Do you ever feel that everyone who has a chronic invisible illness like Lyme, ME, fibromyalgia, or MCS deserves an award for everything we deal with? Me too! Continue reading “The Spoonie Awards (Because We All Deserve a Medal): Part One”
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Valentines for Spoonies: Part Two
Hello Spoonies and Happy Valentine’s Day… Continue reading “Valentines for Spoonies: Part Two”
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Spoonie Rent-A-Family (TM) for the Holidays
For those of you who have to see your more insensitive/clueless family members during the holidays, I created this new-and-improved family unit consisting of only people who say the right things… Continue reading “Spoonie Rent-A-Family (TM) for the Holidays”
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How Acupuncture Helps My Depression (originally appeared on ProHealth.com)
Update 2022: This post was originally written for the depression section of Prohealth.com. Continue reading “How Acupuncture Helps My Depression (originally appeared on ProHealth.com)”
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Shit Lymies Don’t Say
Hello Spoonies and “Happy” Awareness Month,
I’m sure you’ve seen all sorts of series entitled “Shit (Random Group of People) Say.” Continue reading “Shit Lymies Don’t Say”
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Fifty Shades of Brain Fog, Part Four
Hi spoonies! The fog is back! Continue reading “Fifty Shades of Brain Fog, Part Four”
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Valentines for Spoonies
Hi Spoonies!
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Continue reading “Valentines for Spoonies”
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Merry Catmas
So you’ve celebrated Christmas and/or Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, but what about the little-known festival of Catmas? Your cat definitely thinks it should be an official holiday.
Continue reading “Merry Catmas”
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Fifty Shades of Brain Fog, Part Three: Reader Brain Fog Adventures
Hello Spoonies,
Welcome to Reader Brain Fog Adventures! Continue reading “Fifty Shades of Brain Fog, Part Three: Reader Brain Fog Adventures”
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Fifty Shades of Brain Fog, Part Two
Hello Spoonies!
Welcome to the eagerly awaited, ah, completely unexpected sequel to Fifty Shades of Brain Fog, Part One. I hope you will check out Part One too! (Don’t worry, this series does not go in any kind of real order, as I am way too foggy for that.) Since brain fog is the symptom that keeps on giving, there might be a part three and possibly also whatever number comes after three.
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Lyme-not-Lyme’s Disease Awareness Month
Lymies of the world, we still don’t have disease recognition, accurate testing, sufficient research dollars, Lyme awareness in every state and country, and full insurance coverage for treatment in every state. We should at least get … proper spelling. Continue reading “Lyme-not-Lyme’s Disease Awareness Month”
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