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talmandaniel.bsky.social
Curious & exhausted peace seeker, co-host of Post-Exertional Mayonnaise podcast, photographer and blogger. PwME, sidelined social worker, grief dealer, joy peddler, SAFC fan, He/Him
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New episode of Post-Exertional Mayonnaise podcast out today. We talk about managing fluctuations while living with ME and Chronic illness. Why not join us?

Just because we can’t be on the streets doesn’t mean we’re invisible. Take part in online actions if you can. #ME #Disabled #BenefitCuts

When you write lyrics to a song about PEM and desperately want to find melodies and hooks but you have PEM so can't pick up the guitar.

More need to know how bad it is for so many. Lives up ended yet few beneficial treatments. Prevention is key. Improve air quality, N95 and stay home if unwell. More money for research needed

New episode of Post-Exertional Mayonnaise podcast out now! We talk about toxic religion and spirituality in relation to #MyalgicE and chronic illness. Join us on YouTube or wherever you get podcasts!

Last night my son went to watch the GB basketball match and danced on camera like his life depended on it to win a basketball signed by the team. Wish I could have been there. FU ME.

New #ThereForME blog out today highlighting some of the community campaigning work going on for #ME and #LongCovid - from #FundThePlan to Long Covid Awareness Day. Read more and learn how you can get involved 👇 www.thereforme.uk/p/campaign-u...

New ME/chronic illness podcast episode out now! Join myself, @litsadremousis.bsky.social and @dovsz.bsky.social as we discuss life online with a chronic illness.

Recently watched The Traitors New Zealand. It's like the traitors on the cheap. No helicopters or speedboats and the competitors have to drive themselves places. Still, not bad!

Worth repeating: there is NOT an ounce of exaggeration in this. This illness is out of the charts. #GreatestMEdicalScandal

@talmandaniel.bsky.social you might be interested in sharing this in your ME community?

Jeremy Jeffs is a filmmaker and photographer whose experience of living with ME/CFS inspired him to talk to and photograph others with the same illness. wellcomecollection.org/stories/livi... Image is from free AMMES February 2025 e-newsletter #MEcfs #PwME @talmandaniel.bsky.social

It's 12 years today since I did drag, at work. I'm kind of gutted that no photos exist but so pleased that I did it. Looking back it played a small part in my much needed faith deconstruction. It was such a surreal experience but so much fun, even if the high heels were two sizes too small. 😂👠

My latest article which is Part 2 On The Subject of Wintering This article was inspired by the book ‘Wintering’ by Katherine May (2020) and studies the term in relation to those with the disease, MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, or M.E. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis www.thriftvip.co.uk/articles/on-...

I can’t wait for this cookbook! I’ve been talking with Rachel all along the way and I know the recipes are going to be so amazing. I just pre-ordered two copies so I can give one to my daughter. It would help Rachel if you pre-ordered a copy. www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/01...

For those of us living on the edges of society, #pwME & other marginalised conditions), I’m feeling slightly less alone and slightly less in a minority of the ‘Missing In Action’ from life, as sadly & as expected, the cases of Long Covid / M.E. rise. My article: www.thriftvip.co.uk/articles/on-...

Latest episode of Post-Exertional Mayonnaise podcast out now! @litsadremousis.bsky.social, @dovsz.bsky.social and I talk about living with ME in a world of change youtu.be/Sc9GRzktRws?...

Read a Facebook post today which mentioned ME and memory loss. It struck a chord with me as my memory has been terrible recently. If you have ME, has your memory become really poor over the years? I get head tremors so sometimes wonder if it's linked to them!

New episode of our ME and Chronic illness podcast, Post-Exertional Mayonnaise is out soon. We consider how change impacts us as people with ME. Out soon! Search for us on YouTube and your podcast provider. Also find us at pempod.com

Today’s cartoon - because I had some fun and now I’m in bed (still having some fun). #IYKYK #ChronicIllness #ChronicIllnessMemes #WheelchairUsers #PEM #ME #MEcfs #LC #POTS #MCAS #InvisibleIllness #Fibromyalgia #LymeDisease #PostInfectiousIllness

I sometimes think that ME is as just as much about dealing with the mindf#@k that the condition and PEM places you in, as the physical symptoms. It feels like you can forget how bad it can get until it happens again. A fresh hell each time.