In all honesty I am amazed that I have done all this especially considering my health was quite bad last year. I do tend to distract myself as much as possible, but crikey, I got around quite a bit didn’t I. – closing thoughts… Read More Reflecting back! My year of patient, health, research and pharma advocacy 2019 | Carole Scrafton
What are a wonderful read this is by Kathleen Elizabeth, aka blogger of ‘The Invincible Summer’, as she talks about her first time as a disabled dog handler in a dog show. She eloquently describes in detail about the highs and lows of her experience whilst giving us a brilliant explanation of how this role… Read More Our First Dog Show – Competing in Rally Obedience as a Handler with a Disability – The Invincible Summer
Will you be joining us in supporting #RAREsummit19 on 23 September in Cambridge. A highlight on the rare disease calendar. Being an official media partner for this event is a great honour in the name of rare disease advocacy and I cannot wait to attend the event and be a part of the day’s activities.… Read More #RAREsummit19 | 23 September in Cambridge | I’m going, will you join us?!
It’s great to be recognised with ‘The Chronically Hopeful Award’ which Pamela Jensen from There is Always Hope has created, by Barbara McLullich from ‘BACKPAINBLOGUK’ who is a fellow blogger, advocate, and chronic friend.… Read More I’ve been nominated for ‘The Chronically Hopeful Award’ created by Pamela Jessen from There is Always Hope
I decided to test how long it would be before my back began to ache when sat in a regular dining chair, one with no arms and a straight back. It wasn’t long before I began to notice little things….… Read More Stretch, 1, 2, 3, 4… Bend 1, 2, 3, 4 … | ActivePosture shirt – Product review | Carole Scrafton (sponsored post)
What I have explained in this post is the chain reaction of ‘pain’ and ‘inflammation’ that I fight to prevent on a daily basis and when it gets as bad as this the ‘sciatic’ pain is so intense that it really does make me cry.
… Read More The burdens of pain management, inflammation and sensitivity to anti-inflammatories. | Carole Scrafton | 27 March 2019
Excerpt from Sue Brown’s CEO update:
Prevention seems to have been the theme of my February. The possibility that a lot of the pain and disability of MSK conditions might be prevented, and that this is being taken seriously is an exciting prospect.… Read More Latest edition! ARMA Newletters | Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Alliance | March / February 2019
Feature: ‘Find Me A Cure’
Very soon FibroFlutters website will have it’s own very unique widget for readers to search for appriate clinical trials for any illness anywhere in the World and Find Me A cure have already sent me some designs to choose from.… Read More #chronicillnessVOICE | Health & medical related mini-mag for everyone| February 2019 | #notjustpatients
Guest Blog:
Keep on personalising care
by Sarah Duncan, Head of Clinical Policy, NHS England … Read More Latest edition! ARMA Newletter | Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Alliance | January 2018
‘Attending an event during the middle of hibernation was a little daunting but I wasn’t going to let that stop me from going. ‘
What a way to celebrate our newsletters 1st birthday … Read More Special edition Happy new year & ‘Happy birthday’ #chronicillnessVOICE 1yrs young| January 2019 ~ a health newsletter for everyone! #chronicillness #notjustpatients
