Chronic illness – Page 2 – M.E. myself and I

The Baby Thing

About four years ago I came to the realisation that I would not be a parent. There has been immense joy and incredible sadness as those around me have children of their own while I do not, and will not. I have no known fertility issues. This conclusion was reached solely because of the impactContinue reading “The Baby Thing”

M.E. myself and him – Part 1

“So how does this even work?! When you’re obviously at opposite ends of the energy scale!” This stranger had just voiced the biggest fear I had when I felt ready to enter the dating scene while being invisible, chronically ill. Even after two years of marriage those words stay with me. An outsider took oneContinue reading “M.E. myself and him – Part 1”

We Just Keep Going

I am always proudest of my bouncebackability. While my body remains weak, my spirit has a way of dusting itself off after each and every setback, flare, crash or bump in the road, and it just keeps going. I am more than a little under the weather at the moment. But it’s got me thinkingContinue reading “We Just Keep Going”

I was you. You don’t want to be me.

I was absolutely no different from you. I was fresh out of university, working at my summer job, applying for graduate schemes and full-time work. I was the girl who could roll up an large inflatable quad bike circuit on her own, in answer to the question “Why’d you bring a girl?!?” that my dadContinue reading “I was you. You don’t want to be me.”

Gifts

I am often so cautious to add a disclaimer to posts about progress or snippets of positivity. Without one, I have people in my life who assume I am “cured” or that my life is easy. But I am learning that I am not responsible for the ways others interpret me. (And I am alsoContinue reading “Gifts”