36 Ways People Describe Brain Fog and The Tips They Use to Manage It

January 4, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

Happy New Year. And welcome to my first post of 2020 AND the first post of my second year of writing on Fighting With Fibro. I am SO grateful you are here and reading. I want to thank you not only for coming here and sharing my work with me, but I also want to […]

Do You Get Brain Fog?

December 30, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

I’d like to do a “compilation” Blog Post and was wondering if you would please be willing to help? It’s only three questions: Do you get “brain”fog? If so, can you describe it? What, if anything, helps you better manage it? I *really appreciate your input!! ️Stace

Gratitudes, Gladitudes and a Secret Family Recipe

December 21, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

So, first of all, Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays. For I think, the first time ever, I am ready for Christmas ahead of time. Which is pretty remarkable considering the week I just spent in bed. We still have food shopping and cooking/baking to do, but that’s it. It makes the last week of the […]

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Botox Injections for Migraines

December 16, 2019.Reading time 14 minutes.

How many of you suffer from medication sensitivity? I know I do. Which has been part of how I ended up trying Botox for my chronic headaches and migraines. I have tried countless other medications, which either don’t work or have had violent side effects. So when my Neurologist insisted, for over a year, that […]

Validating The Complexities of Illness

November 14, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Often, the true complexities of living with chronic illness are overlooked or never addressed. But just because that happens, doesn’t mean it should.

Awakenings. Seeing PTSD For What It Really Is.

November 4, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

The thing about trauma is it never goes away. You push it down, plow through it, ignore it or just completely shut down from it, but you never get over it.

Self Care is More Than Just a Bubble Bath

October 8, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Somehow, self care has turned into a dirty little word that means we’re selfish and self indulgent to put ourselves first.

Instead of Lamenting All You Cannot Do…

October 3, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sick From Showering (With Fibro)? This Might be Why.

September 27, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

It near never fails. I’m having a good pain/symptom day and am excited to get some things done. I hop in a shower and like clockwork, halfway through the symptoms start. By the time I finally manage to get dressed, I need to lie down. I’m dizzy, have vertigo, am light headed and nauseous, again. […]

Chronic Illness Is…..

September 12, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Chronic illness is not just constantly being sick. It is fearing that “this” spell will be the one that lands you bedridden for a year, again.It is being treated like a hypochondriac by Doctors.It is losing all trust and confidence in yourself.It is being delivered life altering diagnoses, coming to grips with them and then […]