This week I'm interviewing another spoonie caregiver. Simon lives in Cheshire in the Northwest of the UK, he’s 45, works as an IT Manager, for a Global blue-chip company. He is also a qualified hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and Time Line Therapist. How did you and your partner meet? And … [Read more...]
Holiday Traditions for the chronically ill
Hustle and bustle, two words that instantly come to mind when you think of the holiday season. All the stress of the other 11 months of the year packed into about 5 weeks. When asked what most Fibro folks and others with chronic pain and fatigue think of when they think of the holidays happy … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior Wednesday – Interview with a caregiver – John
This week I'm sharing another interview with a caregiver; I'm talking with John Burris of Huntsville, AL. His wife Bev is a friend of mine. They've been together for 40 years. Give me just a few basics about you personally: I'm 57, spent pretty much all of my life in the building business in one … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Dealing with Unsolicited Advice
Living with chronic illness at times feels like you are wearing a sign that reads "Please offer unsolicited advice". Everyone seems to want to give us advice on what we are doing wrong, how we can feel better, etc, and the truth is that most of the time we want to smack them for doing it. Often … [Read more...]
6 Things the Chronically Ill Wish Healthy People Could Understand
I started thinking about this topic recently, about how there are certain things about living with chronic pain that those around us will never understand. That a healthy person just can't (sometimes won't) understand. As I thought about what came to my own mind, I asked the question … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Stop Ruminating
Rumination is a state that many of us find ourselves in when we are sick. What is rumination? Ruminating a psychological state of focusing on our distress, on the negatives of our situation. Recently one of my favorite authors and bloggers, Toni Bernhard posted a great article about this and about … [Read more...]
Spoonie Caregiver – Weldon Patterson
Changing things up a little again this week, I'm talking with a Spoonie Caregiver - Weldon Patterson. Weldon is the husband of my friend Beverly Patterson, who was also my very first Fibro Warrior interviewee. Weldon is 52 years old and lives in Madison, AL. Prior to moving to Alabama he lived in … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Chronic Illness and Friendships
Chronic Marriage is one of my favorite blogs to follow. It's one of only two (that I know of) that focus on what it's like to deal with chronic illness within a marriage. Not long ago she shared a post about "Why Friendships are Important to Your Marriage". There were a couple of statements she made … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior Wednesday – Ken McKim – Spoonie Husband and Activist
This week I'm interviewing the husband of a Spoonie. Ken McKim has become an activist because of his wife's health issues. Recently, I shared his video on the Slow Death of Compassion for the Chronically Ill. Since then he's expanded his activism, set up a blog, and created a number of new videos. … [Read more...]
Dealing with Disappointment
Reading through the 3 Things the Chronically Ill Want Their Loves Ones to Know, one in particular stood out to me, because it's the one that is most true for me. " We can feel as if we’re letting you down even though you’ve repeatedly told us that we’re not." - 3 Things the Chronically Ill Want … [Read more...]
