Health

My chronic flare care kit

Health by LemonsJanuary 2, 2019January 6, 2019

Health by LemonsSeptember 16, 2017September 17, 2017

“Is a complex diet right for you when you’ve got chronic pain?”

Answer: Absolutely. And not at all. A bit of a ‘meh’ answer, isn’t it? My head is pounding as I write this and – after knocking the flour over twice – I’m almost ready to throw in the towel. “Enough for today, I’ll just have crackers and cheese,” I think. I’ve spent the last two […]

Confessions of an introvert mother

Health by LemonsJune 20, 2017September 18, 2017

Pregnancy, childbirth, life with a baby and Ehlers-Danlos

Health by LemonsMay 8, 2017July 27, 2017

Health by LemonsJanuary 28, 2017June 28, 2017

My hEDS birth plan

As part of my “hEDS x pregnancy” series of blog posts, I thought it might be helpful to share my birth plan or birth preferences. Lots of people warned us that nobody would even glance at it, but our experience was so very different. As I laboured through three different shifts, every single midwife and […]

Low FODMAP explained

Hearth by LemonsJanuary 24, 2016August 4, 2017

Health by LemonsMay 18, 2015August 4, 2017

My journey to diagnosis & what’s next?

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) In April 2015, I was diagnosed with Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (HMS) by a hypermobility specialist, Dr Hanadi Kazkaz, at the University College London Hospitals with a score of 5 out of 9 on the Beighton Score. EDIT: Most recently, the assessment was revised by Dr Mittal at the Hypermobility Unit at […]