Category Archives: chronic illness

I bring you your ink

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

New grotto/shrine for Thoth from The Fable Tribe. I’ve kind of fallen off the bandwagon of the photo-a-day thing for this year.  I always like the idea of doing it, and take photos happily for a few weeks and then … Continue reading →

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An unintentional hiatus

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

So, I had been all gung ho on blogging here every day. And then I started the couch to 5k program, and promptly injured both knees on the second week.  Now, after a lot of physio and a lot of … Continue reading →

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Things that make me happy

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

I woke up this morning with a migraine.  Not sure why – possibly consumption of trigger foods, possibly just incipient Weather.  I stumbled out of bed to take some meds, and the nausea is only settling down enough now to get some … Continue reading →

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Some moments are sobering: Pain

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

Sometimes you have moments that are sobering. For example: this morning, while browsing Twitter, as I am wont to do in the mornings, I came across someone posting a pain scale.  This one was slightly different to what I get … Continue reading →

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Sometimes there are rainbows…

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

  This is a post that, frankly, I hesitate to make. Here are some facts: I have been sick with autoimmune illness for over ten years now.  It’s a vague thing, this illness, and has been shifted around from being … Continue reading →

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How to be sick

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

  Here’s a thing: coming up in March it will be ten years since I first fell ill.  At first, we thought it was a simple flu.  And then I ended up with severe post-viral fatigue.  And then everything else … Continue reading →

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