The Lighter Side of Medicine

Long story short: I started burping every 5-10 seconds late Thursday night and couldn't stop. My guts felt like they were being filled …

I don't think it is any secret that many illnesses carry with them a component of terrible sleeping habits. When pain and inflammation…

When you have all sorts of things to do and things you would like to do, low energy can be more than a simple nuisance. It can make you fe…

One thing that I have always done is think about the entertaining aspects of a difficult situation. It is not always easy to do. When you…

Adrenaline, overall, is a wonderful physiological event. It kicks in when we need it the most and helps us make split-second decisions in h…

Weight can fluctuate for an entire list of reasons... Changes in eating habits Medication Hormonal Changes Illness Changes in activity…

Chronic illness has an inventive way of limiting what we do, or more accurately, how we do things. Having illness does not necessarily me…

For the majority of the time, my illnesses are very invisible. Even when I am using my cane, most people simply assume that I have been inj…

Living with never-ending illness is all about balance. I talk quite a bit about balance in many previous posts, but today is about finding…

After reading quite a bit of research on how health professionals view pain of others, one thing struck me as odd, and a little unfair. Th…

Today I want to speak about pain. The reason we have various types of pain scales and descriptions for pain is because of the ultimate sub…

Another misconception of SO MANY chronic illnesses is the reason . Thousands of the illness we know and see today have no known cause or c…

Today was World HAE Day! Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a disease that causes severe swelling episodes. The most common areas of swelling …

It still amazes me how much one day can affect my body. How much one THING can cause such a chain reaction. On Saturday, a friend had a ta…

It turns out that I have had a simple symptom for YEARS that I never knew was a symptom. Over the years, with any singing competition or p…

Anyone who has ever experienced severe pain, especially severe pain that is either chronic and/or intermittent, understands the challenges …

Although it is fairly normal to have a scale in the home, when you have diseases in the digestive system, ones that increase water weight, …

I used to do quite a bit of hiking when I was younger. Nothing major. Just little hikes. Smaller mountains. I once did a 14km hike up a …

One topic that anyone with a long-term illness or injury has had to discuss is pacing. The idea of pacing yourself is to reduce the amount…

In past posts I have mentioned being allergic or intolerant to various medications. I wanted to explain a bit about what that means and wha…