RESIDENT SICKO | life hacks for Chronic Illness, Pain & Spoonies | EDS, M.E and Endo 

Thank you for this. I love Insight Timer. I really needed to hear, "Rest is enough!" Looking forward to part two!

I have a cat, he is very in tune to when I need support with my pain. He will lay on my stomach and keep me warm and just the purring is the best, it releases serotonin in your brain and other happy cozy chemicals. His purring also really helps me with my sleep. I mean, your list is pretty comprehensive and includes things I hadn’t even thought about using (like your third arm haha), but my cat is a literal life saver for my chronic pain. There’s literally nothing else I have to add to the list 😂 maybe meal prep. I still have days where I’m well enough to cook for myself so I cook huge batches and put food in the fridge and freezer for periods where I can’t stand for that long to cook. I just heat it up in the microwave and tada, we have dinner, lunch and breakfast sorted. Maybe a good one for if you live on your own and don’t have a carer.

Fello sicko here from Virginia in the US. Soooo thankful I ran across your video! Hope you are faring well

Thank you for this video. I'm 70 and have suffered from fibromyalgia since I was 20. Now at my age I also have severe hip osteoarthritis and neck and shoulder pain. One thing that helps me is a Reacher. It Helps me pick up things from the floor and even sometimes helps me dress myself. My daughter is my carer and I also have a partner. I have good insurance here in the states, in Hawaii. They pay for my physical therapy which keeps me out of the operating room or a wheelchair. I believe in using whatever method that helps pain. I use both Eastern and Western medicine. I will look into a lot of the helpers that you mentioned in this video. Sending you healing vibes. Aloha

Oh my gosh I wish I had found you sooner, thank you for this video and really voicing the part about nhs, which is a wonderful resource but not fit for us non pigeon people! Especially where there is no umbrella care or knowledge for us eds people!

Great hacks! Thanks for sharing! I have the same pill box the colors make the day a bit better. Love your realness. Prayers! God has a plan!

Also a fellow reader, and an undiagnosed sicko. I've just been away for 2 weeks doing some amazing volunteer work but now I'm unsurprisingly flaring so videos like this are where I'm camping atm to try and get out of this hopefully swiftly.

Thank you so much for this helpful video. I have Adeno, migraine and mental illness. For migraine what helps me is peppermint oil on the neck and temples, also a migraine relaif playlist (for when i am outside or even when i need some input) for me water sounds like waves or stream sounds are soothing. For Adeno, what i learned is to take my medication as soon as the pain is coming. Don't wait till it is the worst. Take the pill, lay down on the bed or a mat and breathe in to the belly. Love to all sickos ♡

I have exact same heat blanket, is so good x

Coming here to try and prepare for this week since I have to work to survive… no disability help here :/ hoping it can help make life bearable

thanks so much for all your support in this video. i have found things that will really help support my disability and also found a perrin technique practitioner here in the UK - can't thank you enough :)

I LOVE THIS VID one of my faves. I’m honoured to be mentioned 🥺🥺🥺 (watched half now rest break cos I’m a good spoonie xoxox) also the tan brows hair you are looking BEAUT ❤️

Thank you so much for this video! I've been in lots of pain this year and I'm struggling to accept it. I'm unfortunately very used to my mental illnesses but not so much my physical symptoms but this video was so helpful and now I'm saving up my coins to get some of this stuff! I want to finally look after myself properly I struggle a lot with thinking I deserve the pain. Can't wait to see if some of this works for me and hopefully ill even be able to make youtube videos again soon! Could really do with a YUYU bottle right now I have PCOS and my cramps are awful! sending love and spoons xx

This is so helpful! I think I'll have to keep revisiting! Thank you for compiling this! Hope this is okay to post but little things I find helpful are gin-gins (ginger sweets) for nausea, it's not as helpful as nausea meds but takes the edge off, and little packs of salty pretzels for POTS symptoms - I keep both stashed in my bag, in the cupboard and the car. Also a theracane (self-massage tool so you can reach your back) absolute life changer for my back pain when I get muscle knots.

Thank your for your brilliant tips! :) Will definitely try the playlist on Insight Timer! I was desperately searching for a new eye mask and I will probably give the Smartphone arm thingy a go aswell. Great!!

Thank you so much; this is one of the greatest videos I have ever came cross. And to think I arrived to your channel via a booktube recommendation! Haha. I wanted to let you know what while I do not suffer from the same conditions you do, I have fallen completely ill and bed-ridden this September, recovering from an opiate addiction (I am taking an opiate-maintenance medicine, Subutex, which is the cause for the constant, 24/7 sick feeling). I am going to show your vid to my partner cause I literally wanna get each and every one of the things you mentioned, especially the things regarding nausea, fatigue, bone ache and temperature balance. Thank you, your channel is awesome (I need to watch the book vids!) and you are so sweet.

such a great video! i’m starting the perrin technique at the beginning of june and am a little anxious so it’s great to hear from someone who has tried it ☺️ two things which have been a game changer for me recently are my weighted blanket (it really helps with restless legs and joint pain imo) and a momostick for holding my phone - i used to have a popsocket but this is a lot more comfortable to hold, especially since the pain in my hands has gotten worse. i also take my milk thistle in capsule form because i can’t hack the taste!

Ha ha I love, I'm not a dictionary! Can I borrow that 🤔 please xx

Thank you for the video! Some of these are really helpful I’ve shared the video around! Omg I also thought you said you ate children

Thank youuuu :)

I love the gooseneck thing to hold your phone or kindle! I need something like that for physical books. Any recommendations?

Just SUBmarined you...i have EDS...chronic pain..im discouraged big time...i was trying to do a pain support group...but oh well..yt continue deleted my SUBmarines... I'm still undecided about getting VaxD

I'd love to be able to called a "sicko" because I sound nauseating as well 😂 can we talk about health issues in the comments?

Tan 😍