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Pride and Accomplishments

It is amazing how different 'levels' of accomplishments garner a sense of pride at different moments in a person's life. When …

Resources

With a medical system (a great medical system with flaws) starts to feel the crunch of financial issues along with increased wait times, ev…

Weird Health Wednesday - Painless Pancreatitis

Welcome to Weird Health Wednesday! Today's topic of weird health is concerning the issue of Pancreatitis - with no pain. As I have me…

Good Food

Good food is a relative term. Good food has a different definition for everyone. Of course, food like deep fried anything or soda pops can…

Methotrexate and Bruising

The medication Methotrexate often causes easy bruising. Basically, I turn into a peach. I always get these nasty bruises from absolutely …

Springtime Excitement

6Well - even though there is still a lot of snow on the ground - I can feeeeeeel Spring weather coming. Of course, a big weather change u…

"You Are Sick Because...."

On a similar topic to what I wrote late last night about the fighting and arguments within the chronic illness community, I want to share a…

In the Same Boat

It seems, fairly often, that there is this divide among chronic illness patients. I know that I have written lots about some of these very…

Brain Fog

With this upcoming cortisone injection, I keep thinking that my right SI joint is the one that is in the roughest shape. It's not! My L…

Body-Positivity

Body shaming. We have seen it, we have heard it, we have done it. I think an individual body-shames his/herself every single day at some …

Motivation -> Pushing -> Crashing -> Resting -> Guilt

This is what we call a "Vicious Cycle", and it is one that I am currently caught in. Motivation -> Pushing Too Hard -> Cra…

Pissed-Off Intestines

Well, my intestines continue to be angry. They even retaliate from me trying to get them to digest RICE! The other night, knowing how my …

Vanishing Personality

I find that often when people see someone lying in a hospital bed, confined to a wheelchair, or have difficulties moving or speaking, that …

Dare to Dream

I had very strange dreams last night. Crazy dreams. One was kinda good, one was weird and bad but not anywhere near night terror kind of ba…

Vanity - Spider Angiomas and Sweat Glands

There are certain parts of life where I can be very vain. On one hand, I do not care about my scars on my stomach. I was lucky and had inc…

Perception of Seriousness

I was having a lengthy discussion with someone today about the entire topic of chronic illness. This is an umbrella term for thousands of …

Sub-Q Injection Woes

Today is treatment day. Slowly and separately, I did both my Berinert and Methotrexate injections. I find that when I get all of my suppli…

Familiar Nightmares

Do you ever have one of those nights where you experience a familiar nightmare? I just woke up from one. Not only have I had this nightma…

One Little Bug

I wrote earlier about my appetite being strange, especially yesterday, and mentioned feeling unwell today. Today feels strange. I had a de…

Strange Appetite

Last week was a roller-coaster health wise overall. My appetite is unpredictable, my sleeping issues have been all over the place, and I h…

My Best Friend Decker-The-Dog

You know, today has been a pretty good day. This week has been a little difficult..  I'm not feeling horrendous, but my sleep has been …

Ate Too Much

So yesterday I had planned to eat bland food that is easy to digest, and even thought about ONLY having Boost the entire day. By the aftern…

Bench

It is important to remember that every single pathway has a place to rest. Every single journey includes rest stops. Sometimes you have to …

Keep a Routine

I grew up knowing and believing that challenging oneself is the best way to promote growth. Challenge the physical, mental, and emotional b…