Wellness
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My friend I never wanted to be in a friendship with came back last night in one of those smack you in the face kind of moments. She sucks at subtlety and timing. If grief was a human she would be an in your face, brash, loud, stage 5 clinger who would probably struggle with…
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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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Last week A+ therapist and I were discussing how living with chronic illness requires one to be intentional in ways that get overwhelming at times and take the spontaniety out of life. If I do my entire morning routine of treatments, red light therapy, stretches, brain games, meditation, etc from start to finish at one…
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Both Post Covid Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are relapsing and remitting disorders meaning the symptoms can come and go. There are days, weeks, etc where my symptoms are running the show and then days, weeks, etc where it feels like I actually have some control over my body. This is by far the hardest…
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I am part of several Long Covid groups on Facebook. I joined these groups with the hope of being a part of an online community of people who understand what life is like living with Long Covid. Unfortunately, they have turned into places where people list their current symptoms and receive hundreds of comments back…
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