I Forgot

I Forgot

Oops, I forgot. For a few moments or what stretched out to a few hours, I thought I was living the life of a normal person. Who was I kidding though, forgetting that living with an auto-immune disease could ever really be normal? Thinking that I had some unlimited source of energy enough to tackle a

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Excuse me….I didn’t hear you, what was I saying?

Excuse me….I didn’t hear you, what was I saying?

Brain fog.  The words themselves sound almost creepy…like they belong in some poorly made horror film.  Say them to any normal healthy person and you are likely to get looked at like you just recited the entire works of Shakespeare in Pig Latin.  Say it to a fellow Spoonie and you will get a fa

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What is Normal? Am I Normal?

What is Normal? Am I Normal?

Recently, it has been suggested to me that because I am receiving treatments regularly, the treatments mean that I’m not really sick. The assertion is that on treatment, I lead a “basically healthy” life and that I am “pretty normal”.  Well, let’s go ahead and examine this idea of norma

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Autoimmune Fatigue….Tips To Cope When You’re Tired

Overwhelming fatigue….just the phrase itself sends sufferers of autoimmune disorders into a chorus of affirmative head nods.  Whether the fatigue stems from Lupus, MS, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome itself, the debilitating feeling of completely “running out of s

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