About this blog

Chronic. Invisible. Debilitating. (and hard to diagnose.)


These 3 words describe Soeun’s physical discomfort when he is in Australia.



The actual blog part of this blog (Scrapbook) is partly things I wrote in June 2016 during Migraine Awareness month reflecting back on 2011-12, trying to understand things, as well as links to relevant articles I'm reading these days. And bits and pieces of other things about life with the Dizzy Monster.


Saturday, July 30, 2016

Huffpost link on Invisible illness

3 Reasons Why An Invisible Illness Is More Dangerous

Invisibility presents extraordinary obstacles and risks depending on who is blind to your illness.

by Cassandra Marcella Metzger

Saturday, July 23, 2016

buzzfeed and daily mail- links to click on

15 Words That Mean Something Totally Different When You Have A Chronic Illness

When a dizzy spell means you've got a silent migraine: Many sufferers are undiagnosed as they don't have headaches

  • Susan Glasgow, 69, life was turned upside down by attacks of vertigo
  • Overwhelming feelings of nausea made her rarely able to leave the house
  • Sometimes, the woman from Hertfordshire would have to lie down all day
  • She was stunned to be told her symptoms were caused by a migraine


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3674248/When-dizzy-spell-means-ve-got-silent-migraine-sufferers-undiagnosed-don-t-headaches.html#ixzz4FDsuOog3
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Lemon juice, cream cheese, flour, butter, powedered sugar... Vanilla syrup..yellow food colouring
trigger june