Chronic Illness Challenge: Day 13
Day 13: Has your chronic illness had any effect on your mental health?
The Pain Problem
I’ve been thinking about this post for awhile. I’ve been thinking about whether or not I’m brave enough to write it. And once it’s written, am I brave enough to post it? Because it has to do with a stigma that is damaging to the patients it affects. And it has to do with…
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Chronic Illness 30 Day Challenge: Day 2
Day 2: How have these illnesses affected your life? Ha. Ha. Ha. Shortest blog post ever. Rather than rehash everything again, I can’t say anything better than I already have. So click away. Celiac Disease: The Road to Gluten Free Endometriosis: You have what in your where? Know Your Enemy The Gold Standard A…
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Chronic Illness 30 Day Challenge: Day 1
I’m going to be doing this challenge I found on Pinterest for the month of August. Fasten your seat belts. You’re probably going to learn more about my illnesses than you want to. Most of these will be pretty short, so I may be double-posting with some other longer posts on some days. Day…
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The Rabbit Hole
*Warning: this post may contain triggers for self-harm and material which may be upsetting. Please stay safe and steer clear of this post if you have these triggers.* This is going to be one of those sleepless nights. I slept from 4 am-2pm yesterday, but I’m not at all tired yet and I have…
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Why?
As yet another month of 2016 begins and the summer ebbs on, I am left to reflect. Sorry, it’s just something I do late at night, and it’s late at night here in northeast Ohio. Or actually, really early in the morning. My previous post July-A Month in Review was a reflection on all…
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Drowning
I feel like I’m drowning today. I was exhausted so I slept for about 23 hours. But it wasn’t until after that that I really began to feel the demons creep into my soul.
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How to Save a Life
*Warning: this post may contain triggers for self-harm and graphic images and material which may be upsetting. Please stay safe and steer clear of this post if you have these triggers. It’s important to have a friend. And I don’t just mean a friend you can watch movies with and laugh with and go…
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A Letter to My Neurosurgeon
Dear Dr. Recinos, We just met two months ago. In fact, if you passed me in the hallway, you probably wouldn’t even remember my name. But I just want to tell you that you pretty much saved my life. And you haven’t even laid a hand on me yet.
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Love Me Til I’m Me Again
*Warning: this post may contain triggers for self-harm and material about depression which may be upsetting. Please stay safe and steer clear of this post if you have these triggers.* January 31: “How do you see and define yourself? “I see a broken woman with tons of health problems. I see a woman who…
