I have been chronically more than half my life not counting the joint hypermobility pain as a child. And the older I get the more
Author: Nikki
I am the Brainless Blogger; health-related chronic illness blog. And a fantasy fiction writer under the pen name Lil Hamilton.
Chronic illness: I had the talk
You know my common-law spouse has been with me 22 years. And that means he was there for my fibromyalgia diagnosis. For the migraines. When
Disability: see me smiling?
How A Trump Proposal Could Reduce ‘Happy’ Disabled People A new policy proposal by the Trump administration calls for the surveillance of disabled people’s social
Distractions and fibromyalgia fibro fog
Distractions may have a bigger impact on objective cognitive function in people with fibromyalgia, she noted. “One hypothesis that may help explain why cognitive functioning
What lessons chronic pain has taught me
So I have learned a lot of painful lessons from pain, the hard way, more than once, because that is how I roll. Here are
Chronic pain: Achiever fever
The Social was talking to the author of Achiever Fever a week or so ago( here is a review of the book I found if you
MRI results: brain lesions and possible MS
So you know when you have a crappy health situation and then it gets worse and you think it can’t get worse than This hell?
A Chronic Voice: Prompts for April
Time for A Chronic Voice’s monthly link up and prompts! Tiring Educating Receiving Giving Quieting This is the month of my birthday! I can’t say
Officially disabled
I applied for CPP disability (Canadian) when it became apparent this vertigo issue was going to last for some time… who knows how long. And
Worrying about test results
I have to say I am a worrier. It is a sport I excel in. And I went for an MRI for the vertigo and
Spring cleaning
You know I haven’t been able to really clean much at all with this vestibular disorder along with the relentless migraines and fibromyalgia. And I
Game plan: Migraines
I watched the vertigo and dizziness lecture on the Migraine Summit. (I believe you can still watch this particular one today but it will be
World Poetry day: It took
This is an older poem I wrote and I now present it to you for World Poetry Day. I am no poet but I do
Fibromyalgia and sensory sensitivity
This is a difficult article to write because I also have chronic migraine, which as one imagines comes with a lot of overload of the
