Author Archives: Anna Redshaw

I have already made a post about appearances. It is my most viewed post and so I have decided to go a bit deeper on the topic. Before I start I want you to know that this is a positive and happy post. I am not putting myself down or berating myself. I’m just, asContinue reading “Looking goooood ;-)”

I am so grateful to have come this far. I measure my progress on the simple fact of being able to navigate the stairs up to my bedroom and no longer having to reside in our dining room. But what is it I have to be grateful for? Grateful that I feel so poorly 24/7Continue reading “Frustration”

This isn’t a very long post because my brain is a bit cross at having been awake at 5:30am. Yesterday I had a mild allergic reaction to something. I had itchy eyes, blotchy and sore and burning skin, a runny nose and my breathing became wheezy and unnatural. My lips felt tingles and my sinusesContinue reading “Sensitivity”

My search for an M.E-friendly hobby continues, if such a thing as M.E-friendly actually exists. The baking gave me a huge sense of achievement but I got carried away and did too much too soon. I also seemed to throw all I had learnt about pacing out of the window and did more in aContinue reading “The quest continues…”

I am developing a phobia of GPs. My experience of the NHS since being ill has actually been incredibly positive compared to the experiences of many of my friends, but still it has been far from rosy. I have accepted, perhaps from the very beginning, that there is very little that medical professionals can/will doContinue reading “Short straw”

This week I have been feeling a little disheartened by life despite it actually being an okay week, or a very good week really considering I managed two outings! When I was younger and I looked to the future I never, for even a second, imagined that my life would be like this. We areContinue reading “Feeling flat”

My brain is trying to convince me that we were run over by a tractor last night. It does certainly feel that way so maybe Mr Brain is onto something. I am realising now that my baking adventures were a luxury; a one off. THIS is the norm. I keep meaning to do ‘A dayContinue reading “A day in the life”