IBS sucks. Whether it's IBS-C or IBS-D or some combination of the two, it's no fun either way. I live with the combination kind. It will swing over to constipation for a while then it will swing back to diahrea for a while and usually lives in some strange land in between, where I never feel like … [Read more...]
Tips and Tricks
These posts share various tips and tricks I have found for dealing with life as I live it, whether it's related to Fibromyalgia, diet, juicing, treatment, or just life, in general.
Be Nimble and quick to open packages!
One of the joys (or not) of living with chronic illness is that shopping kind of sucks the life out of you. Sometimes leaving the house sucks the life out of you. So, instead I order a lot online. I order my supplements online, I order a lot of clothes online. I do about as much shopping online as I … [Read more...]
Blogger Tips for Travelling with Chronic Illness
How to Travel with Chronic Illness Travelling with Fibromyalgia, or any chronic illness, can be difficult at best. I long for the days when I could jump in the car for a day trip and allow it to turn into an overnight trip without any planning. That's just not reality anymore. These days if … [Read more...]
The Flare Survival Kit
Flares are rare for me, these days, and usually when they occur they don't last more than a day. I believe that has a lot to do with learning to accept the flares when they come, and give them room. When I'm in a flare, I don't leave my PJs, I don't shower and I don't work. I do, however, rest, … [Read more...]
Talking With Your Doctor About Pain
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Pain by Jim Sliney Jr, RMA Talking about your pain is one of the most challenging conversations you will ever. You are bound to have it with your doctor, or with friends and loved ones, and each time you do it’s going to be unpleasant. Why? Because to … [Read more...]
A New HERO in Healthcare
Today is a special day, it's the release day for the HERO smart-home appliance. Their website has been vague for weeks teasing us with the idea of a smart appliance that would make taking care of our health easier. But, today we finally get the details, and the details are not just cool they are … [Read more...]
Working with Chronic Illness
How do you keep working when you have chronic illness? The question of how to keep working when you have chronic illness comes up quite often. It was a common topic around my house as I approached the end of my degree and considered what was next. Fellow spoonies, how on earth do you earn money … [Read more...]
Counting My Spoons Top Spoonie Posts of 2015
Merry Christmas! and Happy Holidays! I hope you are having a wonderful day and weekend with your family. Since it's a holiday I'm forgoing the normal post for today and instead I'm going to give you another chance to check out the Counting My Spoons Top 10 Posts of 2015. These are the posts that you … [Read more...]
9 Gift Ideas for #Spoonies (aka people with chronic illness)
Christmas is coming, Christmas is coming! (And, my is just a few days away, in case anyone wondered.) With Christmas just around the corner I wanted to share a few last-minute gift ideas for spoonies in our lives. So, if you are a spoonie you can send this post to the people who love you, and if … [Read more...]
A Relaxing Recipe with Village Naturals
Perhaps the worst thing about traveling is that I don't get my nightly bath. Ever since the day (shortly after my Fibro diagnosis) that a therapist at my chiropractor told me about taking a bath in epson salts it has been part of my daily (or rather nightly) routine. The magnesium in epson salts is … [Read more...]
