Part of living with multiple autoimmune diseases is that my body often develops really odd symptoms and syndromes out of the blue. Of course, since I was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, I've come to expect the unexpected at anytime really - and I mentioned in my previous post that my migraines that I…
So damn easy to say that life's so hard Everybody's got their share of battle scars As for me, I'd like to thank my lucky stars That I'm alive - and well. It'd be easy to add up all the pain And all the dreams you sat and watched go up in flames Dwell on…
When I shared my previous post on Facebook, I had to laugh and tell everyone that I felt like the April Fools was on me, because, as sure as I wrote it all, my CRPS launched into a full pain crisis and has stayed there. I still meant - and mean - every word of…
Y'all, it seems that my Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is trying to flare in a bizarre sort of way right now. I've written about it before but CRPS is sort of a medical anomaly anyway and it is new to me as well as I just developed it at the end of last year…
It's been almost two weeks since my last post - which is just CRAZY unusual for me. First, let me say that I did go fully plant based vegan, and, with my many food allergies (soy, wheat, air, all of the things), I rapidly became SO weak, despite consciously seeking out complete protein sources and…
Recently, I have been researching complementary therapies to hopefully improve my health and pain levels - in addition to, not in place of, my traditional medication regimen (though I would love to see that reduced one day - but that isn't anything I foresee unfortunately). See, with my physicians, it feels as though I am…
*This is just an introduction piece I wrote for another site and I'm posting it here as well. At age 33, I fell quite suddenly ill, not long after my happily ever after wedding to my amazing husband. After some really tough years of a bad situation, I had gotten out, moved on, met my…
There is a topic that is capital B, Bothering Me. It's not usually in my wheelhouse - which is why I haven't written about it before - but I'm talking about it now because it's important. Some of you may remember a reviling news story last August from Colorado where the Watts family - Shanann…
If you needed to consult the University of Google yesterday, you saw that even the Google art reflected the Year of the Pig (and it was adorable). My year is shaping up a bit differently though. . . You see, in medical schools everywhere, students are frequently taught an old expression: "When you hear hoofbeats,…
First, let me make mention that yesterday, February 2, was World Rheumatoid Awareness Day. RA is the original beast in my world, having brought with it the disability and the broken feets and the CRPS and all the other mean and nasty stuff. By itself, though, RA is more than enough. . . This past…
