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Monthly Archives: July 2011
I have a new obsession!
I love getting stuck into a new project and I don’t do things by halves! My new obsession is my electronic cigarette. I love it! The first day (Sat) I had to wait all day for batteries to charge before … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday living, Giving up smoking
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, E-juice, E-liquid, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Electronic cigarette, Health, hypermobility syndrome, Nicotine, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS
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Up in smoke…
or should that be vapour? I decided to buy an e-cigarette. Yes, I know what you’re thinking, you’ve got numerous chronic illnesses, why the hell are you smoking woman?! The thing is, I have been smoking for a long time. … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Everyday living, Giving up smoking
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Cigarette, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Electronic cigarette, fybromyalgia, Health, Nicotine, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, Second Life, Water vapor
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The lurgies strike again.
This is the 3rd day I’ve had a dodgy tum. I thought it was just IBS playing up bad, not that I’ve suffered a lot with that since I found out I have coeliac disease and went gluten free so … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Everyday living
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, Chronic (medicine), chronic illness, Coeliac disease, Common cold, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Gluten-free diet, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Special Diets, stomach bug, stomach flu, stomach virus
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A weighty issue.
Let me first start off with since doing my exam and having just over a week of rest from all the studying, I have felt exhausted and drained with no energy for anything. Time of the month is due any … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday living, Weight
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, reading, Second Life, Weight loss
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I simply remember a few of my favourite things…
and then I don’t feel so bad. As the song goes! I’m having a great time since my course/exam finished. A whole day of gaming, fab! Something I haven’t done in a long time, I even started a novel and … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday living, My favourite things
Tagged Amazon Kindle, autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Coffee, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, E-book, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, kindle, learning, Nintendo DS, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses, Second Life, Shopping, Sims, wow, Xbox
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I passed!
Omg, what a day! I took my online exam this morning and they had given me the wrong access code, so I had to wait 15 mins on the live help chat to get the right one. Not the best … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Education, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, exam, fybromyalgia, Health, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Psychology, psychology courses, Second Life, Student
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The exam looms!
Sorry for the slacking lately but as said before, I am trying to up my revising time for my imminent exam. My goal was to do the exam the end of June, we’re just past that and I now feel … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Everyday living
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Education, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, exam, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Psychology, psychology courses, test, Test Preparation
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