Chronically Ill Christian, Challenged to be Content
It’s been a little while since I’ve written, mainly because I’ve been traveling and feeling rough. My feet and ankles didn’t swell as much but now my right hand is swollen. The wrist is killing me and swollen. I don’t know what caused it, but it is awful. Since my tooth split down the middle…
I had my second MRI yesterday. It was an awful experience and I had a hard time. I wanted so much to push the button and get out of that machine. It wasn’t so much the enclosed space, but the body position was so painful. They had me crammed in with lots of padding so…
A cold and snowy weekend fired up my joints. I was very tense about the playoff games. As a big football fan, I look forward to all the season. The playoffs and SuperBowl are so exciting and I get very hyped up. It’s harder to do that when my favorite teams get knocked out. We…
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”― Martin Luther King, Jr. Many quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. could apply to those of us who are chronically ill. Please don’t think this is an insult to him. I know that he is referring to equal rights and…
Today I think I’ve finally stopped feeling the side-effects of Clonazepam. I felt so dumb and couldn’t do anything right. I also slept too much. Now, I feel brighter and more confident that I’m able to speak an intelligible sentence. I hate that stuff and don’t ever want to take it again. It was working…
I think that it’s been a month or two since I participated in A Chronic Voice’s Linky. I’ve always enjoyed these posts, because we see things differently. It can be like our own little therapy session when we get together online. I’m trying to start the new year off right. New doctors are working with…