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Tag Archives: POTS
Urgh and Blah
Yep, urgh and blah is exactly how I’ve been feeling the past few days. Dear Aunt Flo, that annoying, useless, unwelcome relative that comes to intrude and disrupts everything once a month. My POTS has gone bananas this time. Heart … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday living, Exercise/Pacing, Losing weight with chronic illness, Medicines, POTS, POTS/EDS and time of the month
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Health, hypermobility syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, Weight loss
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Goodbye my furry friend.
Has it really been two months since I last made a blog post?! Where does the time go?? Seriously, I thought it had been 3-4 weeks! I’ve been so busy with different projects I’ve barely had time to do anything … Continue reading
Posted in Catching viruses, Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Exercise/Pacing, Pain, POTS, Projects, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, back pain, backache, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, Costochondritis, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, psychology courses
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Wow!
Over 10,000 views of my blog. That’s amazing! Who would have thought that my ramblings on chronic illness and trying to have some kind of life even if it’s from a bed would be so interesting lol Thank you to … Continue reading
Posted in Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Other peoples perceptions of chronic illness, Pain, POTS, Psychology Courses
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, EDS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Gastroparesis, Health, hypermobility syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, 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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Whirly Head
My heads in a whirl, I have so much needing to be done, things that have been done this past week, I just haven’t had a chance to blog til now. I had a meeting yesterday with a man who … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic illness and Parenting, Everyday living, Giving up smoking
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Electronic cigarette, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS
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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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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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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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