Chronic Illness

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

“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

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

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

4 Easy Ways to Support Your Chronically Ill Friend This Christmas

Christmas is well and truly upon us. It seems to have snuck up from nowhere like the little festive pest that it is. Don’t get me wrong,...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 17, 20196 min read

3 Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From Our Cats

Despite some of his more questionable theories, Sigmund Freud was right about one thing: “time spent with cats is never wasted.” For...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 17, 20195 min read

Becoming a Wheelchair User: 3 Things I’ve Learned

I became a wheelchair user two years ago, and in that time I’ve really had to work through a lot of anxiety and internalised ableism to...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 17, 20196 min read

Crash

This is a photo that my husband took me of this afternoon. Lying in a darkened room, wearing an eye mask because even the light coming...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 17, 20192 min read

Poverty & M.E

In the build up to M.E Awareness Week, the advocacy group ME Action Network have asked the online community post on a new topic every day...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 17, 20193 min read

An Apology to My Wheelchair

Around two weeks ago it was International Wheelchair Day and this got me thinking about my relationship with my own wheelchair and the...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 17, 20195 min read

Happy 2019

Hello and Happy New Year! I hope you all had a very merry festive period. If you’re reading this and you have a chronic illness, I hope...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 17, 20193 min read

The Perrin Diaries

Part 1: An Introduction At the end of August this year I hit a particularly low point. The unusual heat wave was wreaking havoc on my...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 17, 20194 min read

In Sickness and In Health

I’ve often heard it said that when a person gets very sick, it can be almost as hard for the partner or spouse as it can for the person...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 16, 20196 min read

Come Fly With Me

As some of you may know I recently travelled to Oslo to celebrate my brother’s wedding. It was a beautiful day and a great time was had...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 16, 20199 min read

4 Ways To Support a Chronically Ill Loved One

So your friend, partner or family member has M.E? It’s really crap for them, I know. What can you do to help and support them you ask?...

Lorna McFindlow

Dec 16, 20196 min read