously for 3 days to find out lol Yesterday was a really busy … Continue reading
Oops, I over done it.
These illnesses never cease to amaze and annoy me. Friday I felt not too bad, I worked on making some new clothes for my Second life shop. I love how it’s an outlet for the creative side of me and … Continue reading
Getting fit with Kinect and son’s first day at school.
Thankfully the virus I had was fairly mild thanks to popping Echinacea tablets and slurping Sambucol from the bottle as if it was Coca Cola lol But it was also time of the month so both combined as set me … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Everyday living, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Echinacea, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Headache, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, Kinect, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses, Xbox, Xbox 360
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Not another virus!
Yep, I have been free of viruses since about beginning of Dec last year, prior to that I had had 11 viruses with about 2wks in between each one. Today I’m starting a new virus, grrr. My mum started with … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Everyday living, Psychology Courses
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Feeling like a steaming pile of cow dung!
Yesterday was a really rough day for me. I’m not sure whether I reacted badly by going down half a tablet of Florinef for 2 days to lower my high spikes in bp, that the time of the month is … Continue reading
Posted in Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Pain, POTS, POTS/EDS and time of the month
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, back pain, backache, bed, Blood pressure, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Florinef, Fludrocortisone, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, Kinect, Pain, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses, Second Life
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If you can’t get enough of my blog posts you can now follow me on twitter for even more ramblings on what I’m getting up to throughout the day.Simply click below and then follow me. Take me to your twitter … Continue reading
