Tag: chronic pain
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Writing instead of Talking
When I’m under stress I lose my train of thought easily or have a hard time coming up with the words I need. Stress can come from anything: something exciting, something scary, something painful, something important, etc. Writing my thoughts down helps me process my emotions, and remember everything that I need to communicate. Now,…
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In Which Amelia Processes the Experience of Gaslighting Herself
Anyone else have an experience like this? Near the beginning of the year, I did something (I don’t even remember what) and I immediately knew that I had made a mistake. Something pulled in my back and I knew I was in for a few days of pain. No biggie, right? Bodies are built so…
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Riding the Rollercoaster, Again
The chronic illness roller coaster continues its never-ending ride. This time I will talk a bit about the highs and the lows as they pertain to parenting children in an age of abundant technology. I am a full believer that allowing a child the opportunity of boredom is an excellent thing. That is unless I…
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Disneyland for the Hypermobile, Chronically Fatigued, Hot Mess
This year my husband and I decided to celebrate our anniversy at Disneyland and California Adventure without kids. When my husband first suggested it, I was less than enthusiasitc (sorry handsome husband). I had some concerns about having enough energy to have fun. The last time I had been to Disneyland was 8 years ago.…
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Pollyanna
This is going to be the first of a series of posts Amelia writes over the next couple of weeks. Pollyanna, written by Eleanor H. Porter, was first published in 1913. For those unfamiliar with the story, it is about a girl named Pollyanna (shocking, I know) who is orphaned and sent to live with…
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Writing as therapy
I wrote this post last winter, and then never actually posted it. I’m posting it today because I was out of town last week and kinda maybe forgot all about writing something for today until now, while I’m sitting in my car waiting for my daughter to finish up therapy. I wrote it as a…
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The passive Cheerleader turned active Cheerleader
A couple of weeks ago my husband wrote about initially being a passive cheerleader in my chronic illness journey. A few days ago I expressed to him my concern over a new symptom I am experiencing. His response? Go see the doctor and make sure it isn’t something serious and the next day I scheduled…
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Chronic Fatigue Rollercoaster
Chronic fatigue is a lifelong rollercoaster ride. It has ups, downs, twists, turns, and sometimes a sudden stop. Yesterday felt like the brakes were thrown on suddenly at the end of a steep downhill plunge. After years of trial and error, I have a pretty good system that keeps me functioning. I take several herbs…
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Hypermobility and Pregnancy
The last time I posted I started talking about hypermobility. I’m going to dive a little deeper into the effects of hypermobility and various aspects of my life in the next few posts I, Missy, write. I have talked a little bit about injuries due to hypermobility, but pregnancy is really where hypermobility started to…
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Why so bendy?
In my younger years I had quite a few body contortionist tricks. My favorite one was doing a backbend and then walking my hands through my legs and having my body follow until I was laying on my stomach. I can’t do that one anymore, but I can still pop my shoulder out of place…
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