Successful Pacing. Thoughts about how I paced myself when I tried to do some home projects, while being chronically ill.

Another May – Another Ehlers Danlos Awareness Month.

It’s so frustrating when people make mistakes that can cause me physical harm. I take Gabapentin for Small Fiber Neuropathy, and it does a good job of preventing the pain. It’s not for general pain, and that is why it’s become a controversial drug. It has been prescribed too often for general pain, and the […]

It’s official. I broke my right foot. It’s a displaced distal 5th metatarsal shaft fracture. This is also called the Dancer’s Fracture. The left foot is just badly bruised, and my fancy replaced talus is just fine. I was a little bit worried that the fall might have caused some damage to that area of […]

It’s been a painful week, but I’ve also experienced some wonderful moments. Eight days go, I was happy to have a do-nothing day. There were no appointments and that was wonderful. Then, I got a call from my sister. She had taken my mother to the ER with stroke-like symptoms. My mom was still talking […]

I just found out that April is Stress Awareness Month. Have you felt a lot of stress lately? The world has been so chaotic the last few days, it makes me very stressed. Even if we already feel physical and mental stress, we also pile on more stress when pressed by external events. Having chronic […]