This is Part Two of my endometriosis adventure – you can read Part One here. When I woke up, I was shaking, quite violently. I was propped up in a hospital bed. The lighting was quite harsh. I could feel a small cushion between my thighs. I turned to the nurse who was attending to…
*This is a long post detailing my experience of endometriosis – you might need a cup of tea before reading!* I can’t identify an exact day or an exact moment where I can say, there, that is it, that’s when my endometriosis started. It started to become more of an issue in June 2017, but before…
It’s high time for a rant. Or a vent. Or whatever this blog post all about the latest with my endometriosis turns out to be. I’ve had another spell of the bad days. And I put it down to stress. I was hating the new job I went into at the beginning of September. It…
What a difference a week makes! Last week was all about beautiful food and decadence, and this week, it’s been a difficult to eat a full meal. I had a rough start to the week, I had to take some time off work, which I really hate doing. I had endo pain, combined with digestion…
Twenty five. Quarter of a century. That’s how long I’ve been living for and I’m quite pleased with my progress so far. I’ve lived in five different places, travelled a lot, worked hard, partied hard, learnt some lessons and eaten some beautiful things. Birthdays and New Year’s; those are the two times that I get…
You know when you eat a really rich meal that packed with butter, milk and cheese, you kind of get a sicky feeling? And if you go to a barbecue, or after a meaty roast dinner with chicken, pigs in blankets and pork meat stuffing, you kind of feel the same? Maybe it’s just me,…
I can’t stay away. I think this is possibly the longest I’ve gone for a long time without writing any blog posts. And I didn’t stop thinking about it. Sometimes, I take a picture or I go for brunch and I often think, this would make a good blog post. But for awhile, I couldn’t…
Some times, you’ve got to put your money where your mouth is. I’ve never heard of FarmDrop before, until I saw them advertising in the middle of the Bear Pit in Central Bristol. I got chatting, as you do, and I was hearing all of my favourite buzzwords; local, ethical, supporting farmers, organic, FairTrade. I…
A couple of weeks back, we made yet another dish from Jamie Oliver’s new 5 Ingredients cook book, the Easy Rustic Gnocchi. My main worry was using gluten free flour, I was unsure if they dumplings would hold their shape. Luckily, it worked like a dream and Lawrence said our home made version was better…
The title says it all really. I’ve had a week of from work and I’ve basically spent that time eating, cooking, watching films and drinking tea in bed. With all the crazy that’s been happening lately, it was just the kind of indulgent and relaxing break that I needed. For my birthday meal this year,…
I’ve not really been one for life updates on this blog, but there’s so much going on at the moment, I feel drawn to this style of post. I finished with the District Nurses on Friday. I was treated to an enormous bunch of flowers that filled three whole vases, plus a thoughtful card to…
I gotta take, but I still work, full time, every day. I hope LunchMoney Lewis won’t mind me modifying his song lyrics slightly to fit my situation, because that’s where I’m at right now. I feel a bit stuck between taking my full dose of medication and actually continue to do well at my job…
I haven’t been very creative in the kitchen lately, but I’m still trying to work out if that’s an issue or not. Life itself has been very up and down lately, so I’m not surprised that my cooking has been out of whack. I haven’t got the energy. On my bad days, I’m very reliant…
I was stood under the shower thinking about the weekend just gone. I was thinking what had happened and when was it going to happen again. I was thinking about my hip pain and my back pain. I was thinking about normality. I was thinking about my mum and my boyfriend and doctors appointments and…
There’s a moment before the real pain of a chronic condition kicks in that you think to yourself . . . oh no . . . Here it comes. Honestly, going through the pain of an endometriosis flare up is bad enough, but to know that this will repeat every few weeks is sometimes too much…
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