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Chronic Illness

In My Mind

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 […]

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Chronic Illness

Boring Days

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, […]

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I Have Pain, But Love Celebrating Anyway

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 […]

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Chronic Illness

Life With Chronic Drama

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

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Chronic Illness

Chronic Pain Doesn’t Have To Change My View

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 […]

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Chronic Illness

I Forgot Myself

I Forgot Myself – When stressed, it’s easy to forget myself and my needs. Chronic illness living means I must be careful to stay on top of my medicine doses.

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Chronic Illness

New Hope In hEDS Research

New Hope In hDES Research. Studies have shown new hope for finding genetic variants to diagnose hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.