spoonie life.
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*Rolling into Fighting Words Friday having been extra unwell this week, my anxieties have really been kicking. Since they have been so unruly, I thought that, rather than having one verse this week, I would share several that are good ones for the anxieties as I know many of us struggle with them. ❤ *… Read more
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As I shared in my previous post, we have been pretty sickly here in the Hippie Hut. Unfortunately, it seems to be continuing this week. There was a serious issue with one of my critical meds for several days, causing me severe pain – which we’ve not been able to fully get back under control… Read more
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Over the past week, Henry and I have both been in and out of doctor’s offices and my husband has been in awful pain with his back. Henry was at our wonderful vet’s office last week, dealing with some unruly blood sugar issues. Since his visit, he seems to be feeling well as we work… Read more
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A few weeks ago, I started my new once weekly biologic, Enbrel. As I mentioned in my post about beginning therapy, I am having to be very cautious as I am even more immunocompromised than usual – and, at the same time, COVID is on the rise right now in our area, with a more… Read more
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Y’all, it has been ride these past several weeks. Of course, as I’ve written, we’ve had all sorts of personal things with loss in our family and saying goodbye to Mickodemus among other issues going on – and my body has been reacting violently. Additionally, the summer heatwave that has lifted for a few days… Read more
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Today I found myself sitting in Urgent Care, late on a Friday afternoon – because isn’t that always when it breaks loose? – in a crowded waiting room, praying I didn’t catch some sort of viral ailment – #fixitjesus – while I was waiting to be seen for a skin infection that had suddenly worsened… Read more
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As the July heat and humidity are fully upon us, I am really feeling the total effect of post-COVID breathing issues as well as the additional fatigue it has brought added to my usual summer autoimmune difficulties. As it happens, I have also started some new treatments and am SLOWLY tapering steroids which – long… Read more
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As everyone in the South is all too well aware, we are in the midst of a bear of a heatwave. In Alabama, there is the potential to reach a heat index of 110 over the next few days. USA Today Southern Heat Indexes. While this is not good for anyone – even the healthy… Read more
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After some busy weeks of conference and many doctor’s appointments with the pneumonia and Covid fatigue still holding on tight, this spoonie body is feeling oh-so-rough and has just really cried “uncle” the past few days – so I am down for the count. Sometimes that is just the chronic illness life – and I… Read more
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Since COVID in February, part of the Long ‘Vid has been just ridiculous ongoing allergy symptoms – so I have kept a sort of permacough as I’ve written about several times. A few weeks ago, I also wrote about an urgent care outing for bronchitis for this same permacough that had just gotten out of… Read more
