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February 2, 2014December 18, 2015 ~ Vicki Oliver ~ Leave a comment

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It’s safe to say I’ve overdone it again! It’s such a fine balance between the desire to do and the better be careful when you are a #spoonie. Counting your spoons and knowing what’s right is a fine art that I’ve not yet mastered. I’ve had lots of conversations with my #spooniesisters this week about the frustrations of limiting activity, wanting to achieve more and always missing out. We may have to do less as functioning sick people but we have the gift of picking only the best things and having to throw away the rest. 🥄 🥄🥄 Yet hanging out with friends, visiting fun place, and having adventures is always worry it. I hugely enjoyed this year’s #challockchillifest and an #autumnalwalk and #forage for hips. 🌶🌹🍂 Now I just need to nurse a subluxed pelvic girdle and all the muscles in spasm. It’s lucky it’s cold enough for hot water bottles!

And here come the #Autumnal #tree pictures in their droves. I’m not sorry for joining in I love it. 🍁🍃🍂🌱 I’ve been writing a #blogpost today all about how to manage #autumn as a #spoonie . I remember last year having a chat with my #Behcets clinic lead, and her mentioning that #seasonal change affects us on a cellular level. After a little research today I’ve discovered that when #seasons #change our #genes change too, especially those that are in charge of the #immune system and #inflammation . 🍃🍂🍁🌱 Out of curiosity what do you do in autumn to adjust?

I have a new plant. I just can’t help myself with plants. I just want them all. You may have seen on my stories the other day that I resisted a plant sale and it was because I knew I wanted a chilli like this at the #challockchillifest 🌶🌶🌶 This is my new chilli 🌶 plant 🌱 and it’s a spectacular ‘Numex Ornamental’. It has chillis in all of the colours. It makes for a beautiful house plant AND you can eat the chillis. I’ve found with plants I really like it if they have duel purpose. This year I’ve moved towards plants that look beautiful but have function too, whether this is be to eat or to dehydrate for the petals etc.

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