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I hate my chronic illness (and that’s ok)

09/09/16 / Charlie / Leave a comment / ALL, HEALTH

Ok so… After a really tough couple of months, and a very tough week last week, I want to open up and be honest about possibly my biggest secret. People will know me as a happy, optimistic (and hilariously funny) person. People regularly tell me that they “couldn’t do what I

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Breaking up (with sugar) is hard to do

10/19/15 / Charlie / Leave a comment / ALL, HEALTH
Sugar

My dear, After a lot of thought, I decided after a long and beautiful relationship, it was time for us to take a break. We had some serious ups and downs and some really amazing times together. But it was starting to feel like a toxic relationship that was having

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CVID #2 – Optimism, grief, energy, rebellion & panic attacks

09/03/15 / Charlie / 1 Comment / ALL, HEALTH

This is CVID post #2, following on from my last (pretty long) CVID post #1 where I talked about dealing with life before and after being diagnosed with Common Variable Immunodeficiency and my first treatment. The post finished on the day after my first infusion and I was dizzy, exhausted, nervous,

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Shit people say to chronically ill people

08/25/15 / Charlie / 2 Comments / ALL, HEALTH
Shit people say to chronically ill people

I have been wanting to write this list for a while now, but I never felt like “coughing for 3 years and regularly sick” was a strong enough podium to write from. However, with my nice new title of Person with a Primary Immune Deficiency, I’m totally allowed to write

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Charlie’s Very Irritating Disease (CVID)

08/16/15 / Charlie / 17 Comments / ALL, HEALTH

This is the first of 2 (so far) posts about my diagnosis with a primary immune deficiency (Common Variable Immunodeficiency) and my first treatments. This one is the lead up to, and including my first treatment. The second post follows on from this one up to my second treatment. About a

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