Being housebound, chronically ill and disabled means that you either have to get help getting groceries from the supermarket or have to get them delivered. During the COVID pandemic, I have been unable to get delivery slots. This is still an issue where I live to this day even though the lockdown has currently been … Read more
I have wanted a long hot water bottle for quite a while as due to my chronic pain, I am in pain all the time and I find that hot water bottles are great for taking the edge of the pain as well as reduce inflammation, but they are small and don’t hold in place. … Read more
Update about my latest doctors appointment and a telephone call with the physio he referred me to in the hopes of getting an MRI. Firstly a background on the only MRI I have ever had which was a lumbar and sacral (lowest part of the spine that goes into the tailbone) 6 years ago. I … Read more
When I spoke to the doctor recently on my 3 weekly review, I also mentioned my chronic fatigue (CFS/ME) again. This is one that even after decades of having this, doctors just brush it off like I am just a bit tired when I am actually unbearably struggling to keep awake and so exhausted all … Read more
I recently spoke to my doctor for my 3 weekly review. I told him that the withdrawal is starting up again even at changing the patches every 48 hours (I was getting withdrawal previously around 50-52 hours). I sometimes feel it starting before I change my patch or most usually it starts about 30 mins … Read more
This is something that many chronic pain sufferers including myself will tell you and many countries (or in the case of the USA, many States) also know this and let chronic pain sufferers get access to medical cannabis. By saying cannabis I am talking about actual cannabis which contains THC and CBD. CBD alone is … Read more