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Category Archives: Heat Intolerance
Summer has finally arrived!
Summer seems to have finally arrived this year, everywhere I look (online!) people are rejoicing about the heat, getting their pasty white bodies out in skimpy summer clothes, or in the case of my next doors grandchild today, completely starkers … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Costochondritis, Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Exercise/Pacing, Heat Intolerance, Projects, Psychology Courses
Tagged a/c, air con, air conditioner, air conditioning, autonomic dysfunction, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, psychology courses
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Yet another cold…
Sorry folks but I shall be moaning again in this post! lol That’s right, I’ve come down with yet another cold, so far its’s just a combination of a blocked yet running nose and feeling a bit more tired and … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Everyday living, Giving up smoking, Heat Intolerance, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, Christmas, chronic illness, Common cold, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Electronic cigarette, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses
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Not again!
As Victor Meldrew would say, ‘I don’t believe it!’ For regular readers of my blog, you’ll be well aware of my never-ending (so it seems!) saga with my air conditioner. For those who have only just stumbled across my blog … Continue reading
Posted in Costochondritis, Everyday living, Heat Intolerance, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, Costochondritis, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, heat intolerance, hypermobility syndrome, illness, psychology courses
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I think it’s working!
Ssssh, don’t want to tempt fate but my pc came back from repair a few days ago and so far, I think it’s fixed! Hallelujah! It took me all day Thurs putting all my software back on and changing settings … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday living, Exercise/Pacing, Heat Intolerance, POTS/EDS and time of the month, Psychology Courses, Uncategorized
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, psychology courses
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My ‘to-do’ list gets a major crossing off.
It’s only been 6 days since I last posted but so much has happened in bed land it feels like 2wks! My son enjoyed his birthday although the large majority of the day was spent training to ride a moped … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday living, Heat Intolerance, Psychology Courses, Test Results
Tagged air conditioner, air conditioning, autonomic dysfunction, bed, Blood test, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, district nurse, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, Liver, Liver function tests, Moped, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, psychology courses
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A/c woes.
As if I don’t have enough stress already my A/C decided to turn itself into an indoor waterfall feature and chuck water down the wall last night (Something that has been happening a lot in the past year with numerous … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday living, Heat Intolerance, POTS
Tagged a/c, air con, air conditioner, air conditioning, 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
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A very productive day!
Wey hey, I have a/c again! Phew, what a breath of relief, literally! lol Apparently it was clogged up yet again. The engineer said the lumps of dirt were dust and dead skin cells which blocked the overflow pipe. I … Continue reading
Posted in Achievements despite being ill, Costochondritis, Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Heat Intolerance, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged a/c, air con, air conditioner, air conditioning, autonomic dysfunction, back pain, backache, bed, books, Chiropractic, chronic illness, Costochondritis, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, hypermobility syndrome, illness, laptop, Pain, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses, Second Life, Shower, Stress
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