ME/CFS
Feeling Like Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde With Chronic IllnessPersonality changes are common among people with chronic illness. Because of chronic... More
CFS Patients Fight Lazy Label ArticleI found a great article yesterday on ME/CFS that is really good. What I liked about... More
Are You Getting the Flu & H1N1 Vaccine?I am curious to know if any of you readers out there with CFS, Fibromyalgia, IC or... More
ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia Around the WebWeathering the Flu With Fibromylaiga or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I think we all... More
More ME/CFS PostsInterstitial Cystitis
A New Interstitial Cystitis Diet Has Been ReleasedInterstitial Cystitis patients everywhere can now check out the newly revised Interstitial... More
Pelvic Pain Seminar to Be Held In New JerseyOn November 7th & 8th, there will be an Orthopedic Management of Pelvic Pain... More
Sign Petition To Protect Our Rights to Pain Medications!Please read the following press release from the Interstitial Cystitis Association... More
Interstitial Cystitis Clinical Trial RecruitingA new clinical trial for Interstitial Cystitis studying the effectiveness of the... More
More Interstitial Cystitis PostsFibromyalgia
Feeling Like Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde With Chronic IllnessPersonality changes are common among people with chronic illness. Because of chronic... More
Are You Getting the Flu & H1N1 Vaccine?I am curious to know if any of you readers out there with CFS, Fibromyalgia, IC or... More
ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia Around the WebWeathering the Flu With Fibromylaiga or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I think we all... More
Putting the Holidays Into Perspective With ME/CFS & FibromyalgiaTuesday as I was driving home from work, the radio announcer mentioned that there... More
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Feeling Like Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde With Chronic IllnessPersonality changes are common among people with chronic illness. Because of chronic... More
Using What’s In Your Kitchen to Alleviate Pain & InflammationMore and more people are trying to find more natural and less invasive methods of... More
My Journey With Gluten-Free Eating BeginsLast week I started cutting gluten out of my diet to see if I will start noticing... More
Guest Blogger Post: The Messages in Physical PainPlease welcome Abigail Steidley, owner of The Healthy Life, LLC Life Coaching Services... More
More Other Chronic Illnesses PostsCoping & Support
Putting the Holidays Into Perspective With ME/CFS & FibromyalgiaTuesday 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]
ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia & Strategies For Improving IntimacyI 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]
Finding Blessings In Unexpected Ways with ME/CFSYesterday 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]
How Do You Prepare For Vacations Or Big Events?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]
Children’s Roles In the Home with Chronically Ill ParentsWe 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]
Read More Coping & Support PostsMy Journey
My Initial Experience With LyricaMy 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]
My Upcoming Appointment with the ENTAfter 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]
Pain Is Getting Worse In Arms NowI 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]
Still Having Sinus and Ear Fluid Problems Along with Arm/Leg PainToday 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]
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