Last month I was having extreme fatigue. The kind where if you could even make it to a shower, that would be your only “event” of the day, you were done. Where it hurt to life your arm. Where you … Continue reading
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Tagged Emily, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Lyme Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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On August 8th I had my first visit to the endocrinologist due to having low bone density and what I thought was osteoporosis. She said I couldn’t have osteoporosis because I wasn’t in menopause, so that’s one disease out of … Continue reading
I was touched by the story of twenty-four-year-old Karina Hansen because I too suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or M.E. (myalgic encephalomyeltitis) as it is called in Europe. On February 12, 2013, five policemen, two doctors, two social workers, and … Continue reading
Yesterday Grant and I took Tyler for a mental health assessment. Tyler has so far been diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome and OCD. In school he has been getting Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Counseling. He also has low muscle tone … Continue reading
Since August/September I have had a bad cough. I thought it was my usual seasonal allergy thing, where every year I cough, especially at night, and have to spit up what looks like clear liquid (sorry to be kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, Claritin, Costochondritis, Disability, disabled, Fibromyalgia, GERD, Guaifenesin, Guaifenesin Protocol, Interstitial Cystitis, lung cancer, Lupus and Cancer, Mania, Manic, Mental Illness, Myofascial Pain, Ohio, Prostate Cancer, The Cleveland Clinic, the Midwest, uninsured
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Dear friends, Thank you for coming to read my blog. Before you read this post, you may want to read this post as this is part of a continuing series I am just starting. I wrote this post in December … Continue reading
After having increasingly worse vaginal pain, I went to my primary care practice on Thursday. Since I have only just started taking care of my health again in August, I don’t have a gynecologist. I was seen by an intern, … Continue reading
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September 10-16 is National Chronic Illness Awareness Week. In my posts I hope to comfort those who are first experiencing chronic illness and those who continue to live a life in chronic pain and with chronic illness; as well as … Continue reading
Let me start off by saying how sorry I am to have made you worry. I received so many emails, tweets and comments on my blog from concerned readers. After eight months, I finally feel ready to talk again. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Disability SSDI, Emily, Grant, Lupus, Mama Kat's Losin' It, Massachusetts, Mental Illness, Ohio, Tyler
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It is thanks to the comedian Norm MacDonald and his twitter bookclub @normsbookclub, that I for the past few months have been expanding my mind and reading things I would have never read before if it wasn’t for Norm and … Continue reading
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Tagged @normsbookclub, @NormsStories, A Good Man is Hard to Find, bookclub, Disability, Flannery O'Connor, Invisible Illness, Lupus, Mary Flannery O'Connor, Moby Dick, Norm MacDonald, Pearl S. Buck, Percy Walker, Roman Catholic, Southern Gothic writing style, steroids, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, The Good Earth, The Life You Save May Be Your Own, The Moviegoer, Twitter, Wise Blood
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