Lorna McFindlow
A Reintroduction to Me and My M.E
Hello pals. Since there are some new faces here, I wanted to do a little reintroduction to me, but mostly to my M.E. So here’s a few...
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Cream Crackered Blog is run by Lorna McFindlow, a freelance disabled writer who writes about chronic illness and disability rights.
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Lorna McFindlow
- Feb 12, 2021
- 5 min
Advocacy, Happiness and Guilt
When you have a chronic illness that is widely misunderstood and steeped in decades of stigma and disbelief from doctors and the wider...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
“You’re So Lucky”
If you’re sick and/or disabled and have a non-disabled partner, how many times have you been told how lucky you are? I’ve heard it more...
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Lorna McFindlow
- May 1, 2020
- 7 min
When it all sort of fell apart
If I asked you to look through these photos of me from the last 6 years and pinpoint the precise moment I became ill, would you be able to?
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Lorna McFindlow
- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
"It only kills the elderly and those with underlying health conditions."
I can understand the need to comfort yourself at a time like this, but must it be at the expense of the elderly, sick and disabled?
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Lorna McFindlow
- Mar 27, 2020
- 5 min
A Letter to My Non-Disabled Friends
It’s a very strange time right now. The world has suddenly turned upside down. We are all fearful of what’s to come, anxious about our...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Feb 24, 2020
- 6 min
M.E Myths Debunked: Part 1
M.E Myths Debunked: Part 1 Two years ago, when I was diagnosed with M.E, I knew a little about it because a friend of mine had it, but...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Jan 16, 2020
- 7 min
The Perrin Diaries: Part 2
[Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with The Perrin Technique or Dr Perrin in any way. This is an entirely independent review of a service I...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 6 min
4 Easy Ways to Support Your Chronically Ill Friend This Christmas
Christmas is well and truly upon us. It seems to have snuck up from nowhere like the little festive pest that it is. Don’t get me wrong,...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 3 min
Blue Badge Co. Parking Permit Cover - My Review
[Ad – gifted] [I was gifted this item free of charge, in exchange for an honest review. I will always disclose any gifted items,...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 4 min
Blue Badge Co. Tablet Stand - My Review
[Ad – gifted] [I was gifted this item free of charge, in exchange for an honest review. I will always disclose any gifted items,...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 5 min
3 Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From Our Cats
Despite some of his more questionable theories, Sigmund Freud was right about one thing: “time spent with cats is never wasted.” For...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 6 min
Becoming a Wheelchair User: 3 Things I’ve Learned
I became a wheelchair user two years ago, and in that time I’ve really had to work through a lot of anxiety and internalised ableism to...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 9 min
Wellbeing & M.E
Having M.E is a bit like being the donkey in Buckaroo. Bear with me, I’m going somewhere with this metaphor. You’re carrying so much...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 2 min
Crash
This is a photo that my husband took me of this afternoon. Lying in a darkened room, wearing an eye mask because even the light coming...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 3 min
Poverty & M.E
In the build up to M.E Awareness Week, the advocacy group ME Action Network have asked the online community post on a new topic every day...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 5 min
An Apology to My Wheelchair
Around two weeks ago it was International Wheelchair Day and this got me thinking about my relationship with my own wheelchair and the...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 3 min
Happy 2019
Hello and Happy New Year! I hope you all had a very merry festive period. If you’re reading this and you have a chronic illness, I hope...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 4 min
The Perrin Diaries
Part 1: An Introduction At the end of August this year I hit a particularly low point. The unusual heat wave was wreaking havoc on my...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 16, 2019
- 6 min
In Sickness and In Health
I’ve often heard it said that when a person gets very sick, it can be almost as hard for the partner or spouse as it can for the person...
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