Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Coping with Symptoms”
What does peanut butter and jelly, and autoimmune disease paired with no energy, have in common? WARNING: Dad joke imminent… They always go together! Get it?! (I know it’s not funny… but it’s true!) Autoimmune disease seems to always have a tag-along buddy of chronic fatigue… or, as we like …
Every day, I play something called the autoimmune disease lottery. Maybe you play it too. I wake up, and wonder… what symptoms will I get today? The rest of the day is adventure. Sometimes, the morning starts off *awesome*. I leap out of bed like a gazelle at 6:30am, and …
Forget about the “Easy” button… I want a “Pause” button. If I could just stop everything from moving forward so that I could figure things out, that would be great! That Pause button would have been incredibly handy shortly after I graduated college. Fortunately, during my college years, I was …
Growing up, I did some strange things. When I was a child, I frequently became furious during play fights or sporting events. Sometimes, in the same instance, I would become so emotional that I would break down in tears. As I grew older I searched for outlets for my undulating …
Imagine a place… Cold, dreary, dim, dull, brown, long stretches of darkness, and lifeless, no people, plants, or animals to be seen. What would you call such a scene? How about… a Winter Wonderland!! Oh, how beautiful! Sorry, but when the leaves dry up a bit and they lose all …
Brain Fog Sucks. Plain and simple. There is no way around it. It’s easily one of the top 5 WORST symptoms of chronic illness. Do you agree? I remember the first day I realized that something was wrong with my brain… During my college years, my professor handed me an exam. …
