Essential Oil Bug Spray Recipe for Dogs
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, […]
Read More12 Reasons Why Fibro and Mental Health Issues Coincide
This isn’t a one month of the year issue. Mental health and Fibro are a 365 day triathalon of pain, suffering and illness
Read MoreFibro is SO Much More Than Pain
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 […]
Read MoreManaging the Unending Nausea of Fibro and CFS
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 […]
Read MoreThe Disability Award
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 […]
Read MoreThe Blogs and Bloggers I Follow as a Chronic Illness Blogger
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 […]
Read MoreIntermittent Fasting For Chronic Illness Week 3 Update
It’s been three weeks since we implemented intermittent fasting. You can find the original post here: https://fightingwithfibro.com/2019/03/22/intermittent-fasting-and-chronic-illness/ As I told you I would, I’m here to write an update. I wish I had some earth shattering results and I could report that I’ve been cured. No such luck. But, here’s what I/we have found: I’ve […]
Read MoreThere’s No Such Thing As “Status Quo” When You’re Chronically Ill
So what does that title even mean? Last night I had the privilege of receiving some feedback from a reader about how positive I am. My Husband and I laughed and said boy, if only they really knew me, they’d know how much of a curmudgeon I really am. We laughed, but that whole exchange […]
Read MoreTen Ways to Live Life Better With Chronic Illness
Life certainly hasn’t turned out the way I intended, to say the least. And in the beginning, when I was sickest, I was angry and full of pain and disappointment over getting sick. I had a difficult time seeing through the haze of loss and resentment to realize that I still had choices left in […]
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