It’s amazing how time just gets eaten up, especially when you have a chronic illness that eats up your energy and requires you to rest and recuperate more than most.

It is true to say that the start of the year wasn’t the easiest I have ever had, but with the support of my friends and family, I am getting stronger.

My symptoms haven’t changed, which is annoying and disappointing, but it is my attitude towards those symptoms that has changed.

When I was going through my two stays in hospital in January and February, I was told several times that the pain I was feeling was very real but that because my mood was low, that was contributing to how bad the pain was getting. Read more…