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 …
Cheaper online Christmas shopping- some links to save some £s
Ok, so this is a really quick post. I was just on a site sharing deals with people and realised …
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 …
I have Lyme disease: my discovery after 15 years with ME/CFS and two with Fibromyalgia
It’s taken me a long time to write this post. I wanted to wait until a medical professional told me …
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…
You can now find (and Like) Laura’s Pen on Facebook
It’s been a mad week, for reasons that will no doubt feature in a future blog, so I haven’t really …
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 …