Sunday 30 November 2014 Meme Images

Meme 1

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Don't even have the strength" Bottom line of text reads: "to shake up Crystal Light."]

Meme 2

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Will write" Bottom line of text reads: "for spoons!"]

Meme 3

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "When you're having a decent day, and your brain says:" Bottom line of text reads: "You feel okay? Challenge Accepted!"]

Meme 4

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Dear Pain," Bottom line of text reads: "today you win."]

Meme 5

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You really should see a doctor." Bottom line of text reads: "Sure.Oh wait, I already tried that for a decade."]

Meme 6

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "I'm too young" Bottom line of text reads: "to feel this old"]

Meme 7

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "I just wanna be" Bottom line of text reads: "physically decent again."]

Meme 8

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: " 'People don't get periods so heavy they bleed down their legs, do they?' " Bottom line of text reads: "1 paw up if you bleed heavily. 2 paws up if you're clotty and bleed heavily all the time. Twitch an ear if you're bleeding heavily right now."]

Meme 9

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Lady doesn't give up her seat on the subway." Bottom line of text reads: "Okay well, if I faint, I know where to land."]

Saturday 29 November 2014 Meme Images

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Meme 1

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: " 'Pain lets you know you're still alive.' " Bottom line of text reads: "The weather here suddenly changed. I'm *really* alive right now."]

 

Meme 2

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Tell doctor you have an ailment" Bottom line of text reads: "They have to look it up; they've never heard of it"]

Meme 3

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "I told a friend I couldn't help because I was 'out of spoons'." Bottom line of text reads: "She asked why I couldn't use forks instead."] The Spoon Theory

Meme 4

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: " 'Wisdom for the Chronically Ill': If you're tired, sleep. If you're hungry, eat. If you're thirsty, drink. It's amazing how often people need to be told this." Bottom line of text reads: "I don't mean to diss this, but if you can do those things on cue, you're not f*cking ill. I never sleep."] 

Meme 5
[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: " How to poop after opiates:" Bottom line of text reads: "Coffee, push to straining point and make whale sounds."] 

Meme 6
[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Being sick is getting too complicated." Bottom line of text reads: "Time to be a cat."] 

Meme 7

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Are there really people" Bottom line of text reads: "Not in pain all the time?"] 

Meme 8

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Ehler-Danlos Hipster" Bottom line of text reads: "I have an illness. You've probably never heard of it."] 

Meme 9

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Telling a GP (GastroParesis) Tubie to east is like telling a paraplegic to run" Bottom line of text reads: "It's not happening."] 

Friday 28 November 2014 Meme Images

Meme 1 02:00

from the amazing Amber Beilharz ‏@velvetbrownfox 
[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: " 'You know you have a chronic illness when you have to take an anti-nausea med" Bottom line of text reads: "Just so you can eat food to swallow more medication."]

Meme 2 04:00

from the amazing Beth Frederick

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You should really try more food!" Bottom line of text reads: "I could, but I prefer breathing normally, thank you."]

Meme 3 05:00

from the amazing Cassandra Russom

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You know you are chronically il when" Bottom line of text reads: "Sickness or injury on the part of a friend or family member prompts the sentiment: 'Now I know how you feel all the time! How do you do it??' "]

Meme 4 06:00

from the amazing Drew Foster

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "People believing that you actually have a condition is no small thing. " Bottom line of text reads: "Sickness or injury on the part of a friend or family member prompts the sentiment: 'In many ways, being denied social recognition of suffering can be as deleterious to well being as the symptoms themselves."]

Meme 5 09:00

 from the amazing EDS ‏@EDSPains

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Waking up randomly at 2am" Bottom line of text reads: "Isn't fun."]

Meme 6 10:00

 from the amazing Fibro Fog ‏@fibrofogdiaries

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "I can't seem to find my way to the land of nod tonight" Bottom line of text reads: "Send Sherpa guides and chocolate!"]

Meme 7 11:00

 from the amazing ifihavethespoons.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Why are the side effects for my medications always the same" Bottom line of text reads: "as the symptoms of the illness it's 'helping'?"]

Meme 8 14:00

 from the amazing Nicky Langsdale

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "My doctor won't even give me meds for it. Just keeps suggesting Paracetamol." Bottom line of text reads: "Like in 14 years, I haven't even thought to try over the counter drugs that cost 60 pence."]

Meme 9 15:00

 from the amazing @SaltOnMySpoon

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "I always slip into dangerous thinking like, 'I'm unworthy of everything.' " Bottom line of text reads: "Being sick depletes me of energy, soul, strength."]

Thursday 27 November 2014 Meme Images

Meme 1 02:00

from the amazing Alesia Copeland @ali_copeland

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Hey body, I don't know if you know this" Bottom line of text reads: "but we need a little thing called sleep."]

Meme 2 04:00

from the amazing autisticdean.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Not Sleepy" Bottom line of text reads: "But definitely tired."]

Meme 3 05:00

from the amazing baberahammlincoln.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Let's play the 'I was laying comfortably in my bed ready to fall asleep' " Bottom line of text reads: " 'when I realised I forgot to take my medicine 3 hours ago' game."]

Meme 4 06:00

from the amazing Elizabeth April ‏@elizabethadrina 

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Have really bad tremors in my left hand right now" Bottom line of text reads: "Tried to drink a glass of water, shook so much I spilled most of it."]

Meme 5 09:00
from the amazing Flick Flickity Troughton

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You know you are chronically ill when" Bottom line of text reads: "You see your doctor more than your husband, and the chemist knows you by name."]

Meme 6 10:00

from the amazing Gwen Butler

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Why is biopsy of a cyst in the root of a tooth being extracted not covered by dental insurance?" Bottom line of text reads: "The extraction was covered."]

Meme 7 11:00

from the amazing John Kelleher

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Took Pills" Bottom line of text reads: "Need Nap Now"]

Meme 8 14:00

from the amazing Nyel Rodger

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You know you are chronically ill when" Bottom line of text reads: "a good day is one you can get through with only the standard meds."]

Meme 9 15:00

from the amazing thecvsgirl.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Is it just me or do you get those moments between flares where you just think, 'How do I have a chronic illness, I feel fine right now?'" Bottom line of text reads: "And then a massive flare hits and you're like never mind."]

Adventure Time Kittens!

{MK} Pardon the quality of the photos -- my phone is slowly dying. These are the new foster kittens in our home. They're keeping us busy at the moment -- toilet training in full force!

No Stupid Questions

I did giggle. You can imagine a room full of senior engineers (all men of course, it is STEM!!) say: Well, if she leaks 2 Tablespoons of blood per day and the average bleed time is 5 days that will be 10 full Tablespoons. If we have a +/- margin of error of 1.5 Tablespoons and the average super plus plus plus tampon holds 0.5TB of blood then we'll need....

Oh fuck it. This is too embarrassing. 100 will do, right?


I can't imagine even USING a 100 tampons, let alone in 7 days. You'd get chafing!! Vag Chafing!

Wednesday 26 November 2014 Meme Images

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Meme 1 02:00

from the amazing Cassandra Russom

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You know you are Chronically Ill when" Bottom line of text reads: "your friends ask you about various medical conditions, assuming that you'll know all about it because it's medical."]

Meme 2 04:00

from the amazing diary-of-demosthenes.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Feel guilty for others" Bottom line of text reads: "having to take on extra responsibilities for me."]

Meme 3 05:00

from the amazing Dorothy T. Murphy

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Five hour 'nap'." Bottom line of text reads: "Still exhausted."]

Meme 4 06:00

from the amazing Els Peth

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You Know You Are Chronically Ill When" Bottom line of text reads: "You wonder what is going to cause an anxiety attack today."]

Meme 5 09:00

from the amazing Farrell Kersey

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You Know You Are Chronically Ill When" Bottom line of text reads: "You're too tired to pul a blanket over yourself at night."]

Meme 6 10:00

from the amazing Horace Cooke

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "A little brown bunny was hopping around on the shelf in the hospital thanks to massive amounts of steroids." Bottom line of text reads: "Quite entertaining he was. At least I think that it was a he."]

Meme 7 11:00

from the amazing Lisa Hughes

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You Know You Are Chronically Ill When" Bottom line of text reads: "You can't even remember your own name sometimes."]

Meme 8 14:00

from the amazing POTS problems @IhavePOTS

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "IDK (I don't know) what' worse...POTS Symptoms" Bottom line of text reads: "or having to explain to everybody that I don't mean weed when I say 'POTS'."]

Meme 9 15:00

from the amazing Rachael Andrews

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: " 'You were dine a minute ago!' " Bottom line of text reads: " 'Yeah well -- now I feel as if I've been injected with acid and my entire body is burning. But I'm sure your thoughtless comment will have helped with that, NOT."]

Spoonie Tips -- Fashion & Hygiene

Hi Kitties,

I'm hoping to do a VLOG on Spoonie Fashion and Keeping Clean, tidy and well. I'm looking for your top tips or any time saving, energy saving and/or creative tips for other Kitties and Spoonies. Leave them below and then look to see if they get featured in the video.

Tuesday 25 November 2014 Meme Images

Meme 1 02:00

from the amazing Heather Yoko McMillan

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "When you're having a decent day, and your brain says:" Bottom line of text reads: "You feel okay? Challenge Accepted!"]

Meme 2 04:00

from the amazing Klause Jodar

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Don't piss me off" Bottom line of text reads: "I will need to recover...for at least a week!"]

Meme 3 05:00

from the amazing Dani Elise

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Chronic Illness Cat puts the 'cat' in" Bottom line of text reads: "Catatonic!"]

Meme 4 06:00

from the amazing heyatleastitsnotcancer.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Sick go being exhausted all day" Bottom line of text reads: "and unable to sleep all night."]

Meme 5 09:00

from the amazing Jessica ‏@jlynn1431 

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "For us spoonies, getting ready in the morning" Bottom line of text reads: "is like waking up & working out is for a normal person."]

Meme 6 10:00

from the amazing kddgetshealthy.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "What people that don't have this illness don't understand is that when you are not in remission, when your disease is active, you don't have the energy to exercise." Bottom line of text reads: "You barely have the energy to do everyday things that those people take for granted."]

Meme 7 11:00

from the amazing mzthorn.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Disability is asking why I'm using a cane without a prescription." Bottom line of text reads: "Persistent vertigo and an intense fear of falling isn't good enough for them, apparently."]

Meme 8 14:00

from the amazing Sabine van Staden

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "You know you are chronically ill when" Bottom line of text reads: " 'Getting back to normal' after a flare depends on the definition of 'normal'."]

Meme 9 15:00

from the amazing spongeboobnopants.tumblr.com

[picture of a Siamese cat's head against a triangle-sectioned background with many shades of blue. Top line of text reads: "Having terrible anxiety has taught me to not say 'I can't breathe' because people either freak out and think you're dying or they're like 'you just used your breath to say that. Stop being dramatic.' " Bottom line of text reads: " 'I must prefer, 'I am having trouble regulating my breathing.' It coverts that I'm not dying but that things aren't ok."]