Shaunagh Small

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“If you handle it well, they tend to forget that you’re handling it at all… It doesn’t mean that I’m okay… I still have to deal with my #chronicillness(es) and handle everything… I still have way too many medical appointments and way too much #pain.” https://t.co/t9QORp6ULB

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@MrPitbull07 This is what the world needs more of genuine decent people 😀

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“The thing with #ChronicPain is that it is utterly exhausting. I’m not talking “a little bit tiring,” I’m talking the kind of tiredness that no amount of sleep seems to cure. The kind of tired which makes every single atom of your body ache and cry out.” https://t.co/sY8RzFYDIN

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@PaulaMc007 @AliveLeder You couldn’t write this!! What sort of idiots are they? 😡😡

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“The problem with so many people who live in my world of #chronicillness is that we never fake being ill—but we’re masters at faking being well. I think it makes people uncomfortable if I’m honest about how I’m feeling.” https://t.co/pnq7UymAjh #ChronicPain #InvisibleIllness

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@pain_lyn It does get a little frustrating @pain_lyn

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@MckeeganClaire @ForMuckamore This enquiry started on 11th October 2021, soon to be 4 years ago. Poor victims and families @MckeeganClaire

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“#ChronicPain can change on a day to day basis. Pain can even change on a minute to minute basis… Just because a person looks healthy, that doesn’t mean that they feel 100 percent. People with chronic pain are very good at hiding their pain and emotions.” https://t.co/07Zl3dECGk

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“#ChronicPain can disrupt sleep, which in turn, exacerbates the pain, creating a distressing cycle. This disruption heightens #anxiety, reduces pain tolerance, and diminishes emotional resilience, making day-to-day coping a challenge.” https://t.co/I98MOCg95g #MentalHealthMatters

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“When someone with #chronicillness says that they are tired, it means something very different than when someone without chronic illness says the same thing. There is no guarantee that our energy will be replenished after sleeping.” https://t.co/DKvORl92A6 #chronicpain #spoonie

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@BBCBreakfast What horrible people! The ICU in her own hospital was short of PPE and she was selling it for personal gain.

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@Mofoman360 Yes

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@MyArrse Disgraceful waste of money

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@APainPrincess If only, wouldn’t it be wonderful

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“As research continues to show, pain is biopsychosocial—a lived experience. We’re more than our physical pain and #ChronicPain is more than just a rating on a pain scale. A number doesn’t capture our struggle with pain.” Letter to Pain Providers https://t.co/IRKBjM88Og #cpp

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@APainPrincess It most certainly doesn’t @APainPrincess

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“It takes a lot of energy to be in pain all the time… You can’t know what it’s like living with #chronicpain unless you have it, and understanding what it’s like […] dramatically affects how you treat someone who lives with it.” https://t.co/UUdev4BWcv @kmitchellauthor #spoonie

[Shaunagh Small @ShaunaghSmall]

@APainPrincess This is so certainly true @APainPrincess

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“Pain is soul destroying. No patient should have to endure intense pain unnecessarily." #chronicpain #spoonie