A Short Chronic Illness Mental Break

Sometimes chronic pain is terrible and you can’t get enough rest to return to normal pain levels. That happened after Hubby’s return home from the hospital. He felt like he might have a blood clot, so I drove him back to the out-of-town hospital. Instead of being transferred from our local hospital, he had to […]

Whew! The last few days have been some of my hardest. Hubby started with some chest pain, but it wasn’t very bad. He said that it hurt when he took a deep breath. It was off and on, until Saturday evening. My son and I were talking to him about it, as we googled the […]

If only I had the energy that I can feel in my soul. My mind plays tricks on me. For so many years, I could turn out work quickly. If I needed to clean the house in record time, I could do it. I once packed everything in our home in three days. I was […]

My life, like my posts, sometimes feel like I just live from one appointment to the next. I also seem to gauge things by health events. I go from flare to my normal unhealthy and on to a more acute situation. That’s what has been happening to one of my molars. After a filling failed, […]

The snow and ice (mostly ice) are still hanging around. The yard and sidewalk are like an ice rink, but tomorrow it should warm up. Have you been freezing? Maybe you live somewhere that isn’t cold. We all have different weather and the extremes can affect us. When all the snow and sleet fell I […]

Life with Chronic Drama – life with chronic drama refers to my minute-by-minute ability to change

Today was a no-movement type of day. After waking this morning, and standing up, I realized that my head was hurting very severely. I ate some toast with a large icepack on my head. Then, I just stayed all day in my recliner. I iced my head many times throughout the day. My neck was […]