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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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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
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
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
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