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Tag Archives: Fibromyalgia
Trip to the Surgeon
I saw the surgeon yesterday to see about my gallbladder issues and he told me that in the absence of pain he did not believe that my gallbladder was the cause of my problems. Part of me was disappointed because … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, Emily, Fibro, Fibromyalgia, gallbladder, Jacques, Lesser Known Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Mental Illness, nausea, Pinterest, Tyler
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Thinking About Canceling My Appointment, What Do You Think?
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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Too Sick to Be Seen?
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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Thankful
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. 2.) We’re going around the table and it’s your turn to share what you are thankful for…go! To say that I am thankful for my husband, child and I being able to be together … Continue reading
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Tagged But You Don't Look Sick, Costochondritis, Emily, Fibromyalgia, holiday, holidays, Interstitial Cystitis, Invisible Illness, Lupus, Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop, Massachusetts. handicapped placard, Myofascial Pain, New Jersey, Ohio, Thanksgiving, The Cleveland Clinic
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I Went to the Cleveland Clinic’s E.R. and All I Got Was Slipper Socks
We had a wonderful Halloween, delayed a couple of days due to Hurricane Sandy. For the first time since Tyler has been trick-or-treating I was well enough to walk with him, after either being pushed by Grant in a wheelchair … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic, Emily, Fibromyalgia, Freehold Raceway Mall, Grant, Hurricane Sandy, Interstitial Cystitis, Lupus, Lupus with R.A. Overlap, Manic, Mental Illness, Myofascial Pain, narcotics, New Jersey, North Chagrin Reservation, Ohio, pain management, Social Security Disability Insurance, SSDI, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tylenol, Tyler
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F*cking Interstitial Cystitis!
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
At the Social Security Doctors – The Horror, The Horror
(I am sorry to keep you waiting so long. I wrote this over the course of two days, starting on Monday overnight. I am sorry it is so long but I felt that it is a story that HAD to … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Bi-polar Disorder, cancer, Cirque du Soleil, Depression, Disability, Disability Hearing, Doctor, Doctors, exams, Fibromyalgia, hospitalization, hypermobile, hypermobility, lawyer, Lupusl, Mania, Mental, Neurological, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Orencia, Rheumatological, Social Security, Social Security Disability, Social Security doctors, Substantial Gainful Employment, trial
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Story and Contest! Win a Beautiful Anklet for the Summer!
First, the amazing story. In February I did a contest with Michelle of Hope in Bracelets. The winner of the contest was a woman named Caren who wrote to me about whom she would be giving the bracelet to: “My … Continue reading
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Tagged anklet, beaded anklet, beaded bracelet, beads, bracelet, cancer, Chemotherapy, contest, Contests, Cure, Fibromyalgia, Hope, Hope in Bracelets, Jewish, Lupus, MS, Non-Hodgekin Lymphoma, Refuah, refuah shlema, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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If I Had Never Had My Child…
(I am writing this post on my husbands laptop, as mine has crashed. His laptop has a possessive/quote key that works about 25% of the time. As he is a professional writer I do not know how he can stand … Continue reading
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Tagged child, children, Chronic Fatigue, chronic illness, chronically ill parents, colic, conception, Costochondritis, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop, parents, postpartum, postpartum depression, pregnant, Rheumatoid Arthritis, School House Rock, Three is a Magic Number, trying to conceive
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I Can’t Cook, I Mean it I Really CAN’T
I read Lunch in Paris as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy as part of the book club. This post was inspired by this book. Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth … Continue reading
