health stories

5 surprising things my chronic illness taught me

31st July 2020

There’s no doubt about it – chronic illness is hard. When I turned 30 last year, I reflected on how different my life looked to what I had originally planned. But the surprising thing was that amongst the negatives, there were some positives that came from my illness. Lessons that I may never have learned. […]

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Scleroderma Awareness Month

26th June 2020

Guest post by Georgie from https://www.georgiexoxo.com/ The 29th of June is World Scleroderma Day, but of course, each and every single day is important for all of us suffering from this condition. Every single day we are always fighting for our voices to be heard and to raise awareness for this very rare condition. Scleroderma […]

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How cycling improved my mental health

12th September 2019

This health stories is by Lauren Ephithite www.laurenephithite.com; in paid collaboration with cycling brand Jorvik who asked her to share how cycling helped with her health. Thank you for supporting this post as our sponsors help ensure we can pay our writers! Cycling is known to have multiple benefits to our physical health-after all, the […]

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Sustainable living with a chronic illness

7th September 2019

Words: Laura from Rockability Spoonie and Katherine from The Reluctant Spoonie When you live with a chronic illness your medical appointments, expenses and managing your daily symptoms will always be on your mind, so sustainable living may not be your top priority. Just because you can’t go plastic free because all your medication comes in […]

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It’s 2019 yet 2 out of 3 women with a physical disability are still unable to access Cervical Screenings-this is why we need change.

10th August 2019

Words: Jo Moss New research released by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust has revealed the extent to which women who have physical disabilities are discriminated against when attempting to undergo cervical screenings. The report findings show that 63% of women with a physical disability are unable to access cervical cancer screening. This shocking statistic may come […]

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