The Important Life Lessons I’ve Learned From Living With Chronic Illness

May 21, 2019.Reading time 18 minutes.

Will you live in sorrow, self pity and anger? Or will you choose to change, just as your body and mind has? What you choose to do next is what actually defines you.

Today is National Rescue Dog Day!!

May 20, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Today, May 20th, is National Rescue Dog Day!! So no matter how lousy I’m feeling, I needed to post in recognition and appreciation for the two dogs who adopted us. After falling ill, we finally had the right home situation to adopt and in 2013, we brought home our Australian Shepard mix, Lola. Three years […]

Chronic Illness Never Takes a Day Off…(funny pic)

May 19, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Chronic Illness never takes a day off. It’s finally sunny and 70 in Massachusetts today. How am I spending this absolutely gorgeous day? Sleeping, in pain, sitting on the couch watching tv, trying not to be sick. So I just have to say:

Don’t Let Chronic Illness Stop You From Changing the World…..

May 18, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Essential Oil Bug Spray Recipe for Dogs

May 15, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Meet Oliver…..Oliver is a Schnauzer Mix Rescue, who also happens to be an Angel in a fur suit. ❤ We also have a second dog, Lola, whom I also love dearly. But Oliver is my dog, while Lola’s favorites are my Husband and youngest Son. Oliver saved my life, when I saved him in 2016, […]

12 Reasons Why Fibro and Mental Health Issues Coincide

May 10, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

This isn’t a one month of the year issue. Mental health and Fibro are a 365 day triathalon of pain, suffering and illness

Fibro is SO Much More Than Pain

May 6, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

May is, coincidentally, awareness month for Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and mental health. Or maybe it isn’t coincidental at all. Anyone who lives with chronic illness & pain, Fibro or CFS is very likely all too familiar with how disease affects one’s mental health. It produces a myriad of thoughts and emotions that are […]

Managing the Unending Nausea of Fibro and CFS

April 30, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Two years ago, I had agonizing back pain that would not respond to any treatment. I was completely incapacitated with pain. We saw a Spinal Specialist at one of the big hospitals and I can remember my Husband explaining to him that if we could just improve my back pain, that my quality of life […]

The Disability Award

April 27, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

I am SO excited to have been nominated by heyItschloejade for the awesome Disability Award!! Thank you so much! Please check out ChloeJade’s original post here: https://heyyitschloejade.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/the-disability-award/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Here are the nominee questions from Chloe: 1.) What do you wish people knew about Chronic Illness? I wish people understood that while I may be fine and […]

The Blogs and Bloggers I Follow as a Chronic Illness Blogger

April 12, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Long before I began blogging, I was following Blogs about Chronic Illness/Pain, Fibro and CFS/ME. Over the years, I have come across some really great Blogs and met some really great Bloggers. So I wanted to introduce you to them. I am so grateful to have found a plethora of information and encouragement, over the […]