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Cream Crackered Blog is run by Lorna McFindlow, a freelance disabled writer who writes about chronic illness and disability rights.
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Ageing & Chronic Illness: Time Lost & A Life Unexpected
I’m turning 38 on Friday and my life looks nothing like I thought it would at this age. In fact, I think if that wee girl in the photo...
Lorna McFindlow
Jun 184 min read
Chronic Illness & Childlessness
TW - Childlessness & related grief I’ve been working on this post for a good while now, chipping away at it here and there whenever I...
Lorna McFindlow
Sep 18, 20246 min read
Some Thoughts on Covid Safety & Suicide Prevention
Trigger Warning - Suicide If you’re someone who cares about suicide prevention but you aren’t masking in shared public spaces, I want you...
Lorna McFindlow
Sep 13, 20243 min read
Toxic positivity can do one
TW - Suicidal ideation I know it’s well-meaning but if your response to a sick person talking about their life is to tell them to “be...
Lorna McFindlow
Feb 19, 20232 min read
Life can still be good, I promise
Trigger warning: this post touches on suicidal ideation I’ve had quite a few new people join me here over the last week and from chatting...
Lorna McFindlow
Jan 20, 20234 min read
“What’s the point of masks?”
“What is the point of masks?” Hearing that question from someone you love and who claims to love you is so incredibly painful. Me. My...
Lorna McFindlow
Aug 27, 20222 min read
A Loving Reminder for My Sick & Disabled Pals
Everyone has access needs, whether they want to call them that or not, it’s just that ours tend to be seen as being more awkward or...
Lorna McFindlow
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Pandemic Reflections: Ableism, Eugenics and Disabled Anger
It’s raining outside and we’re still in bed with the curtains drawn, pretending the world doesn’t exist outside of our safe little...
Lorna McFindlow
Aug 25, 20222 min read
A Reintroduction to Me and My M.E
Hello pals. Since there are some new faces here, I wanted to do a little reintroduction to me, but mostly to my M.E. So here’s a few...
Lorna McFindlow
Jul 13, 20214 min read
Advocacy, Happiness and Guilt
When you have a chronic illness that is widely misunderstood and steeped in decades of stigma and disbelief from doctors and the wider...
Lorna McFindlow
Feb 12, 20215 min read
Veganism, Ableism and A Lack of Understanding
! Trigger warning: discussion of diet and disordered eating ! Hi, I’m Lorna and I’m a disabled vegan. I promise this is relevant. I...
Lorna McFindlow
Jan 14, 202111 min read
“You’re So Lucky”
If you’re sick and/or disabled and have a non-disabled partner, how many times have you been told how lucky you are? I’ve heard it more...
Lorna McFindlow
Oct 15, 20204 min read
Chronic Illness, Parenthood and Grief.
⚠️CW: Pregnancy and baby loss, fertility grief, miscarriage. Absolutely no unsolicited advice in the comments please ⚠️ A lot of you may...
Lorna McFindlow
Oct 9, 20205 min read
Invisible
If you were looking carefully, my illness wouldn’t be quite so invisible at all. If you were paying attention, you would see the effort...
Lorna McFindlow
May 11, 20203 min read
When it all sort of fell apart
If I asked you to look through these photos of me from the last 6 years and pinpoint the precise moment I became ill, would you be able to?
Lorna McFindlow
May 1, 20207 min read
"It only kills the elderly and those with underlying health conditions."
I can understand the need to comfort yourself at a time like this, but must it be at the expense of the elderly, sick and disabled?
Lorna McFindlow
Apr 15, 20204 min read
A Letter to My Non-Disabled Friends
It’s a very strange time right now. The world has suddenly turned upside down. We are all fearful of what’s to come, anxious about our...
Lorna McFindlow
Mar 27, 20205 min read
Quarantine: A Housebound Person's Guide
The threat of the coronavirus, which once seemed so far away is now up close and very personal. It has reached the cold and choppy shores...
Lorna McFindlow
Mar 16, 202010 min read
M.E Myths Debunked: Part 1
M.E Myths Debunked: Part 1 Two years ago, when I was diagnosed with M.E, I knew a little about it because a friend of mine had it, but...
Lorna McFindlow
Feb 24, 20206 min read
The Perrin Diaries: Part 2
[Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with The Perrin Technique or Dr Perrin in any way. This is an entirely independent review of a service I...
Lorna McFindlow
Jan 16, 20207 min read
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