Why I’ll be celebrating my victories instead of mourning time lost to illness on my 30th birthday
Laura Chamberlain explains why her 30th birthday will be tainted with grief and how she's trying to change her mindset…
My symptoms: a complete list of my symptoms of ME/CFS, Lyme Disease, Endometriosis, POTs and Fibromyalgia
Laura's Pen lists all the symptoms she suffers with, in an attempt to show the true extent of chronic conditions…
A Haiku on Brain Fog in ME/CFS and Chronic Illness for World Poetry Day
Laura's Pen presents a Haiku on brain fog to celebrate World Poetry Day... It was World Poetry Day on 21st…
10 things that seem normal when you’re chronically ill that definitely are not
Laura's Pen lists ten things that become normal when you're chronically ill, which really aren't normal, such as having to rest…
What does endometriosis feel like? My story and my symptoms
Laura's Pen explains what endometriosis feels like to her and how her symptoms have progressed over the years... An estimated…
A man walked into a pub… and I fell in love – How I met my partner
Laura's Pen tells the story of how she met her partner, and how they coped when she became chronically ill...…
Making tea with brain fog (a funny video)
A video that demonstrates all the things that can go wrong when you try to carry out simple tasks, like…
What if? A poem about living with chronic illness
Laura's Pen performs a chronic illness poem about the misconceptions healthy people sometimes have about her life... This is a chronic…
Goodbye 2016, the year of health revelations
Laura's Pen looks back at 2016, and forwards to her hopes for the next year... A year forward, a year…
The undiagnosis of my endometriosis
Okay, so my first sentence is going to contradict my headline: I've just been diagnosed with severe endometriosis. But I…