30 Ways We Aren't Invisible

I am tired of being “invisible”! So I recently filled out the “30 things meme” for invisible illness week. To be honest, I didn’t really think anyone would read it (the site is already filled with answers) so I just filled it out honestly, no real jokes or quips, just me. Then the co-author of [...] Continue reading →

The Big O

The Big O: Getting Organized. (Why, did you think I meant something else?) When you’re chronically ill, getting organized takes energy and being organized saves energy. If that’s not between a rock & a hard place for a patient, I don’t know what is! If the word “organize” makes you want to throw tomatoes at me, [...] Continue reading →

MCS: My Chemical (Free) Solutions

How the heck do you deal with the world when your body is more sensitive than a Susan Lucci performance? As with everything, being “reactive” seems to fall on a sliding scale. Some patients don’t seem bothered by certain foods, scents or perfumes much at all. While others seem to react violently to almost everything. [...] Continue reading →

S.O.S. Save Our Spoons 2

If you could save even a few spoons a day & get more done, would it be worth reading yet another blog? If you said yes (& hopefully not: “YES!” since that would waste a spoon!) here are a few more ideas to hopefully make all your spoon banks a little richer!    CALL ME MAYBE: [...] Continue reading →

Show Me the Money (I Can Save!)

Being sick is expensive! Trying to get healthy is even more expensive; medications, supplements, vitamins, special products, special foods… expensive! This is where yet again the internet (specifically internet shopping) can be a life saver no matter how sick or functioning you are. It gives us independence to find what we want & need but it [...] Continue reading →

Does Leaky Gut Causes Autoimmunity?

Hole-y crap, the thunder keeps striking from down under.  The more I want to leave the nether regions of our digestive system, the more I hear about it.  Today I read about a study by U of Illinois: “The microbes….affect our susceptibility to conditions as varied as type 2 diabetes, obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, colon [...] Continue reading →
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