Author Archives: Anna Redshaw

To have M.E. is to have a body that is likely no longer able to produce energy at a cellular level properly anymore, amongst countless other things (some known, some still unknown.) To have M.E. is to be dealt consequences for almost every action you make. You might reach a point where there is aContinue reading “The nature of the beast”

…with that inevitable chronic illness twist! Today was meant to be A Big Day. I had plans to go out for lunch with a friend, for the first time since early 2020. He’d done a recce of local places, and my friend and I had booked an outside table, and planned everything down to whereContinue reading “Pub Lunch, but…”

Trying hard to treat myself the way I would treat one of my Poorly Pals if they were struggling a little more than usual. So I’m going hour by hour here at the moment and acknowledging all that I’ve been trying to process this year, in my now-very-overwhelmed little head. • Being without Delores, andContinue reading “One hour at a time”

This post is quite long, pace yourselves 😉😂 I’m very good at reining myself in. I genuinely think it’s because I’m quite boring and very sensible. Always have been. If a teacher set homework and then forget, I’m afraid I was the one who’d raise their hand to remind them that they had indeed setContinue reading “On Pacing. Again.”

Something Big happened. I went to an appointment by myself! Okay, so I was dropped at the door and my Mum and nephew waited in the car for me. And it was the dentist, not the doctors. But this was a big deal; without even diving into the topic of the pandemic and shielding. ThisContinue reading “‘Second Firsts’”

I’ve reached that point, after doing A Thing (in this case Blue Sunday), where I’m feeling like the worst of the Post Exertional Malaise has subsided and I’m patiently waiting for the last of the poorliness to leave. Only, it won’t leave. Because this is in fact my ‘normal’. And even 11 years in, IContinue reading “As good as it gets, and that’s okay”

I am absolutely delighted to let you know that this year’s Blue Sunday has raised over £30,000! Tea parties for M.E. of varying sizes were held all over the world, with money being donated to 11 M.E. charities (that I know of). With an estimated £8000 donated outside of the dedicated Blue Sunday Donations links,Continue reading “The Blue Sunday 2022 fundraising total is…”