Showing posts with label canary in a coalmine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canary in a coalmine. Show all posts

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Canary in a Coal Mine, Jennifer Brea & a Great M.E. Article.

The other day a lady I met online, who also has chronic illnesses, alerted me to this:

http://www.canaryinacoalminefilm.com/

So far, so good - they are raising money and I hope this film raises a lot of awareness and maybe actually instigates some change.

A view from when we took the boat out - it was the last really nice warm day of this year

Anyway, Jennifer Brea, who had the idea to create this film, was interviewed and helped to create the best article I have ever read on M.E.:

http://blog.ted.com/2013/10/25/illuminating-an-illness-without-end-fellows-friday-with-jennifer-brea/

This is really a good article to read if you have M.E., and to get your nearest and dearest to read if they don't understand. Reading it made me feel release; sometimes being able to read someone else putting into words what you feel or think is so cathartic. I am finding it hard to write these days... which is ironic for someone who used to be a freelance writer! I just can't seem to get the thoughts out properly, so I shall sign off for now.

Before I go - we had a storm on Sunday/Monday and had no power for a long time... from early Monday morning through into Tuesday morning... so I am behind on work, but the good news is, I slept a lot and caught up on sleep where I'd been having insomnia. Yay!