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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy birthday!! 💗
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I thought that’s what mine was set up to do but I checked and it hasn’t updated in a year 🙃
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I was trying for like 5 hours before it crashed so I gave up 😅 I totally forgot to try again…
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy birthday!! 💗
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I’ve been trying to do an iCloud backup on my iPad for over 2 hours, the time estimate just keeps increasing… 🫠
iCloud Backup
back up your iPad so you can restore your data if you lose it or get a new one. Learn more
Backing Up...
About 2 hours remaining
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
They are so magical, I cried both times I seen them and I think I would cry again no matter how many times they grace me with their presence.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Everyone makes them look so good but I don’t like cinnamon 🫣 The sweet cherry buns are the closest thing I could find
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ohh thanks for the ideas! Torta vasca looks great 💗
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is my current idea list, has anyone tried any of these?
Birthday treat ideas
Taho (tofu and tapioca dessert)
Sfogliatelle (puff pastries)
VATRUSHKA (cheese buns with berries)
Key lime stuffed cookies
Pastéis de Nata (Portuguese custard tarts)
Cherry sweet rolls
Strawberry shortcake bars
Crostata Ricotta e Visciole (ricotta and cherry tart)
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I have a different sweet treat for my birthday every year, here’s a list of past desserts. (Some are definitely missing) Does anyone have a favourite dessert I should try?
Past Birthday treats
Jelly and ice cream
Chocolate cake
Victoria sponge
Cupcakes
Ice cream sundae
Profiteroles
White chocolate and raspberry baked cheesecake
Crème brûlée
Raspberry Blondies
Chocolate chip Cookies
Lemon no bake cheesecake
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I hope this all makes sense, I’ve tried to piece things together from past things I’ve written to save energy.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
* meassociation.org.uk/what-is-mecfs/
meassociation.org.uk
What are ME/CFS and Long Covid? - The ME Association
What is ME/CFS? A complex, multi-system long-term condition that includes: profound fatigue that is not relieved by rest, post-exertional worsening of symptoms, brain fog, sleep problems, flu-like fee...
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I always try my best to bring awareness to ME by sharing some pre written text whenever I can. I encourage anyone that sees this to research more if they can. The quality of life of someone with ME is Abysmal. a lot of sufferers are too sick to advocate for themselves.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
They are suffering because of years of medical misinformation and neglect. A few have even died from this medical mistreatment like Maeve Boothby O'Neill, Sophia mirza, Brynmor John, Merryn Crofts, and many more You can read more about their stories on ME-pedia.Org
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’m scared of getting so bad I can’t talk to advocate for myself. I lay and think about other sufferers past and present that have been locked up in hospitals against their will; being tortured deeper into the depths of their illness with the refusal of medications, feeding tubes, ect
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Severe and Very severe ME can be so bad people can’t sit up, they can’t tolerate light or sound. It takes people’s ability to eat and drink. Their organs fail .The worst part is when you get to this point you would expect lots of support from doctors but often the opposite happens.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This narrative is still alive today even though there is plenty of research and evidence of physical mechanisms that could be causing this illness but we need more funding to do large scale studies to find the actual cause and treatments.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There was a period in the 80s when a team of psychologists tried to claim it was a psychological disorder leading the whole medical system to tell us to just push through. This has lead to countless people pushing through leading to a massive decline in their health.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Even though I was still a lot sicker than an average person it felt like a taste of freedom. Then it all came crashing down and I got worse again, for different reasons every time. it felt inevitable and there was nothing I could do to stop it. It felt like I had to grieve my life again every time.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
‘Symptoms come and go and can change or worsen with little warning, causing distress and disrupting people’s lives.’* I’ve had a few periods of time when my symptoms improved due to trying new medications.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
For me that can be sitting up for a few minutes too long while going to the toilet, talking a bit too much or even using too much cognitive power thinking or writing like making this post.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
‘It can cause many different symptoms, which can be triggered or worsened by any kind of effort or activity.’* The hallmark symptom of ME is PEM (post exertional malaise) which is a worsening of symptoms after any exertion outside of our energy envelope.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I personally have symptoms that affect every part of my body, I feel like I always have new symptoms popping up. it can be hard to differentiate between a new ME symptom or something completely new.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
‘ME/CFS is a complex and chronic medical condition that affects multiple body systems.’ * It most often develops after an acute viral or bacterial infection from which people seem unable to fully recover.’ *
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’ve experienced nearly every severity of ME and they are all soul destroying. Right now I’m severe. I am in bed all day and night; only leaving when I get pushed to the toilet in my wheelchair or to get my assisted shower once a week. I have times where even talking to my family causes a crash.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
When I first got sick no one seemed to believe me. School thought I was just trying to skive (skip) and doctors thought I was ‘just depressed’. That lead me to keep pushing through trying to continue life as normal, making my health continue to worsen until I finally got diagnosed.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I first got diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis in 2015-16 when I was around 13. I’ve had health problems for as long as I can remember but during my first year of high school things got a lot worse.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Days out
A picture of me in my wheelchair at a book store, an ikea bear at the checkout, a duck next to water. A street with umbrellas as shade
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Wearing clothes
A selfie of me in a black and white polka dot dress, a red and cream skirt and chunky white jumper, a picture of a colour coded wardrobe, a mirror selfie of me wearing a green and white stripes jumper with pink dungarees over
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Singing and dancing along to music
A black white and red picture at a 
Niall Horgan concert, a Laufey vinyl, one direction midnight memories cd in a cd player and a picture at a Shawn Mendes concert
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Family events and milestones
A Christmas cracker, a birthday banner, a restaurant menu, and a baby’s hand holding mine
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Baking and cake decorating
Cookies, a pink cake with a frog on top, an Easter cake with a carrot patch and a bunny on top, chocolate truffles
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Pretty views
4 photos of landscapes the first is the forth rail bridge, the second is a road with autumn leaves falling, the third is a grassy field and the last is the Queenferry crossing
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Reading books in the early morning morning sunlight
Books in a bright room
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
collecting more hobbies than i have time in the day to enjoy
Pictures of craft hobbies including 3 little wool hats in my palm, a giant paper pencil, clay coasters that looks like a burger and a cross-stitch of a flower
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Relaxing in my garden (specifically in my hammock)
Four pictures the first one is me laying in my hammock reading the darkness outside us, the second is a picture of a bird in a bush the third is a selfie of me in the hammock and the last is the inside of a book with the sky and trees in the background
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Doing my makeup
Four pictures of makeup looks I’ve done in the past. The first picture have five flowers on each eye in multiple colours, the second is a pink and purple cut crease with pink shimmer, the third is a smoked out brown winged eyeshadow looks I’ve done and the last is a green lime eyeshadow and eyeliner look
Four images of Halloween make up looks the first image as an awkwardly close image of a glam Frankensteins monster face paint, the second is a cyborg with open wire panels on the cheek and forehead with whiteout eyes. The third is a prosthetic sfx look of a botched plastic surgery with fake blood and bandages. The last is a crying clown selfie holding up the peace sign
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I enjoyed looking at these pictures to make this post, I feel like all of these things show what makes me, me even if I can’t do them anymore. l've written a post at the end if you want to learn about ME I would really appreciate if you could take the time to read it.
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This week is severe M.E Awareness week I've been disabled because of myalgic encephalomyelitis for over 10 years. For the past 3 years I've been severe + bedbound and I haven't left my house in 652 days for any reason so I thought I would share a list of things I miss doing. ##SevereMEAwarenessWeek
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A wing is one of the hardest things to get right, once you perfected that the rest is pretty simple for these looks!
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Yay, enjoy shopping! Feel free to message me if you ever want to discuss products or techniques, I’m such a big makeup lover 💗
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I’m not sure how creative an bold you like doing your makeup but I’d also add hints of green to that list
A collage of eyeshadow looks with different styles and shapes mostly in purples with hits of burgundy and green A collage of different makeup products mostly eyeshadow palettes with some eyeliner sprinkled in
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Plums, burgundy, and antique golds look amazing with brown eyes
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My next four were also really pretty but they don’t all fit in one screenshot
A foggy landscape, a brick bridge over a river surrounded by grassy hillsSilver metal high heels that look futuristic Someone wearing A wedding dress and veil in a room with draped fabric hanging from the mirror and windowAn art piece of a piece of work on a gallery wall with fabric falling out of the frame 

Untitled by Jacek Jędral (2020)
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
First 4 on my Pinterest
The first is a tulle tulip shaped wedding dress with draped off the shoulder straps.
Second is a structured green jacket with metal studs around the neck.
Third is an cream empire waist dress with a dainty check pattern 
Last is a beautiful bed with dusty pink canopy embroidered with white flowers
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I’d maybe like thunderstorms more if my body didn’t act like the lightning was striking my nerves directly 🙃
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It jump scared me when I opened my phone this morning 😭
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Chappell Roan Daily (Mirror) @bestofchappellroan.mirrors.bot · 19/04/2026
two years ago today, chappell roan backstage at coachella 2024 weekend two! ⋆⭒˚.⋆ april 19th, 2024 Original post
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
My phone just updated, I forgot why i wasn’t updating it, Everything is just wrong, I’m going to cry…
SpongeBob sitting in the sand with his hands clasped staring into nothingness looking like he’s trying to hold himself together meme
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Ellie 💗 @elsreads.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I need a new wheelchair to better meet my needs but we didn’t know who to ask because we couldn’t get a hold of my ot. It has taken my parents 14 phone calls of getting passed back and forth to finally make contact with the right person just for them to tell us they don’t think they have time.
A disheveled cat sitting with a bottle of alcohol looking depressed meme
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