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This week's Blog is about the toxic culture of 'Wellness' particularly unpicking the myth of returning to a golden age where the body healed itself. WELLNESS & THE UGLY SISTERS. https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.com/2024/09/wellness-ugly-sisters.html

Thank you @MEMarge

Thanks @NelliePledge !

Thanks @Trish - thank you!

Thanks so much everyone- it's good to be back. @perchance dreamer do give Matt Haigh's book a go. I think he is uniquely placed to give such an atfirming and practically helpful book for anyone seeking to help their mental health. Free of Woo- woo...and in short chapters which is good for brain...

Hello...well after a 2 year hiatus, I have redesigned and written a Blog reintroducing me,my situation and the deus ex machina of Chiara our cat! https://thechronicelephant.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-elephant-kitten-in-room.html

I find ( self paced ) tai chi is good for posture, balance tension, stiffness etc. It is not a treatment for ME though.

Such ingenuity! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for finding and collating all this info @Trish My Gp offered me a referral several years ago, but said she didn' t think I would get much from it. Nothing would induce me!

If it' s not out of your price range, I would highly recommend this adjustable electronic pillow raiser: https://www.completecareshop.co.uk/bedroom-aids/pillows-and-pillowcases/leg-lifter-pillows/electric-pillow-lifter?sku=M77040 i do art and craft from bed, and the fact it' s adjustable means...

The idea that are retiring early in order to 'retire' is ridiculous. Many people in their 50' s are providing unpaid care for family members...and of course so many of us are long term sick/disabled. Call me cynical but this sounds like part one of a scheme where there can be justification for...

Great article. Thanks @Jaybee00 I feel inspired by Matisse everyday.

Sweets that reduce pain- a seriously good idea. I believe CBD gummies, oils etc are only legal in UK if all THC has been removed..

Thanks for the link @lunarainbows. The guy in the article is paying £300 a month...but I guess that enables him to work and have an active life. This is interesting...

I really wonder how Drs in can give prescriptions for Oramoph and Tramadol but not medical marijuana.... Does anyone have any thoughts? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/multiple-sclerosis-symptoms-hereditary-cause-b2239253.html

For me the advantage would be getting a referral and some professional advice on my diet, as I am losing weight and having to take stronger pain medication.- neither of which I'm happy about. Hence The Chronic Elephant Blog has gone a bitquiet atm.

I wrote the Blog at the top of this page in 2019. I tested negative and have been on the Cheapo- version of GF ever since. This year I have had a lot of digestive pain, and was retested. Negative. Have been so poorly that the GP said making me do the Gluten Challenge again just isn' t viable...

That' s interesting- maybe it depends on the Practise.

Unsurprising to anyone living in UK. Was trying to explain something to GP last week when it flashed through my mind that I would be taken a lot more seriously if I was a man displaying the same problems. Does anyone email their Gp in the UK? ! Ours does not engage with patients like that-...

Meditation does not exist as a ' treatment'- it is a way to live better with reality ( IMO). I have been meditating for 30 plus years and it is NOT a medical intervention!