This post is part of a group of blogging friends who all have chronic illness. We share our posts at A Chronic Voice.A great many thoughts go through my confused head each month. The thoughts are confused because of brain fog, which I can feel, and cognition issues, which I don’t feel, but embarrass me…
Tests Then Rest
This has been quite the week! Hubby and I went to the city for two big tests. He had his colonoscopy Wednesday and I had my EMG on Thursday. We spent the night Wednesday night, because we both knew he wasn’t allowed to drive and I am on so much Benadryl that I shouldn’t drive…
Mother Of All Flares
Disclosure: Affiliate link included. Making a purchase through my link costs you nothing extra, but helps this site pay to stay online. I wrote recently about making many poor decisions that left me in a terrible flare. This flare seemed to me to be the mother of all of my flares. It wasn’t the most…
Paying Dearly For My Mistake
Tuesday was a day that I would like to forget. It was really rough in every way. I’m hoping that today I will be completely over it. I made one very dumb mistake that really turned the day into three days of being very sick. I was scheduled to have a fasting glucose tolerance test…
It Was Nice While It Lasted
Well I finished my last antibiotic this week and my last prednisone last week. The prednisone was miraculous! After I had been on it for a couple of days, my skin started clearing and my itching stopped. I was thrilled each day because my hands stopped bleeding and splitting open. By the end of my…
Expecting My Normal
Expecting my normal is what I do. When I wish upon a star and hope for a healthy life I’m expecting something other than my real life. Those fairy tale expectations are great for day-dreams and sometimes we need to fantasize just to stay sane. All this goes to say that I expect that my…