Chronic Illness

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 […]

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 […]