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The Reluctant Spoonie

Learning to live with chronic illness and disability

Category: Newly Diagnosed

23 Oct
Chronic Fatigue Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed

How to Manage Chronic Illness Induced Nightmares

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I had always assumed that the nightmares were a symptom of my illness. Since seeing a large number of 'normal' people experiencing the same thing...
21 Aug
Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed

How Marvel’s Daredevil Helped Me to Accept My Disability

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I first discovered Marvel’s Daredevil through the Netflix show and subsequently bought all the comics. Similarly, I had been thrust into the world of disability...
29 May
Chronic Fatigue Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed

10 Years with M.E: Kelly’s Story

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I got very ill very quickly when I was 13, becoming mostly bedbound in just a few months. Over the following five years I slowly...
26 May
Chronic Pain Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed

What is Fibromyalgia? Top Symptoms and Causes to Watch Out For

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Many fibromyalgia patients are told that they simply need to ‘get on with it’ and aren’t always made aware of the range of treatments available...
24 Apr
Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed POTS

Living with POTS Part 2: Becoming a Spoonie

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At the start of my second year with POTS; I was worse than I was the previous year. I was completely bedridden or housebound every...
06 Mar
Dysautonomia Awareness Month Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed POTS

Living with POTS Part 1: Maybe It’s Just Stress?

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I began 2015 with January exams, as I’d done for the past 5/6 years of my life. This time it was different. I felt exceptionally...
07 Feb
Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed

How To Make New Friends Online: The Importance of Spoonie Friendships

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This is where the online chronic illness community comes in. Many of us discover it by accident when searching a hashtag on Instagram. Connecting with...
01 Dec
Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed

How to Survive New Year’s Eve Parties as a Spoonie

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If you're at a party where you don't know a lot of people, chances are that you'll be asked the standard small talk question of...
01 Nov
Education and Studying Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed

5 Ways to Make Studying with a Chronic Illness Easier

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I would have never imagined that 10 years after I sat on that train to move 1,000 kilometres away from home to learn, grow and...
21 Oct
Dysautonomia Awareness Month Lifestyle Newly Diagnosed POTS

The 5 Best POTS Advocates To Follow in 2020

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Although POTS is though to affect millions of people worldwide, it is not commonly diagnosed and is often mis-diagnosed as another condition such as anxiety.