We’ve all been there - the nausea and vomiting that sometimes accompany a change in medication. My doctor recently changed some medicines over the past months, so I’ve been craving a lot of comfort items lately. Everyone's "comfort" items are different, however, here are a few of mine that possi
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I can't tell you how many times I've thought of a great idea only to forget it five minutes later. Then I get frustrated enough to pull my hair out because I can't remember what I was thinking about, and then five minutes after that wonder why I'm upset. The best part is when I completely forget the
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A thought occurred to me this morning, what is like for the parents of the chronically ill? I have too many diagnoses to properly name, but the two prominent ones are Fibromyalgia and Lupus. I first started showing symptoms of chronic pain around twelve years old, but did not actually have anyth
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As someone who has been chronically ill for 12 years, I could talk in excess about the number of things I have purchased to ease both body and mind. I am almost entirely housebound, and as a result, I work diligently to make my home as disability-friendly as possible. If I had to pick ten thing
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With apologizes to Yogi Berra, chronic illness is 90% mental, and the other half physical. There are countless studies linking the physical pain to mental pain, and visa-versa. We all have experienced that stress can increase pain levels and that laughter can be a pain reliever. Often, chronic illne
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Living with Lupus is often not a confidence-builder, but looking good is. As a Lupus patient, I have experienced symptoms ranging from uneven skin and light facial redness to spontaneous lesions and “butterfly rash”. When these symptoms manifest, the last thing on my mind is feeling pretty
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The year 2010 was a big year for me, disease-wise. I was going about my lonely, diseased business. I had been sick since 1995, diagnosed in 2007 and getting treatments for 3 years. At the very end of 2009, I was forced to switch insurance companies. The new insurance company denied my treatments for
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If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time waiting. I’m waiting at appointments, the pharmacy, for rides, and so on. This is where my Nook eReader comes in handy. In fact, the decision to purchase one came after spending 5 hours in the urgent care waiting room. I’d grabbed the pape
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I had been looking for a new laptop stand since I inherited my husband’s 17” one and my 13” had been passed down to our 8 year old. The 17’ laptop was too big for the cooler-fan I used to hold the smaller one in my lap. I also tried setting the larger laptop just on my lap, but that got to b
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A simple USB mouse. An ordinary tool but tough to use with stiff and achy hands. After I had to have surgery on my right wrist I wasn’t able to use my right hand for over a month. It was supposed to be ‘routine’ outpatient surgery, and my recovery should have been quick, but nothing is routi
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