2009
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Christmas 2009
I got a bit carried away with presentation this Christmas – it wasn’t on purpose, at first at least! I have photographic evidence of my level of carried away-ness: The almost-2 dimensional gold painted “tree” is a gift from a former carer of mine. It was originally snapped up from a florist at an after [...]
Working On The T-Shirt Quilt
I wrote before about my T-shirt quilt, inspired by a Jeans Quilt made by Jacinta. All the machine sewing of the squares is done now, and my aunt has helpfully blocked it out onto the backing we’re using which is actually a duvet cover made of T-shirt material itself. It looks impressive: There are 156 [...]
How Do You Deal With Brick Walls And Other Life Obstacles?
Step one: Discover there’s a huge brick wall in front of you. Give up. How do you deal with brick walls in your life?
Wishlist
I have decided it’s easier to post my wishlist here, instead of on a separate site. So here is my wishlist, not censored for price or impossibility or anything … and not really in any particular order. They’re all things I want . Visits! Bring dinner. Bring a book. Bring your laptop. Bring news of [...]
Migraines: The 1-2-3 Program In 13 Steps
The 1-2-3 program referred to in the title of David Bucholtz‘ book is actually this, at least in abbreviated form: Get of all medications that you possibly can be off, especially medications which are “rescue” drugs and not taken on a regular schedule. The diet, which is the bit everybody talks about. Preventative medications. if [...]
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Ambulance Transfers – Another Option
For those with very severe ME/CFS or other chronic illnesses, using the non-urgent ambulance service to transport you to medical appointments can be a good option.
General Postal Voting
Many of those of us with CFS may have requested a postal vote for an election at one time or another when an election and one of those dreaded big CFS crashes came at the same time … But did you know that if you ring up the right person and fill out the right [...]
Victorian Resources
This section contains articles which have been written especially for my local CFS/ME Association’s Newsletter – Emerge – and which I have put on the net in case they can help others. These articles will be mostly helpful for people living in Victoria, Australia. My ‘Surviving CFS’ series of articles pointed out resources specifically helpful [...]
Chronic Financial Stress
As if CFS didn’t mess up our plans for our lives enough already, there’s another CFS we have to deal with – Chronic Financial Stress. And like the real CFS, it can be difficult to cope with and tricky to treat. The good news is that there are lots of financial tips and things that [...]
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