Humor
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Recently I’ve been obsessed with Tracy Chapman’s song “Talkin’ Bout A Revolution.” I can’t imagine why at this current season in my country I’d be obsessed with such a song, but I digress. One of the lyrics in the song is “Don’t you know. They’re talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper.” If…
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I had the joy of getting to spend the week with norovirus. For those of you who have had norovirus, you know what my week was like. For those of you who haven’t had norovirus, thank your lucky stars you don’t know what my week was like. You can Google norovirus, but the medical descriptions…
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Dear reader, I realize the above title is strange and may not inspire you to read on, but I hope you do. I promise the whole blog isn’t about dry heaving and doesn’t contain any TMI moments. You’ll understand the title if you keep reading.. or you may read this whole blog and still not…
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These 4 words came out of A+ therapist’s mouth at our last session. I was talking about the nervousness I feel about an upcoming workshop I’m doing for an event focused on nature and healing. I have been nervous about the event since I said yes because I feel like what do I really have…
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Recently I found myself on the chronic illness side of Tik Tok and stumbled upon these “influencers” who have “healed” their chronic illnesses with kale, meditation, and imported olive oil from Italy. While I don’t want to discount their experiences and the choices they made in their wellness journey it got me thinking about how…
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March 15th is Long Covid Awareness Day. A day designed to bring awareness to a syndrome that by medical standards is very new and unfortunately, still very much a medical mystery. So far, there are over 200 symptoms of Long Covid, which is why I always say, “If you know one person with Long Covid,…
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If you’ve been on social media lately you may have seen the “My nervous system doesn’t know the difference between” trend. One of the best ones I’ve seen is “My nervous system doesn’t know the difference between being chased by a gunman and having to line my wheels up to the track at the car…
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If I had a dollar for every time I was asked this question over the last two years I’d be a wealthy woman. People mean well when they ask this question, but I assure you I’ve tried everything. 3 days of weeks of IV’s to “clean my blood” and “clear the mold out of my…
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It’s been a bit since I’ve written because I’ve been of the mindset that while our country seems to be one big dumpster fire and each day there’s more gasoline added to the fire that what I have to say about living with and thriving with chronic illness isn’t all the important, timely, and/or needed.…
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As someone who is a recovering people pleaser, disappointing people is one of my least favorite things to do. It physically makes my chest hurt to know that I have disappointed someone and/or let someone down. The universe decided to speed up my people pleasing recovery process by giving me illnesses that require me to…
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