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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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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
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
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
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
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