Do You Ever Feel Like?…

June 28, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Do you ever feel like getting help for one of your conditions is like having to choose between being eaten by a shark or devoured by a crocodile?…..‬

10 Tips For better sex with chronic illness

June 18, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

I was the black sheep in the family; the one always castigated for being too open, asking questions I shouldn’t or talking about things that shouldn’t be talked about. When a cousin of mine’s dog died, I was crushed; having always loved him. I made the mistake of asking how he died after saying how […]

13 Things I’ve Lost Since Getting Sick

June 9, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

Fibro and chronic illness take hold of your life and throw it in a blender. It gets jostled around, chewed up, makes a mess and looks NOTHING like it did before it got pulverized. More often, it results in a liquidy, watered down version of what once was.

The Amazing (and Incredibly Ginormous) Beauty of Joan the Rhododendron….

June 6, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

I wish I knew an Arborist or landscaping expert who could approximate her age. We estimate she’s about 100 ft long, 25-30 ft high and 45 ft wide.

Eating Healthy Quick Tip

June 3, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Do you know what I LOVE eating for lunch?….. OREOS!!!! (well the organic version anyhow) Instead, I’m eating salad. I buy an organic mix that has multiple green leaf veggies. I throw in carrot sticks, blueberries and add in walnuts, for a protein source. Then, because I hate salad, I throw some Kashi cinnamon shredded […]

Why the End of Quarantine Can be an Insurmountable Challenge For Some

May 22, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Bound and determined, I harnessed up the dogs, attached them to their double leash and set out for our walk. It was so beautiful yesterday and I was feeling good, so I decided to attempt the walk alone. How hard could it really be? I made it about 1/5th of our normal route, but our […]

15 Ways You Can Advocate for Better Health Care

April 22, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

You hire a contractor to paint your house and expect he will paint it red-because that’s what you said. Instead, he paints it blue because he knows better. After all, it is his profession, not yours and theoretically, he does know more about paint. Would you pay him? If you just said yes, I may […]

Surgery Indefinitely Delayed AND They Don’t Think It’s Cancer

April 20, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

After a really long couple of months of waiting, they have indefinitely delayed my surgery. However, the Surgeon, in agreement with the Radiologist, feels it is not cancer. While we won’t know for sure until I actually have the surgery, I’m comfortable in trusting the Surgeon and the two MRI’s……. I have another MRI scheduled, […]

11 Ways I’m Coping With Anxiety and OCD During the Coronavirus Pandemic

April 13, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

Okay. So I’d be totally lying if I said I’m losing my mind solely over COVID19. As you may or may not know, I am also scheduled for surgery to remove an ovarian tumor in May. If it wasn’t scary enough to know that there’s a tumor (which trust me, IT IS), Corona had to […]

HOPE DESPITE CORONAVIRUS POSITIVE NEWS POST #4

April 9, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hi everyone!! I hope it’s not as gray and gloomy where you are. The constant rain and gray don’t help my mood much. The beginning of the week was so beautiful, we actually got out into the gardens and got the gazebo up. Which was awesome. I couldn’t help but to think how just last […]