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swine flu
- By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- My daughter let us know that the doctor told her husband not to come into the doctor's office, and to assume he has swine flu due to symptoms he reported. He has headache, achy, fever, coughing, but unless ...
Taking a moment for ourselves
- By nanascorner · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- Chamomile Tea Outside the sky is light with stars; There's a hollow roaring from the sea. And, alas! for the little almond flowers, The wind is shaking the almond tree. How little I thought, a year ago ...
Water or Coke? (or rather any carbonated drink)
- By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 13 replies
- This was sent to me by a friend: Focus on the hydration thing....... Water or Coke? I could not believe this..... Very interesting WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies ...
Hope Prevails
- By nanascorner · Posted November 16, 2009
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- It’s easy to give up hope. Obstacles and daily living seem to beat hope out of the best of us at times. For me, dealing with the reality of a chronic illness has shaped and changed my life significantly ...
Finally home
- By Nina372 · Posted November 15, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- I am finally home after being in the hospital for a week. Last Friday I was sick all day and kept having black-outs. Around midnight I asked my mom to take me to the er because something felt very wrong ...
Dr. Hastings
- By meriterry · Posted November 12, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Dr. Carl Named to CRN Board of Directors. Reliv Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Carl Hastings has been elected to the board of directors of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN ...
I FEEL LIKE I'M DYING....SLOWLY
- By ShopGirl · Posted November 9, 2009
- Journal · 14 replies
- tonight, I noticed a few BLUE patches under my skin on my fingers when I was cold. I have never seen this before. It was very noticable, in 3 fingers. I feel like I'm getting sicker. It really hurts ...
Could the foods you are eating be causing you pain?
- By nanascorner · Posted November 8, 2009
- Journal · 5 replies
- When dealing with the reality of living with chronic pain in my life, I never consider that some of the food items that I was consuming on a daily bases , could be a contributing factor in causing some ...
Being a survivor
- By annebert · Posted November 8, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- I have been meaning to post his here for a while. I stumbled on this poem one day and it encapsulates for me the fact that being alive RIGHT NOW is the best revenge. If you are not familiar with ee cummings ...
To: Pain From: Me
- By Nina372 · Posted November 2, 2009
- Journal · 10 replies
- To: Pain From: Me Well hello pain, you might not want to hear this but you have out-stayed your welcome here in my body. You are the most annoying, agitating, distracting, way to needy, company that I ...
pots/dysautonomia
- By Nina372 · Posted November 2, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- Does anyone here have experience or knowledge about getting a pace maker for their postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (pots ...
When Life Gets Hard
- By nanascorner · Posted October 29, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- I was thinking about so many ladies I know that are struggling with some tough situations, chronic pain and illness. I was thinking about some certain situations that I am struggling with as well. I was ...
New Research
- By nanascorner · Posted October 27, 2009
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- Everything that I have read about CD/UC points to new research information.. Some researchers are suggesting that there is a link between chemical sensitivities and auto-immune diseases like lupus, type ...
Compassion Does Matter
- By nanascorner · Posted October 21, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- I have been asked; why do you send out these poems? Some of my friends understand, some think I am weird. Some answer with a thank you, some dont answer at all because they dont have a clue of why I do ...
Finding a purpose when you battle a chronic illness
- By nanascorner · Posted October 15, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- I loved my grand mother very much. She was to be an example of a strong self-sufficient women. Widowed at the age of 35, she went back to school and became an RN. She has to knee surgeries , in order ...
The word compassion
- By nanascorner · Posted October 14, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- The word compassion comes from two Latin words, suffer and with . To show compassion means to suffer with someone, to enter into a persons situation and become involved in that persons suffering. Compassion ...
Almost back to my "normal"
- By spiritlove · Posted October 13, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- Well, hope this gets posted. Wrote a long one and accidentally deleted! Thanks everyone for soothing my brat. I'm doing better and haven't quite figured out what I'll do. Don't feel right asking for delivery ...
2:41 am and I want to be a brat!!!
- By spiritlove · Posted October 11, 2009
- Journal · 38 replies
- An hour ago I had one of those frightening, choking attacks, my heart was throbbing, it felt like my throat was going to rip open and it was a struggle to get all the velcro off. I've been battling this ...
Reasons for Chronic Nausea
- By nanascorner · Posted October 10, 2009
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- Chronic Nausea, is a common problem with people battling a chronic illness and pain. People with Fibromyalgia can suffer from IBS, GERDS, Hypersensitive ( HSP) issues, which can and does lead to chronic ...
19 years old. alone??
- By Nina372 · Posted October 9, 2009
- Journal · 23 replies
- I am 19 years old and sometimes feel as though there is nobody else my age who knows what I go through. I know many other people who understand what I have to face every day and the difficulties involved ...
