Chronically Ill Christian, Challenged to be Content
With my White Blood Count being low, it was inevitable that I caught the cold that my husband was suffering from. The last four days have been miserable, and you know what I mean. The stuffy nose, coughing, and head pounding of the common cold are awful. Adding the fatigue of all my chronic illnesses…
The prompts for February are: Adjusting, Hoping, Surviving, Befriending, and Awakening. I’m happy to write along with other Chronic Illness bloggers in the A Chronic Voice blog linky. These monthly prompts always get me to think. Adjusting Life with multiple chronic illnesses seems to be a life of constant adjustments. There are the awful side…
1 in 3….that’s a third of our mothers and sisters who die from heart disease. Heart disease is the number 1 killer of women. That’s why I wear red today. February 1, 2019, is Wear Red and Give Day. We wear red to spread awareness of heart disease and stroke. 80% of cardiac events can…
My two doctor’s appointments are done for the week and I feel a sense of relief. Yesterday was my appointment with the general practitioner. Today I spent my afternoon getting an ECHO. My GP appointment consisted of talking through my medication list and my upcoming tests. Because my new insurance doesn’t pay for many of…
Out of the 13 medicines that are prescribed for my family, 5 of them are not covered under our new insurance. When the new year began, I was initially happy that our new insurance covered my doctors and had a lower premium. We knew that the lower premium would be balanced out by the higher…
When I ran out of my muscle relaxer medicine on Friday night, I had already placed the online refill order. I wasn’t really worried about picking it up on Saturday morning, because there were two refills remaining. Simple, right? The online order wasn’t confirmed and then the problems started. The pharmacy tech made incorrect assumptions…