When my 40’s came fast approaching and my teenager’s attitude came following just as quickly behind it, I realized that being doubled over in pain even more often than before, was just not going to suit my lifestyle. When I say lifestyle, I mean managing a household, going to meetings, trying to draw a straight line with my eyeliner, battling …
A Little Less Of Me: Hysterectomy Journey Part 2
When you live with a chronic illness or chronic pain, people sometimes ask “Well, don’t you get used to it?” The long answer is, imagine being stabbed in the abdomen or having someone hit you with a baseball bat on various parts of your body daily. Could you get “used” to that? The short answer is no. Just because something …
A Little Less of Me: Hysterectomy Journey Part 1
Living with Lupus has it’s own set of challenges, but when your chronic female issues collide with your autoimmune issues, you better get ready for a battle. Get your boxing gloves ready because a fight on this level can make you feel defeated or give you great triumph. Some days I’m feeling like Rocky Balboa in round 1 against Apollo …
Welcome Warriors & Allies
If you are here, I would like to welcome you to my Batcave, my world, and on some days…my battlefield. Perhaps you found me through a google search and needed an ally because you suffer from a chronic illness. Maybe you live with someone who is suffering and you just need a TRUE insight into what they are going through. …