Author Archives: Anna Redshaw

Our lives are so restricted. Im sorry if that’s doom and gloom, but they are. When you have M.E you have to keep yourself on a leash so as not to over do it on the better days. You can’t live a carefree laid back life where you through caution to the wind. As theContinue reading “Tight rein”

There are aspects of this illness that I find very amusing. I’ve become more of a simpleton than I was before, and with my apparently unusual clothing combinations I certainly look the part according to my family and friends! I am officially classed as a vulnerable adult, but rather than see myself as a victimContinue reading “Chuckles”

I sometimes think this illness is harder to deal with the better you get. For me anyway. Does that make sense? Basically, in the beginning I was so incredibly poorly that I wasn’t fully aware of the extent of the illness. Now that I am a little better, or now that the ‘brain fog’ isContinue reading “Bravery?”

The Ten Commandments for M.E sufferers – Thou shalt not be perfect, or even try to be – Thou shalt not try to be all things to all people – Thou shalt sometimes leave things undone – Thou shalt not spread thyself too thin – Thou shalt learn to say “no” – Thou shalt scheduleContinue reading “Guidelines”

The human body is a wonderful thing. Well it is when it works properly… I don’t know the facts about how many breaths a human being takes on average per day, but I do know that for most of us it is something we do without even giving it a second thought. There are timesContinue reading “Breeeeeeeeathe”

“Surely if you’re well enough to write a blog you can’t be THAT poorly?” I’ve heard this from more than one of my fellow sufferers; the very people I thought understood this condition. You have to look at M.E with a much more open mind than that my friends. Months and months and months ofContinue reading “One big happy family?”

As sufferers of a chronic illness we are said to go through the grief cycle continually. We are mourning the loss of the life we had and the dreams we’d dreamt and the plans we’d made for the future. We are mourning the normal life that should be taken as a given. We are mourningContinue reading “Mourning”