Living with chronic pain

Hello I am back today  with a different post I have done posts on here about my struggles with anxiety now I want to share the struggles of chronic pain . 

If you dont know I suffer with degenerative disc disease in my lumbar spine so what this means is that discs in my lower back are loosing fluid and thinning causing pain . I also have 2 slipped disc in my lower back which cause sciatica.  There is a nerve in your back  called the sciatic nerve which when some thing press it on cause pain to shoot down your leg . So now I have explained briefly what's wrong I will now get to point . 

As a young person with chronic pain you feel constantly judged . It feels like people see you getting out the car in disabled space and think your young why you parking there. You go in disabled toilet its the same thing I remember being in a restaurant for my birthday the toilets were upstairs and because I didn't want to judgment form the staff when I went up to get the key to the disabled toilet I battled the stairs. As I came back down a guy shouted should of wore trainers because I was wearing heels i wouldn't normally but I knew i would be mainly sat down so wouldn't cause to much pain. He assumed because I was it the heels causing the problem not my back  pain which if I had wore trainers as he suggested I would struggled with the stairs the same way. 

People don't understand how chronic pain effects a person they don't get that there will be a couple days week where you wake up feeling sick with pain they don't get that will be days you can't leave the house . There will  be days you don't sleep or wake at 5am in pain. I saw a article about spoons and it very true its like you only have so many spoons to do things before pain kicks in and you can't do anymore.  

This is not me having a moan it me try to make people aware of chronic pain and the effects because it is a invisible disability and because of that people don't understand.  So next time you see a young person get out a car in disabled space or use a disabled toilet just think not all disabilities are visible and you don't know what that persons goes through on a daily basis it might have  been a real struggle for them to leave house that day .

Update what to expect

Hello so I have been very in out of blogging the last few years so I am not going to make any promises.  However I do want to come back as miss it but it won't be the same stuff .

Since I have been gone we have moved house and are currently in the middle of planning a wedding oh and cornavirus came and we are yet to get back to normality.  So what type of posts can you now expect from me . Some  book reviews during the pandemic I have got massively back in to read have 2 on the go at all times. Some home stuff might be hacks home update and maybe some home mood boards so you help me decide on some things.  So not so much beauty these days cant remember when I last wore make up if  I am honest .There be a few weight loss post as not quite finished my journey even though I am a stone and half lighter. I would like share some of things that helped me along some things i have learnt and would like to pass on. so no this is not going to be beauty blog but it still going to me giving you my opinions as normal. I hope you will stick around for the journey !  

Tips for weighted hula hooping

I have a fitness post for you today  back in February this year I started using a weighted hula hoop to help be tone and define my waist this seem to be quite a thing at the moment .So I thought I would post some tips that have helped me during my journey .

 1. Find the right weight hoop for you as you get better you can always increase the weight but my hoop is 1.4kg hoop

2. Start slowly don't get hoop an try and do 10 mins a day because this how you end up hurting your self and will get some cracking bruises . Start with 2-3 mins each side and then increase it slowly so 2-3 mins week 1 the 5 mins week 2 etc . If read any description on weighted hoops most  actually advise you do this .

3. To get started but one foot in font of the other and gently swing the hoop the direction of the foot you have forward gently rocking your hips back and forward as you get better you will be able to but you feet together .

4. Keep the hoop at steady pace there is no point trying to wack it round as fast you can because you are more likely to loose control and drop it . If you keep it as nice pace you will be keep up with it and keep control

5. Make sure you have enough space to hoop in .My hoop is quite big but I struggle with a smaller hoop so make sure you have room so your not knocking things brilliant in the garden in the summer but i use are loft as we don't have a garden yet .

Those are my top tips for hooping it is a really good workout and easy to fit in your day. I got my hoop off Facebook but you can get then in argos and amazon my sister got hers in a charity shop so there are loads of options out there.