Chronic illness

There is some gardening with ME that you can do in bed. I’m not joking. I do my best thinking about the garden whilst resting in bed. Over winter, I spent time reflecting on the past year, thinking about what ...

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Have you heard of alpine plants? They are lesser known, even amongst many gardeners. Yet for people with an energy limiting chronic illnesses like ME, alpines are smaller and easier to manage. So let me introduce you to alpines, the ...

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Long-standing readers might wonder at the title of this post. Before you say, hey, Gwenfar has been talking about Gardening with ME for ages, here’s why this I’ve titled this ‘an introduction’. I am now writing a quarterly Gardening with ...

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I had plans. I had so many plans. I wanted to visit the gardens of Iran. Soak up the history and culture of Morocco. Travel to the Caucasus on an alpine plant holiday of discovery. I wanted to finally be ...

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This, is one of the reasons we chose to live in this part of Penarth. Cosmeston Lakes, the path to which is about 5 minutes from our new home. As you can see, there are plenty of paths I can ...

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Updated 18th February 2022 Disabled people are often told we are needed in politics and should be more active, but the people saying this never consider what kind of accommodations might be needed to make it possible for us to ...

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In mid June, I talked about using a heart rate monitor to better manage MECFS. I thought it might be useful to post an update and let you know how it’s going. And I’m adding information about another useful measurement, ...

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