Laura’s Pen tells the story of how she met her partner, and how they coped when she became chronically ill… …
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 …
If you could only do one thing every day, what would it be?
Laura’s Pen uses a “One thing every day” analogy to explain how restrictive life is with a chronic illness… This …
But you don’t look sick?! – A letter on why I hide my illness
Laura’s Pen’s open letter to people who say: “But you don’t look sick,”, explaining why she hides her illness… Dear …
The benefits of rest in ME/CFS: swapping afternoon naps for regular rests
I am a member of several ME support groups on Facebook and it has shocked me on several occasions to …
Ten things I wish I knew when I first became chronically ill
When you first get ill, it’s scary. You’re used to going to the doctor and them quickly being able to tell you what’s wrong. But with most illnesses that become chronic, this is not the case, you go through a long period of anxiety…
Five quotes that keep me strong when I feel like giving up
Living with a chronic illness is hard. The pain, the fatigue, the insomnia, the cognition problems, the endless list of …
Why you shouldn’t judge a disability by its visibility
I wanted to share a Facebook post that has been doing the rounds this week about a woman called Lauren …