Smiling Clare

Feeling quite terrible today – the horrible cold weather has got to my right knee! It’s very painful! Didn’t sleep that well last night as paracetamol really didn’t do much at all! This morning I have had to take some stronger painkillers, which are helping a bit but not as much as I would like considering they make me feel really sleepy!

I’ve spent most of the day on the sofa under two blankets trying to keep my knee warm, I think I’ve been on facebook virtually all day and have been editing pictures as a way of distracting myself!

All in all it’s been quite a bad week – I didn’t make it to my tutorial, my goldfish I’d had for 10 years died, and I haven’t got much sleep thanks to noisy neighbours!

Oh well, not long till I get my new camera now 🙂 then I might start posting some pics!

Discovered I might be milk intolerant – only when it’s cold though, if it’s heated up the enzymes change so I can tolerate it! Is that weird or what?
So I’ve cut out milk and ice cream from my diet as after eating both of those I feel nauseous. I also have bad acne and catarrh which apparently milk intolerance can cause. Hopefully I’ll be feeling better soon.

Life’s not being easy at the moment, noisy neighbours aren’t exactly making sleep easy and my goldfish isn’t looking too well – very quiet compared with normal and barely moving but he is still swimming about a little and his gills are moving. He is getting old though – must have had him for 10 or 11 years now but he’s become part of the family!

Anyway, I suppose I better come off the computer and do something useful with my time that isn’t to energy consuming as we have friends coming round later.

Well thought I might start a blog, so here I am.

A life within an illness, is going to be my place to vent, rant, share my achievements, disasters and everything else that goes on in my life.

I suffer from an illness called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) which is also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and other names.

No one knows the cause, there is no known cure although pacing seems to help many people.

Personally, I’ve found pacing works wonders but also that it’s hard when you’ve relapsed to find the minimum I can do without feeling really ill afterwards!

I plan on updating this as often as I can…even when I’m really ill.