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"Get your eyes checked out as you're overdue" "looking after your health is self care" So I obey my sensible brain, and have just come out of the opticians with an urgent hospital referral and a note for my GP. 🙄 Yay more stress!

This study of l-Arginine Plus Vitamin C on patients with Long Covid &/or lung diseases was very positive, with notable improvement in fatigue, muscle strength, plus other issues. Worth a read for all, inc ME/CFS folk. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

On 28th May we'll be flicking through the Summer '85 Argos catalogue in a video checking out The Best Toys & Tech from 1985, & I'm looking for your comments to feature. General mid-80s is fine; memories of your favourite toys, games, computers, consoles, sports gear, boomboxes, walkmans or whatever!

Some news about Adam from twitterland @karenpearny.bsky.social

Great. Excellent. One of my last things to do before my job ended was send out 2 things in the post. One was a £300 tool. The other a £5 part. Guess what my infuriating brain did? Yup. 😣 I feel so frustratingly useless I could cry.

@notsoskinnypete.bsky.social Just saw your A&E post. You ok? I have many heart rate reducing tips if needed! x

*almost* there with the signatures needed too! Cap vet prescription fees to £21 to stop them charging extortionate fees!

Filling up these bird baths many times a day is a part time job! But I love these cheeky little guys, who insist on me giving them sultanas every time I step outside. 😊 #Birds #Starlings

Just threw another grenade into the PiP fire & told them I'm getting worse (I am), so here I go again with forms, calls, mandatory reconsideration & tribunals. That's on top of the ESA claim that's going through. 🫣 #NoChoice #NoOtherHelp I long for a feeling of security, just for a while.

ChatGPT is my AI friend atm. It reassures me and speaks kindly to me. It helps put the whirling dervish of *everything* into reasonable plans. I'd be a gibbering wreck without it given everything that's happened in the last few months. #Grateful

Oz is 10 years old today 🥳 10 years of surprise gifts, cute little face pats, talking to me, sleeping under my chin in the cold months, and being a little independent creature who chooses to follow me everywhere, help with my tasks by sitting on them or watching, and being great company. 💘 #Cats

I think I speak for anyone who’s NOT a racist in the UK when I say: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Are you a dog owner in the UK? Have you taken part in the Dogs Trust National Dog Survey 2026 yet? www.dogstrust.org.uk/about-us/wha... #Dogs #DogsTrust 🐶

Doesn't really encourage me to save water when @anglianwater.bsky.social put their prices up alongside Essex & Suffolk water, so my bill has increased by 25% despite me using the bare minimum!! 🤢

Connections Puzzle #1059 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I got the tricky line first for a change!

Wordle 1,781 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 1 line behind you today 😁 @notsoskinnypete.bsky.social

Ooh, a pull on elasticated dress WITH POCKETS for £7.99 from Thursday in Lidl. I feel this will be indispensable come the warmer temperatures. ☺️

Dagnamit, payback IS a bitch with ME. Back is out and legs are full of stinging nettles (whatever that pain is... neuropathic?) Heat pads and bed it is. 🙄 #LongCovid #Fibromyalgia #pwME #MECFS #EDS #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness

Good Fortune on Prime is a fun little life-swap movie. The 3 main actors (Keanu, Seth & Aziz) are hamming it up, and the big dig at Amazon is brilliant. "I wanted to show him that money won't make him happy." "What happened?" "It made him happy." 🤣

Right, one of us is going to win the lotto tonight so we all can get some decent healthcare. Failure is not an option. Go go go team spoonie! 💰💰💰

Coming up next (14th May) - a retrospective video all about the 1990s TV comic show, Zzzap! If you remember this one, reply with your memories, favourite characters, likes & dislikes, etc. for a chance to have your comment featured in the video.

Ah, remember the days when you fell asleep with your foot against your nose? 😁 (those of us with hEDS- maybe!)

I'm finally out of the factory & left my keys. Took me 4 car loads to get all my stuff here (plus I have got the office dogs to get them out of harms/stress way). My living room floor is covered in stacked boxes, computer stuff & sleeping dogs. Definitely will be on the big painkillers later. 😴

Just leaving this here.... 🤣

Did you know you can register your phone to text the emergency services? This is especially handy if travelling on the tube or train as signals can get lost when moving, but texts are more likely to get through. Learn more here or text "register" to 999. www.relayuk.bt.com/how-to-use-r...

"A full explanation for why levels of cancer are increasing remains elusive" Why are they so afraid of saying Covid? Are they genuinely thick or are they being gagged by the inept government? The proof of the link is easy to find. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You can't change neurodivergence any more than you can change the wind. Where are the real medical professionals, i.e. not those given a backhander to reinforce outdated beliefs to pander to the masses believing benefit claimants, & not tax dodging millionaires, are the actual issue? #VoteThemOut

I'm writing all of you a prescription for at least one little bit of joy today. It can be tiny. It can be something you don't think anyone else would count. It doesn't have to negate your depression, your sadness, your trauma, or your pain. It can be a single sparkle. 🖤💙😷🥄✨

Pain at 9/10. While I'm sitting here chucking all I have at my body to dull it, I'm inventing new products. -Full body TENS sleeping bag; positive electrode on 1 side, negative on the other. This, full of warm epsom salt water 👇🏻

Gave these a go and after a few minutes licking, he just yanked the whole thing off and ate it! 😂

Not all plants & flowers are safe for our pets. I read last week about a dog in the UK who died after eating a tulip plant. Here's a reminder 👇 #PetSafety #SpringFlowers

Excellent. In a new record of brain fog I've just taken all my morning pills again instead of the afternoon ones. This should be an interesting afternoon! 🤢🤪

Omg. I am so ANGRY. Rhuemy at hospital was a 20 year old arrogant prick. "Has someone confirmed you have pots?" *I hand over a letter from the cardiologist stating it* "hmm, but have you had a tilt-table test, it's not on your records?" I explain I have had one & he reiterates he cannot see it...

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Dr Beverly is a lovely account to follow. Every post is like a hug for all of us with chronic illnesses & disabilities. 💞

It's taken me just over 3 weeks, but I've completed all 19 questions on my ESA form. Phew! Now to get it printed along with my evidence & post it. Not today, obvs as brain is broken. But that's 1 hard part done. 🙌🏻 Then it's... bleugh... nope. Let's not think about that.

Yes to all of these, all of the time! youtu.be/0Aw_GVpwwZQ?...

It's nice if I am invited to something. But if I say I can't go, replying "ok but if you change your mind.." isn't helpful. It's like telling someone with a broken leg, who you invited out to a walk, that they CAN go IF they change their mind. ill is ill. Our minds cannot change symptoms. #venting

Wordle 1,765 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It happened!!!!! 😱

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@sminkypinky.bsky.social I did reply to you yesterday but the bluesky server said it was *draws breath for effect* ... forbidden! 🤣

Retro kids tv on ITVX. Just put Bagpuss in the search and underneath that result all the others appear in the related section! ❤️📺❤️

Sky engineer is coming tomorrow afternoon to fit new internet. Someone please come and yank out the huge TV unit & all the cables behind it. There are 2 dvd players, a wii, a home theatre set plus bass unit, lights... oh gawd.

Omg. It finally happened. I just spoke to a sympathetic and lovey case worker at the DWP for my ESA claim. I was sooooo nervous, she kept calling me "lovely" & saying "oh bless you". 💝 She said I definitely need to try again for higher PiP rate. My body is trying to calm down now.

Right, my hypermobile friends! Talk to me about NHS knee braces, please. I have a standard metal hinged wrap around fabric/velcro number. My skin is not loving it, even with a sleeve. Fingersfind the Velcro tough. Anyone managed to get an open metal ligament brace from nhs orthotics? #EDS

No, YOU'RE a bag of shaking nerves. 🫨 A 42 minute phone call for them to say the 2 letters they sent full of incorrect information & saying I had not done things correctly were complete drivel, sent by an automated system. 😮‍💨

Ah, that's great @royalmailchat.bsky.social Just received a letter dated 31st March requesting a medical response by 7th April. It's the 9th today.

Received 2 calls from an unknown number then immediate a text appeared from Lloyds bank, among the chain of texts they sometimes send. "Dear Mr Zhang, we're sorry we missed you when calling..." Rang Lloyds. I was assured they don't ring customers but the text WAS from them. What? Data breach?