One thing that chronic illness patients are, unfortunately good at, is adjusting to new health turns. For lack of a better description, our bodies seem more fragile when it comes to being and operating to the best of their ability. Every new turn – or curve, as the tagline of …
If you’ve ever looked into CBD products, you know the internet is CHOCK FULL of every possible product you can imagine. Organic. Local. Strongest. Better than the rest. All natural. There is literally no label that hasn’t been applied to these products. So how do you chose which CBD product …
Coming face-to-face with a limitation can sting and be humbling. It can throw a wrench into your plans, or derail them entirely. Limitations can force you to see a reality that you’d rather not acknowledge. And the ugly truth is, they are present in most aspects of our lives. Perhaps …
There is an inevitable vicious cycle that comes with chronic illness. You feel better so you overdo it so you feel worse again. And no matter how many times you tell yourself to stop, you never really do. And that cycle of feeling somewhat human to feeling like recycled dog …
Overdoing It With Chronic Illness – Tips To Pace Yourself Read More »
Being a perfectly healthy 27-year-old and taking a crash into chronic illness was devastating for me. I lost most of the physical and mental abilities that I took for granted. My weekend bike trips and quick-and-easy smarts became impossible. I can’t begin to count the times I’ve cried out to …
Why Hasn’t God Healed Me and What Should I Do About It? Read More »
If you haven’t heard the news, there’s a new type of pain relief that is hitting the market that doesn’t involve more pills! For someone like me, who avoids pain medicine like the plague, I was 1000% intrigued to find out what it was and how it worked. Read along …
A New Type Of Pain Relief: Does The Wave Life Energy Cell Really Work? Read More »
When I was preparing to write a series on how our difficult times are like a fairy tale, it occurred to me that you might assume me crazy if I compared a debilitating, chronic pain condition to a term that is usually seen in a positive light. But because I …
A few weeks ago I was watching my normally hyperactive and vivacious 10-year-old stepdaughter lie on the sofa, cough, and breathe heavily. When the doctor said “pneumonia,” I’ll admit I panicked. Sure, we were just hearing rumblings of ‘The Chinese Virus’. But it wasn’t too many years ago my other …
