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Tag Archives: Mental Illness
Update on Tyler’s Health
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
My 4th Blogiversary
My fourth blogiversary finds me very introspective with a feeling of uncertainty. It is not like my second anniversary post where I wrote with a feeling of empowerment and excitement of what was to come. Mental illness has been the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar Disorder, Blogiversary, Depression, Emily, Mania, Mental Illness, Tyler
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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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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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A Post Impossible to Name
Dear friends, What I am going to write to you about, what has happened to my family, has been to me so shocking, disturbing and upsetting that to put any title on it would make it seem like it was … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, Chronically Ill, disabled, Emily, Grant, Mental Illness, Ohio, Tyler
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Tuesdays With Tyler: Birthday Party With Pictures!
When we first moved to Massachusetts in March, Tyler was five and a half and I couldn’t begin to wrap my mind on a birthday party for him in September, with none of his friends and his daddy not being … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th birthday, Emily, Grant, Massachussetts, Mental Illness, New Jersey, Tuesdays With Tyler, Tyler
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Dropping Back Into Life
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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Please Tell Me I am Not the Only One
It is really hard for me to write this, it has been really hard for me to do much of anything. Usually I write to let people know that they are not the only ones suffering from an illness and … Continue reading
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Tagged agoraphobia, anxiety, Benlysta, Depression, Lupus, Mental Illness, Methadone
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Happy to See 2011 Go, Especially This Week!
Poor Tyler. He has been home all week for Winter break and what a week it’s been for me healthwise. He has been great through it all I have to say. As I have told you, I have been going … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Christmas, chronic illness, chronically ill moms, Depression, Emily, Grant, holidays, insomnia, Mental Illness, nausea, New Year's Eve, therapist, Tyler
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Forgetting Everything I Knew
I read Expecting Adam as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy of this book. This post is inspired by the book. Welcome to all of my fellow book club members or anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, bankruptcy, blogger, blogging, Book clubs, Books, career, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, college fund, credit rating, Disability, disabled, Down Syndrome, Expecting Adam, Food Stamps, From Left to Write Book Club, Lupus, Lupus With RA Overlap, Martha Beck, Mental Illness, poverty, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Social Security Disability, special needs children, WIC, writer, writing
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