The Table

I thought I'd mentioned this before, but I didn't find it in my blog posts.  I think I might be dealing with Costochondritis .  Here...

I've been busy working on my little self-improvement plan, as you may recall from last month's post " I Think I Fixed my Wagon...

Ooh, that's a tough one! I long to return to New Orleans, and I'd love to get there by train. The airports are ridiculous these da...

I was out touring our yard and cleaning up the branches from our rain garden this morning, because I couldn't resist.  Anyway, when I w...

I have signed up for the 2010 Walk of FAME because I want to “Make Fibromyalgia Visible” now! In honor of National Fibromyalgia Awarenes...

Aren't the cycles of chronic illness just SO much "fun"? ;) Anyway, since I'd left you all with a downward trend, I wante...

Well, wouldn't you know it?  The very day I declare things are improving for me, I start feeling shitty again.   I developed a headach...

We, chronically ill folks do a lot of focusing on the things that go wrong in our worlds.  I think it's time to address what's actua...

I was born of Polish-Catholic immigrant parents, in Chicago. They baptized me and put me through Catholic school up to eighth grade. As I ...

I've been accidentally flipping numbers around at work like mad lately.  I'm finding myself spreading "sorry"s all over th...

I don't know if I have enough to say to justify this post, but I have been sliding back into a terrible flare up for the past week now. ...

Well this is definitely a creative way to ask something. I might invite all 3, but since I'm limited, I guess I'll have to be rude ...

Since I was up since midnight this morning, I had some time to do some journaling. While writing, I pondered my " Wagons " proble...

The Fibro Frog strikes again! I'm so sorry, dear readers.  I recently realized that I'd neglected to share the link to all the ph...

This questions is probably best answered by my friends, of course, but here are the traits I have tried to develop in myself over the years:...

I'm sure this has happened to others.  January came around and I was determined to turn over a new leaf and improve myself.  This year, ...

I've been inspired by my own recent flare to create this very meaningful reminder that "I will have better days."   It's a...

I'm doing much better today, thanks in part to my fantastic friends who were brave enough to contact me despite my gruff demeanor this m...

Today is my second sick day in a row.  I've been feeling awful in just about every way, lately.  Among the usual symptoms, I've been...

I went to see my neurologist this morning.  Basically, since the end of December, when I last saw him, I had one great month (remember when ...

Bleh...  In a word, that's about how I've been feeling for the past week or three.  I'm so glad I had some good days to celebrat...

If you could have perfect health, but only by giving up one of your five senses, which one would it be? I thought and thought about thi...

What is the weirdest thing you have ever done? I struggled with this question. I've done some unusual things, but nothing complete...

It's time to pay the piper.  Thanks for the little break from the worst symptoms, Fibrobeast.  It was a good several weeks.  Now I under...

Are you more of a talker or more of a listener? I believe I do a lot of both, but I am better at being a listener. Ask me anything