It's been a decade since I became ill and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I spent the first two years barely existing. Getting out of bed was a struggle. Thankfully, I did find some answers that helped me recover and return to a mostly normal life. My story of recovery from fibromyalgia Don't get … [Read more...]
4 Tips for Boosting Your Immune System
4 Tips for Boosting Your Immune System Guest post by Brooke Whistance Your immune system is responsible for defending you against diseases and keeping you healthy and functional. If it doesn't protect you against even the most common of infections than your immune system needs a … [Read more...]
The effect of health goals on health outcomes (study)
There are two types of people - internals and externals. Internals take the blame for everything because they feel that they are in control of the world around them, of how they react, how they behave, and even what happens to them. Externals look to the world around them for answers, when things … [Read more...]
Review: The Patient’s Playbook – How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love
It's rare that I will pick up a paper book by choice and read it anymore. But, every once in a while a book will come my way that I want to read bad enough that I will deal with the paper. That's what happened when I saw The Patient's Playbook by Leslie D. Michelson show up in my Amazon Vine queue. … [Read more...]
Don’t Let Your Health Take Your Dreams
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade... or so they say. So many times I've watched my friends give up on their dreams for a variety of reasons, often it's because of their health. I was chatting with a new friend on Twitter the other day when this topic came up. Her … [Read more...]
Are We Choosing to Hold Onto the Pain?
If I'm in the car, I'm listening to Dave Ramsey. I really enjoy hearing the callers, shaking my head at the stupid ones and celebrating with the ones that have made smart choices to find their way to debt freedom. Recently, I caught the episode where he interviewed Max Lucado about his new book … [Read more...]
Why you should get your ducts cleaned
This is not what you want to see being sucked into your air system. If you've not had your ducts cleaned in a while, it's time to do so. I recently had ours cleaned and I was quite surprised at the outcome. It turned out that there's no telling what issues our air flow might have been … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior Wednesday – Gracie B
Today's Fibro Warrior is actually my mom, Gracie B. This isn't going to follow my usual interview format, but rather I'm going to just let her share her most recent journey. She's not actually been diagnosed with Fibro but all the signs are there. Add to that that I've been diagnosed and so has her … [Read more...]
Fibro Warriors Wednesday – Nicky
Nicole Hicks-Hardin is another member of my local support group. She has also started blogging about her own journey and you can view her blog via the link above (just click her name). When were you diagnosed? I was diagnosed July 2004 after a 6-month long bout with extreme pain and … [Read more...]
Surviving the Whole 30: Day 2
tuna & carrots for lunch & nutsThis was my lunch today (Day 3). Day 2 went by pretty uneventfully. However, I can't say I didn't stray at all. I did add a packet of raw sugar to my coffee. I'm really trying to get to where I can drink it totally black (but it's hard). I was thinking that I'd … [Read more...]
