Coping & Support

Tuesday as I was driving home from work, the radio announcer mentioned that there are only 40 days left until Christmas and I immediately felt myself start to panic and stress.   It has been a really rough few months and I haven’t even started or began to start thinking about Christmas shopping and everything else that goes along with the holidays. ... [Continue Reading]

I have written before on Fighting Fatigue and I have also read elsewhere that the divorce rate involving a chronically ill partner is 75%.  That is extremely high and my first marriage failed in part due the lack of support I received from my ex-husband.  He didn’t believe I was really ill and that lack of support and trust was a huge factor... [Continue Reading]

Yesterday as I was trying to rest on the couch, feeling miserable from my bad sinus infection and CFS flare, I was having a mini-pity party for myself when I saw something amazing on a television show that I feel I was meant to be tuned into at that particular time.  I was watching The Doctors and I viewed the story of a very courageous woman who suffers... [Continue Reading]

Vacations and the occasional big family event can be exciting and a lot of fun but for ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia patients, it can also mean a lot of symptoms flaring and confinement to our beds.  I always look forward to having time away but I dread it also because I know how much work goes into preparing for trips and how hard the traveling process... [Continue Reading]

We all have found out that our chronic illnesses not only affect us, but our spouses and children as well. When just one person in the household is sick, the entire family suffers. In our house, both my husband and I are chronically ill so our son has been hit with a double whammy. I have discussed before on here the fact that I often feel guilty because... [Continue Reading]

My Journey

My family doctor has decided to give me Lyrica to try to see if it helps with my pain issues, particularly my severe chronic headaches.  I was asking to have my pain meds increased and she thought it would be safer to go a different route and she chose Lyrica instead.  She gave me enough samples to last for one week and then she wrote out a prescription... [Continue Reading]

After 5 weeks of having fluid in my ear, I have finally gotten an appointment through my doctor with an ENT.  I have to wait until December 3rd for my appointment, however.  What is weird is that I had about 2 or 3 days where I didn’t feel any fluid at all in my ear and then all of a sudden – wham!  I could feel my ear filling up again. ... [Continue Reading]

I don’t know if it is from my sinuses or if something new is going on but the pain I am experiencing is terrible.  It started in my legs back when my sinuses first became really bad.  Now the pain has moved to my arms and it is so bad, especially at night, that I can’t sleep.  I can’t lie, I can’t sit – no matter what... [Continue Reading]

Today marks the 4th week that I have been dealing with all of this fluid in my right ear and it’s not getting any better. I will have times where I think the fluid and pressure is relieving and then it hits me again full force. Since October 10th I have been on a 10-day course of 300 mg. of Omnicef daily and after I finished that, I was on 10... [Continue Reading]