Stories from the Shed

....When I eat I can take my medications and hopefully my pain levels will reduce somewhat. But when the pain is just too much, I resort to Cadbury's Milk Chocolate and instant Cup-a-Soups. I make the soups up in one of my travel mugs so it stays warmer; giving me longer to slowly sip.

I use a TENS machine on many different points to reduce my pain levels and give me back some movement. Drug free options are always helpful.

When I know my movemen...

One of the biggest challenges for people with chronic illness and chronic pain, is when you feel unable to cook or prepare your own fresh food.

After a particularly bad pain flare, days long migraine or long bout of viral illness when you have been unable to get out to shops for any fresh food. Or you have fresh food but no energy or ability to prepare it. What do you do? What are some solutions?...

Don't beat yourself up or your mental health will decline as well. I think that we all know that depression just makes everything so much harder.

I use my chest freezer and have embraced freezer cooking. Besides some pre-made heat and eat meals I have made up from cooking in bulk and freezing in portions. I have uncooked preprepared vegetables in sauces, sometimes with chopped or sliced meats, ready to drop into a crockpot or the pressure cooker. If I know early in the day, I can de...