If you suffer from chronic pain as I do, do you sometimes feel less worthy as a woman, wife, mother and homemaker because of your illness? ...

Sometimes when I am having a flare of my fibromyalgia, I find that I need to feel validated in my sufferings. Not many people believe ...

We have RSV in our house and I am wiped out! Whether you have the flu or suffer like I do from fibromyalgia, you will have days where your b...

Fibromyalgia is a really difficult illness/syndrome to live with. It's the most painful and yet invisible of illnesses. It is difficult...

You may have noticed I haven't been posting much lately. Fibromyalgia, heart disease, high blood pressure and now boils have taken over ...

So yesterday I got my tooth seen at the dentist. I was overjoyed that she managed to save it. It was a gruelling 45 minute sit in the chair...

    Lately, I have realised that one of the reasons for my high blood pressure is probably in the way I stress about not being able to do wh...

Anyone who suffers from chronic pain knows that it precludes us from a lot of enjoyment of life.  Pain makes the vicissitudes of life that ...

Sometimes I feel guilty for letting off steam at times but I really believe I could have a bit more support than what I am getting.  We some...

I have to say that in general I haven't found any real help via my GP's or rheumatologists here in Australia regarding my fibr...

Fibromyalgia has made many changes in my life and one of them is my dislike of wearing clothes. The mere touch of fabric on my skin...

As we have already discussed , it is harder to be a Christian as the days are getting darker. The time for the LORD'S return coul...

As you probably know, we are in the process of finding a new rental to live in. We are currently living in a fifth wheeler , but I have ...

So anyone who knows me, knows I am not a woman who cries easily. I am stoic and try to overcome my disabling symptoms.  Yesterday, ...

I honestly never thought I would ever face the day I didn't have a bath or take a shower every day. Or put it on my to do list. Or ...

When one is first diagnosed with an illness, it is quite common to be in disbelief or even denial. After all, some illnesses come as a...

As a chronically ill woman, I know too well the false guilt we all feel when we can't get enough energy up to do what we long to do. ...

I write to encourage chronically ill women, but I know there are many men who follow with us, walking the long weary journey of pain wit...

So I have managed to get up onto the X-ray table with great difficulty. It was so narrow that my sides were almost going over the edges...

As a friend of mine  said,   women  are  made to feel so guilty for being women-   wanting  to marry,   stay   home and  keep  house and ...