Category: Spoonie Life
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Chronically Seeking
I began the day writing about one thing and after a doctor appointment, decided to take a different route and write about something else. Something that I think many of my Spoonie friends out there understand. I am sitting here feeling frustrated and angry and like I am not being taken seriously. I feel like […]
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The Trouble with Spoonies and Fun
Prepping for a Concert and the Flare to follow Every Spoonie out there understands the consequences of doing too much. I think most of us try to balance work and home and any fun we do so it won’t stress out our body and we won’t have a flare. But sometimes flares are unavoidable. There […]
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Self Triage
In the whole spectrum of the chronic illnesses that you manage, do you ever feel like you have to triage yourself? That some issues get more attention than others because they are the more ‘serious’ of your diagnoses? Then you find yourself maybe a year later, realizing that you still haven’t even tried to seek […]
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How You Get Through Is Enough
In my most recent blog post, which you can find here: http://lovekarmafood.com/2018/08/03/chronically-comparing/ I talk about the pitfalls of comparing ourselves to those not struggling with chronic issues. But I think it is also important not to compare ourselves to our fellow warriors, which is also easy to do. Many of us don’t have the benefit […]