Living With Purpose
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.
Read MoreToday, 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 […]
Read MoreChronic 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:
Read MoreMeet 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 MoreThis isn’t a one month of the year issue. Mental health and Fibro are a 365 day triathalon of pain, suffering and illness
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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 MoreTwo 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 MoreI 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 MoreLong 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 […]
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