Hi, I’m Solas, born and raised in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. I lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for many of my adult years, but illness forced me to move back home to my parents in 2018. 

I live with multiple chronic illnesses. 

Depression, anxiety and PTSD for decades now. 

Chronic Fatigue fi got in 2017 after catching a flu virus.  

I got diagnosed with Diabetes around my 18th Birthday. It's not type 1 or 2 but a genetic type called Mody3. 

I wanted to take this time to introduce myself to you and share a little about my story so far. I am currently writing this from my new home in italy.

When I planned this trip I expected to have 2k in my bank account but since life always brings challenges I ended up leaving with only €400 in my bank account.

I have always considered myself a lucky person, but 2 days before I was due to depart my car started acting up and one of the doors stopped locking. Not ideal when you plan to sleep in your car in unknown places, alone!

This trip felt like a quiet and gentle celebration of all that I am as a unique individual as well as how far I have come in my mental and physical health recovery.

One of the days I walked 21K steps. That is epic for a recovering spoonie with tendonitis.

I was filled daily with so much love, amazement and appreciation for who I am and all the living I've done given the many hurdles I've tripped over.

The truth is I know 2023 will hold so much more than I hope for, because 2022 did.

I healed in ways I didn't know were possible for me.

Feel madly in love twice, 3 times if you include teabag the cat.

Bought a home in a country I hadn't really spent any time in before and drove solo across France and down Italy.

Let's not forget the car camping adventures, standouts were definitely Dingle and Kerry.

There were 2 months of hardcore gyming. Something I never believed my body would be able to do again but it did, and I loved every drop of sweat I got to create.

Many of these tablets, especially the hard tablet form, were filled with chalk and bulking agents to make them into a tablet form. I knew that I could help my body more by cleaning up my supplement intake. I started by trying to buy better quality supplements. For hard pills, if you buy them in larger quantities in the one pill bottle, you will often find the pill size is a lot smaller. I buy organic and/or vegan where possible because I hope they will be cleaner.

I've been meaning to write a blog post about how I have helped my body recover from Post Viral Fatigue /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

I will share with you my journey and what has worked for me. Allowing me now to have more well days than bad. How I have regained trust in my body and feel safe in building living again and building a future.