Yew and Me Blog:
Living Well & Healing with Chronic Illness

After Swine Flu, my health spiralled into chronic fatigue, pain, brain fog, and post-viral fatigue that no test could fully explain. This post shares my lived experience of ME/CFS and fibromyalgia — the confusion, loss, and hardest years, including hitting rock bottom. It’s a raw part of my chronic illness journey, but also where I began to find resilience, community, and the first steps toward healing.

Learn how a consistent sleep schedule became my superpower, while living with chronic illness, and how it could become yours too.

In 2009, Swine Flu changed my life in ways I could never have imagined. This is the story of how illness began reshaping my busy, joyful world.