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On this page you will find a list of all my posts in chronological order.
Browse around, there are many helpful articles amongst them!

Note: this website was created at the end of 2016. Any posts dated before that have been added over time and backdated to the date I originally wrote them, either on other social media or in my journal.

2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021

2015

June 17 • The Randomness Of My Post Viral Symptoms (Personal Updates)
August 29 • When Preparing A Meal Makes You Weak (Personal Updates)
September 8 • My Assessment And Diagnosis At The Chronic Fatigue Clinic (Personal Updates)
September 30 • My First 6 Months Of ME/CFS: The Best And Worst Months Of My Life (Personal Updates)
November 11 • Chronic Illness: Making Simple Errands Overwhelming (Personal Updates)
November 18 • My Many Symptoms Of ME/CFS In 2015 (Life With M.E.)

2016

August 23 • Celebrating The Ordinary: A Gratitude Log (Personal Updates)
August 24 • Focus On The Blessings Of The Present Moment (Faith Notes, Personal Updates)
August 27 • Mobility Aids, The Benefits Of Using A Walker For Shopping (Personal Updates)
August 29 • Grateful For Those Productive Days (Personal Updates)
August 30 • Enjoying This Gorgeous London Sunshine (Personal Updates)
September 30 • Reflections On Faith Through Chronic Fatigue And Pain (Faith Notes, Personal Updates)
November 4 • Muscle Wastage And Personal Grooming In ME/CFS (Personal Updates)
November 13 • I’ve Started Knitting Again! (Misc. Crafts)
November 17 • Knitting: Bianca Scarf In Autumn Colours (Misc. Crafts)
December 4 • The Long Road To Diagnosis: My First 6 Months of ME/CFS (Personal Updates)
December 8 • International Day of People with Disabilities: Not All Disabilities Are Visible (Life With M.E.)
December 29 • Christmas 2016 – A Quiet Dinner With Friends (Personal Updates)

2017

January 29 • Don’t Do Your Best, Do Less: How To Avoid The Boom And Bust Cycle (How To Get By)
February 7 • Are You an Unchargeable or a Spoonie? (Health & Wellness)
February 8 • Transitioning To A Paleo-Ketogenic Diet (My Keto Story, Personal Updates)
March 17 • How To Cope When You’re Low on Energy (How To Get By)
March 18 • My First 40 Days On The Paleo-Ketogenic Diet (My Keto Story, Personal Updates)
March 19 • Basic Paleo-ketogenic Meal Plan for Beginners (Meal Ideas, Starting a Ketogenic Diet)
April 3 • Reflections After Two Years in Bed With ME/CFS (Faith Notes, Personal Updates)
April 4 • Keto Rash: Relieve The Itch (My Keto Story)
April 18 • M.E. Awareness Campaign: The Effects Of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Awareness Pictures, Life With M.E.)
May 21 • How To Get Started On A Ketogenic Diet, part 1 (Starting a Ketogenic Diet)
June 9 • How The Ketogenic Diet Reduced My ME/CFS Symptoms (My Keto Story, Personal Updates)
June 22 • It’s Been One Of Those Days, Again (Personal Updates)
June 22 • Took Me 30 Years To Learn This Truth About The Gospel (Faith Notes)
June 25 • Still Itching: Time To Find The Unknown Allergen (Histamine Intolerance, Personal Updates)
June 30 • Decorating My Journal Cover (Journaling)
July 1 • Bullet Journal Layout, July 2017: New Month, New Schedule, New Goals! (Journaling)
July 21 • What Are These Teeny, Tiny White Bugs All Over My House And How To Get Rid Of These Little Mites? (Housebound Lifestyle)
July 28 • How I’ve Been Since Moving To The New House (Personal Updates)
August 5 • My Wheelchair And I: Shopping With The Family (Personal Updates)
August 17 • The Paleo-Ketogenic Cookbook, by Dr Sarah Myhill (Books: Health & Chronic Illness, Starting a Ketogenic Diet)
August 31 • Allergic Reaction: Itching And Hives (Histamine Intolerance, Personal Updates)
September 3 • Bullet Journal Layout, September 2017 (Journaling)
September 6 • Enjoying Nature When You’re Housebound With Chronic Illness (How To Get By)
September 9 • Bullet Journal Helpful For People With Chronic Illness (How To Get By, Journaling)
September 10 • Ten Ways To Reduce Stress If You’re Chronically Ill (How To Get By)
September 14 • Paleo-Ketogenic Bounty Bars Recipe (Keto Recipes)
September 14 • The Freedom Of Letting Go (Faith Notes)
September 18 • How Carbs Make My ME/CFS Worse (My Keto Story, Personal Updates)
September 18 • Histamine Intolerance: Reducing The Itching, Rashes And Hives (Histamine Intolerance, My Keto Story)
September 22 • How I’m Tackling The ME/CFS Flares (Personal Updates)
September 22 • MSM for Chronic Pain Relief (Favourite Things, How To Get By)
September 24 • Natural Health Worldwide: Healthcare For The Housebound Patient (How To Get By)
September 29 • My Histamine Issues Have Caused An ME/CFS Flare (Histamine Intolerance, Personal Updates)
September 29 • Does Chronic Illness Make You Feel Useless? (Faith Notes)
September 30 • Low Histamine Keto Meal Ideas, Part 1 (Meal Ideas)
October 1 • Isolation: Why Do People Drift Away? (Faith Notes, Health & Wellness)
October 3 • My Weight Loss Journey: Managing My Weight And M.E. With Diet (Weight Management)
October 8 • The Wind In My Sails: Celebrating The Small Things (Encouragement)
October 9 • Low Histamine Keto Meal Ideas, Week1, Oct 2017 (Meal Ideas)
October 11 • My Life Story In 20 Sentences, For The #20FunFacts Challenge (Memory Lane)
October 20 • 12 Tips To Help You Adjust After An ME, CFS Or PVFS Diagnosis (How To Get By, Life With M.E.)
October 20 • Why I Avoid Emergency Services And My Top Tips For Coping At Home (How To Get By, Life With M.E., Personal Updates)
October 21 • You’ve Got This: You’re A Warrior And A Survivor (Encouragement, Faith Notes)
October 26 • Do You Feel Like Giving Up? Where To Get Help When You Can’t Cope (Encouragement, How To Get By)
November 1 • November 2017 Bullet Journal setup (Journaling)
November 2 • ME/CFS Awareness Pictures To Share, Part 1 (Awareness Pictures, Life With M.E.)
November 3 • ME/CFS flares: what do they feel like and how to cope (How To Get By, Life With M.E.)
November 5 • How to set up a macro tracking app for your ketogenic diet, part 2 (Starting a Ketogenic Diet)
November 6 • Update: current ME/CFS flare is slowing me down (Personal Updates)
November 8 • ME/CFS Awareness, 8 Nov 2017 (Awareness Pictures, Life With M.E.)
November 10 • Life is like a twisting roller-coaster ride (Encouragement)
November 12 • Recipe for Fat Head, Keto Pizza & Toppings (Keto Recipes)
November 16 • ME/CFS Awareness, 15 Nov 2017 (Awareness Pictures, Life With M.E.)
November 17 • MAIMES: Medical Abuse in ME Sufferers (Life With M.E.)
November 20 • Keeping An Eternal Perspective (Faith Notes)
November 26 • Shaking And Trembling With ME/CFS (Life With M.E., Personal Updates)
December 1 • When moving to a foreign country feels like coming home (Memory Lane)
December 2 • Gift Guide: What To Buy For Your Chronically Ill Friends, Part 1 (Favourite Things)
December 2 • God will give you the desires of your heart (Faith Notes)
December 3 • Gift guide: what to buy for your chronically ill friends, part 2 (Favourite Things)
December 4 • Summertime Christmas in Africa (Memory Lane)
December 6 • Gift guide: what to buy for your chronically ill friends, part 3 (Favourite Things)
December 6 • Blogmas 2017 Christmas Tag! (Blogging, Memory Lane)
December 16 • Outcome: Unfit For Work (Memory Lane, Personal Updates)
December 20 • Chronically ill being stalked and denied benefits (Health & Wellness)
December 29 • How I Survived Christmas Despite Chronic Illness – How To Cope During The Festive Season (How To Get By, Personal Updates)
December 31 • December 2017 Chronic Voice Blog Link-up (Blogging, Personal Updates)

2018

January 8 • My First Outing in 5 Months (Personal Updates)
January 10 • ME/CFS Awareness, 10 Jan 2018 (Awareness Pictures, Life With M.E.)
January 11 • Encouraging Quotes to Share, Jan 2018 (Digital Art)
January 14 • Thoughts On Needing A Wheelchair At Age 35 (Housebound Lifestyle)
January 26 • Reflecting, Aiming, Expanding, Focusing, Refreshing (Blogging, Personal Updates)
January 26 • ME/CFS Awareness Pictures To Share, Part 5 (Awareness Pictures, Life With M.E.)
February 3 • Imagine… A Day in The Life of ME (Life With M.E., Personal Updates)
February 8 • My First Blog Award: Liebster Nomination (Blogging)
February 12 • How I overcome insomnia (How To Get By, Life With M.E.)
February 14 • Paleo-Ketogenic Chocolate Truffles with Almond Filling (Keto Recipes)
February 14 • Getting To Know The Me Behind The Illness (Blogging, Memory Lane)
February 22 • Paleo-Ketogenic Breakfast and Snack Ideas (Meal Ideas)
February 27 • Update: When Intention, Creativity and Chronic Illness Collide (Blogging, Personal Updates)
March 6 • Quotes and Bible Verses to Share, from Feb 2018 (Digital Art)
March 9 • Bullet Journal Layout, March 2018 (Journaling)
March 14 • A Community for ME/CFS Bloggers and Patients (How To Get By, Life With M.E.)
April 5 • My 100 Day Project for 2018 (Pen & Paint)
April 7 • Baptism: Celebrating My Rebirth-day (Faith Notes, Memory Lane)
April 9 • Update: A Season Of Anticipation And New Beginnings (Blogging, Personal Updates)
April 13 • The 100 Day Project 2018: Night Skies And Galaxies (Pen & Paint)
April 23 • The 100 Day Project 2018 – Watercolour Flowers (Pen & Paint)
April 27 • Advocacy And Fundraising Ideas And Resources (How To Get By, Life With M.E.)
May 31 • Living With Severe ME/CFS, Who Am I Now? (Encouragement, Life With M.E.)
June 1 • Bullet Journal – June Layout And Mid-Year Flip Through (Journaling)
June 9 • The 100 Day Project 2018 – Watercolour Sunsets (Pen & Paint)
June 22 • Reassessing My Condition, Setting Realistic Goals (Personal Updates)
June 28 • Sunshine Blogger Award, June 2018 (Blogging)
July 11 • My 2018 WEGO Health Award Nomination – Best In Show: Blog (Blogging)
July 14 • How To Get More Links On Instagram Without Using LinkTree (Blogging)
July 16 • My Summer Survival Kit & Top Tips To Beat The Heat. Spoonie Gift Guide, Part 4 (Favourite Things)
August 7 • The SIPB Summer Blog Tag: My Summertime Favourites (Blogging)
August 11 • Breakfast With Birds: Enjoying Nature From Indoors (Visit My Garden)
August 14 • Coal Tits – The First Brave Visitors At Our Bird Feeder (Visit My Garden)
October 1 • How To Have ME Successfully (How To Get By, Life With M.E.)
October 12 • How To Crochet A Twiddle Muff, A Handmade Sensory Toy To Relieve Anxiety (How To Get By, Misc. Crafts)
October 15 • Have You Ever Seen Somebody In A Wheelchair Get Up And Walk? (Health & Wellness)
October 19 • Book Review: Annabeth’s War, by Jessica Greyson (Books: Christian Fiction)
November 1 • Book Review: Nobody’s Girl, By Tania Crosse (Books: Family Life Fiction)
November 14 • Where To Find ME Awareness Pictures (Awareness Pictures)
November 17 • Book Review: He’s Making Diamonds (Books: Health & Chronic Illness)
November 24 • Moving To A New House – Plus 12 Ways To Make Moving Easier If You’re Chronically Ill (How To Get By, Personal Updates)
December 22 • Photophobia: 6 Ways To Cope With Light Sensitivity (How To Get By, Life With M.E.)

2019

January 8 • 10 Important Life Lessons I Learned From Chronic Illness (How To Get By)
February 15 • How Can I Be Physically Disabled And Not Depressed? (Health & Wellness)
March 4 • Chronically Hopeful Art: Paintings, Lettering And Drawings From Feb 2019 (Pen & Paint)
March 22 • Health And Fitness: A Week Before I Fell Ill With Severe Chronic Illness (Personal Updates)
April 10 • Get Your Own Personalised Millions Missing Poster For ME Awareness Month (Awareness Pictures)
May 1 • My Chronic Illness Story: How I Became Housebound With Severe M.E. (Life With M.E.)
July 8 • Creating A Retreat Away From My Own Bedroom (Personal Updates)
July 10 • My 2019 WEGO Health Award Nomination – Best In Show: Facebook (Blogging)
August 5 • A Poem About Life With Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Awareness Pictures, Life With M.E.)
August 16 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 33, 2019 (M.E. News)
August 23 • You Might Be An M.E. Sufferer If… (Part 1) Guest Post By David A Graham (Life With M.E.)
August 24 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 34, 2019 (M.E. News)
September 2 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 35, 2019 (M.E. News)
September 8 • Chronically Hopeful Award, September 2019 (Blogging)
September 9 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 36, 2019 (M.E. News)
September 15 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 37, 2019 (M.E. News)
September 16 • Frequently Asked Questions About Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Awareness Pictures)
September 23 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 38, 2019 (M.E. News)
September 30 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 39, 2019 (M.E. News)
October 6 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 40, 2019 (M.E. News)
October 17 • Exploring The Garden And Our First Family BBQ In Years (Personal Updates)
October 20 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 42, 2019 (M.E. News)
October 25 • Supplements To Manage Chronic Fatigue And Pain (How To Get By)
October 26 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 43, 2019 (M.E. News)
November 12 • My 52-Week Project – A Year Of Art (Pen & Paint)

2020

January 6 • The 52-Week Art Project – Patterns In Shades Of Blue (Pen & Paint)
January 13 • The 52-Week Art Project – Snowy Scenes (Pen & Paint)
January 15 • Getting Organised For The Year Ahead – Personal Update, Jan 2020 (Personal Updates)
January 19 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 3, 2020 (M.E. News)
January 21 • The 52-Week Art Project – Garden Critters (Pen & Paint)
March 24 • Crops In Pots, Indoor Gardening While Housebound (Visit My Garden)
July 9 • My 2020 WEGO Health Award Nomination – Advocating For Another (Blogging)

2021

April 27 • Tiny Task Tuesday – Creating Sanctuary At Home (How To Get By)
April 30 • Delicious Keto Granola Recipe, Perfect Low Carb Breakfast Or Snack (Keto Recipes)
May 1 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 17, 2021 (M.E. News)
May 3 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 18, 2021 (M.E. News)
May 3 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 19, 2021 (M.E. News)
May 26 • Tiny Task Tuesday – Celebrating All I’ve Achieved In May 2021 (How To Get By)
May 29 • This Week’s M.E. News – Week 21, 2021 (M.E. News)

Chronically Hopeful on What Are These Teeny, Tiny White Bugs All Over My House And How To Get Rid Of These Little Mites?
Hi Alex, it sounds like you're having a really difficult time with these mites. I'd suggest avoiding bleach, it's not…
Chronically Hopeful on What Are These Teeny, Tiny White Bugs All Over My House And How To Get Rid Of These Little Mites?
I think it's important to reduce humidity in the room, especially if there are two of you in there, it…
Chronically Hopeful on What Are These Teeny, Tiny White Bugs All Over My House And How To Get Rid Of These Little Mites?
I'm sorry you're dealing with this. It sounds really frustrating. Have you tried all the methods described in the article…
Chronically Hopeful on What Are These Teeny, Tiny White Bugs All Over My House And How To Get Rid Of These Little Mites?
That sounds like a very difficult situation to be in. For the larger electronics I would suggest taping some bin…
Chronically Hopeful on My Chronic Illness Story: How I Became Housebound With Severe M.E.
I am so sorry you've had to battle this alone with so many people turning their back on you. It…