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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


“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


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


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
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