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 Pain Can be an Easy Symptom of Chronic Illness

May 31, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

If there is one thing I have learned in my seven years of being sick with Fibromyalgia and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis it is that it is all encompassing. There are no aspects of my body or my life left untouched. I recently wrote a post about why I’m grateful I got sick and that always stands […]

We Are So Much More Than “Just” Sick

February 1, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I sit, teary eyed, reading all of your comments and emails every day. They break my heart and resonate like a loud bell with me and my own struggles. I could be writing these myself. I hear from women (no men just yet) who feel inadequate, stupid, guilty and broken, some on the verge of […]

The Ugly Reality of Living With Fibro and CFS/ME

January 7, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

If I see one more Pinterest blurb about “Here’s How I Cured My Fibro/ME”, “Eat This To Cure Fibro”, “How So and So Beat Chronic Illness” “Wipe Out Chronic Pain” ETC. I just may puke. It’s called Chronic Illness for a reason: it WON’T go away. I can’t cure it, fix it, help it or […]