Your Spouse, Your Illness and You…
September 5, 2010
For so many of us, getting out of bed is a struggle. Fighting thru pain, physical complications and emotional stress
For so many of us, getting out of bed is a struggle. Fighting thru pain, physical complications and emotional stress
Seven years ago, I remember sitting in my doctor’s office when I first heard her say, “I think you may
Greetings and Salutations to all my Fight Like a Girl members!! I hope you are all feeling well. I have
Today my feelings were hurt as a result of another person’s actions towards my illnesses. This is fairly common in
Let’s stop being such a self conscious nation and let’s look into mirrors and see what is truly there: the beauty everyone else can see but that we must discover for ourselves.
Being as I am a new phenomenon to many of you (!), I figure I should at least introduce myself
Right now, I am less than two weeks away from a partial liver transplant. I am 29 years old. Finding
I suffer from EDS. I am both Hypermobility type and Vascular type. Can I get a “WOO HOO!” for winning the dysfunctional genetic lottery? LOL! It is a horrible disease; the Hypermobility type caused me a great deal of pain. I suffer from numerous subluxations and dislocations. Every joint is prone to it. I have intense pain, swelling, skin discoloration etc…I am hypersensitive to barometric pressure changes and can predict weather better then any meteorologist I have ever seen on TV!
I can remember having lupus symptoms like joint pain and extreme fatigue as far back as six years ago. For many of us Lupus has always been a silent disease until that day we are struck with a severe flare up. The road has been rough, but I’m glad to finally know my health status after being in the dark about it for so many years!