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Guarding Sheep err I mean Sleep
The latest PFAM prompt asks “what do you guard?” I guard sleep. In fact, I think about sleep a lot. Sometimes there’s more thinking about sleep than the actual doing of it. I plan my evening activities around how much … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Carnivals, health, Patients for a Moment
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Intimacy with a Side of Pain
When Chronic Babe posted the latest blog carnival prompt, http://www.chronicbabe.com/articles/cat/16/ I gulped. Could I be THAT revealing On. The. Freaking. Internet. *deep breaths* Okay, here goes lol. We’ve been married for almost 15 years. Intimacy has been a challenge for … Continue reading
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Happy (?) Fibromyalgia /CFS ME Awareness Day
Today is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. I have struggled with it since 1996. It’s unpredictable. Herewith, a pictorial guide to fibromyalgia. Some images are courtesy of http://fmcfsme.com/ There’s an eighth type of FM pain– the Pain In the Ass pain! Now, … Continue reading
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White Is The New Black
May is Melanoma Awareness Month. Here’s a powerful video prepared by the David Cornfield Melanoma Fund, a group founded in memory of a young accountant who lost his battle with the disease in 2005. It’s recommended by dermatologists when checking … Continue reading
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Today I Stop
Try not to eat seems to be my mantra most days. I gaze at my voluptuous figure with self-hatred. I pay the price of eating little– in poor sleep, fibro-fog, increased pain and stiffness, and other reactions in my body. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Carnivals, Chronic Babe, food, Force Fed, health
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Miss Independent
Making your way in the world today Takes everything you’ve got, Taking a break from all your worries Sure would help a lot. I feel sad today. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. This was not part of the … Continue reading
When My Body Said No
If anyone ever had a body that said no, when your emotional and mental self couldn’t, be it in childhood or adulthood, I highly recommend this book. Provocative and beautifully written, When the Body Says No provides the answers to … Continue reading
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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
As fibromyalgia includes a insomnia component, I struggle with this a lot. A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. ~Charlotte Brontë Here is what I try to help things out. When my mind is racing, I use any or all … Continue reading
Not For Sissies
The older I get, the more high maintenance my body becomes. I am not by nature inclined this way. Kind of a slacker until lately in my routines, the only promise I made to me was to not use soap … Continue reading
Magazine World
I’ve decided I want to live in Magazine World. It’s a parallel universe where, apparently, everyone takes the whole summer off to vacation at the cottage, can afford expensive items for their homes – vacation or otherwise – such as … Continue reading
