I’ve been keeping this “Jar of Good Stuff” thing going for 5-years now, it all started back in January 2013 – keeping notes of lovely stuff that has happened and allowing you to look back over the year and see what you’ve done, when you might be thinking “what have I done with my year?”.
So, in chronological order, what did I do in 2017? Continue reading
I feel like a butterfly.
That butterfly may be experiencing nasty headaches but I still feel like a butterfly; emerging all shiny and new.
Yesterday saw my second foray into the world of yoghurt making. I had intended to post about last week’s batch but, as happens to most of us, life got in the way and that job didn’t get to the top of the list. So, forgive me if this post is brief but I wanted to get it ‘out there’ before I head out for a day to the Chatwsorth International Horse Trials.
Today I finally made my way up to the local dairy to collect some fresh-from-the-cow milk (also known as ‘raw’ milk). It has not been pasteurised, homogenised or otherwise messed with, other than being pumped through a handful of meters of piping from udder to tank.
Forgive me bloggers for I have sinned; it has been 11-weeks since my last confession….
But, oh! what an 11-weeks it has been!
My last post on here was 21st March; in which I was suffering a mild setback from “doing a lot”. To say that my last bout of “doing a lot” will knock my previous record out the water will be an understatement… Continue reading
I have mentioned before that a HUGE tool in the kit of dealing with CFS is positivity. On days like today it is difficult to remain positive in the face of disappointments. This is how I try to turn my disappointments into positive reinforcements Continue reading
Forgive me friends it has been 66 days since my last blog.
Going back to my last blog, on 7th Jan, I was 7-days into the Fast Diet (or 5:2 Diet) and was feeling superb. Fast forward to today and I am only just finding time to sit down and update you all on my progress. Continue reading
Hello old friend, how’ve you been. I’ve missed you whilst you’ve been gone.
I’m talking about that good kind of tired you get from when you’ve done an awful lot of exercise, camping, staying up late, cooking, organising, partying and playing and your body just wants to get horizontal for a good long stretch (on a decent bed) and recover its reserves. Continue reading
I’ve been feeling decidedly off-kilter since returning from my fantastic holiday in Cornwall (more of that later when I have energy to post something) and I haven’t been able to shake it with a careful balance of rest and activity in the week and a half since I’ve been back Continue reading
Graded Exercise Therapy.
For some sufferers of CFS/ME this brings to mind painful experiences where they have been’encouraged’, by healthcare professionals with limited understanding of the technique, to push through their limits and do more, ending up with crashes, flair-ups, setbacks and pain.
Although the end-goal of Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) is to increase your energy levels and stamina; initially it is about doing less. I will go into more detail about this in a later post. Continue reading
Get up. Dress up. Turn up. 