Undiagnosed. I remember this well. I spent the majority of my childhood UNDIAGNOSED. The pain and fatigue where things I felt I didn’t even
Symptom? Side effect? Or normal sick-sick?
Sometimes when you are chronically ill and feel like a bag of steaming crapola all the time it is actually hard to tell if you
The hope of Aimovig for migraine prevention- First dose
Aimovig is one of the brand spanking new migraine preventatives out there that blogs CGRP proteins in the brain. he research suggests targeting calcitonin gene-related
Why do I undermine my pain?
There is a lot of reasons why we develop beliefs about our pain. And how we should and shouldn’t behave with it. How we should
Vlog: Chronic pain symptoms and impact on me- Part II
In part II I explain the impact of chronic pain on me… it follows directly from the other video. I had to cut the video
Vlog: Chronic pain symptoms and impact
It has been a really high pain winter with heavy fatigue and as a result low functionality. And that had been really difficult and exhausting
A Chronic Voice: February motivational slump
Time for A Chronic Voice Blog Prompts! Looking Playing Joining Invigorating Looking I am looking for answers. My neurologist is pretty sure I do not
Neurologist appointment: I Probably don’t have Multiple Sclerosis?! Yay!
Okay, so I saw my neurologist today about my follow up. I am on a waiting list for a follow-up MRI which will take a
What is Ableism?
You may have heard people talk about Ableism. I often talk about stigma and discrimination but haven’t used the term itself but it is the
Chronic illness: Work burnout
I think we have to be wary when we work with chronic illness about the stress of work and the stress we are always under
Cannabis edibles for chronic pain
Okay, cannabis edibles are Finally available in my part of Canada and I do not like smoking pot that much and the drops are hard
Chronic stress and the body
Chronic negative stress does not do a body good. We all know this. Because we have pain and illness and so stress from That plus
Painsomnia and sleep deprivation
So I’m going to start with this tidbit: The brain literally starts eating itself when it doesn’t get enough sleep. AHHHhhhhhh!!!!!!! My brain is EATING
Vlog: Why I hid my depression
I decided to do a topic on comorbid depression as a chronic pain Vlog topic this week. Bad timing really since the weather has given
