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Feeling Hyper with CFS / CFIDS / ME
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Sophie Meredith
I am well – perhaps steering close to hyper - today. I have been a lot better for over a week with only a piece of the weekend finding me feeling particularly ‘CFS-y’. I watch myself now swiftly dissociate from the illness. I am acting exactly as I said in my first entry My head remains foggy and the muscles are heavier than they ...
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Starting to Understand CFS / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Sophie Meredith
From Weighed Down by Sophie MeredithShe tells me to just get started. I protest that I want to write something interesting and engaging but honestly, when I feel well enough to consider that, I forget what it actually feels like to be down under the grimy covers of ME / CFIDS / CFS. Now, I am peering through one eye, my head is pounding. My throat ...
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Thengaipodi a.k.a Chammandhipodi (A Spicy Coconut Chutney Powder)
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Aparna
M y two weeks away from home meant that I did no cooking at all. Now I am back, I still haven't got back into my routine like it used to be before the vacation happened. I cook, and we eat but I haven't been taking pictures to blog about it all. There a lot of little things (nothing earth shaking, or a matter of life and death) that just need to b ...
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Worst construction accidents I have seen
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Dr. Brian E.
I was attempting to build a deck today, pretending to be a handy guy, and as per my usual custom thinking about the worst construction accidents I have seen.These are not just morbid ruminations of my darker side, but useful ways to avoid being hurt. Standing on a ladder while using a circular saw to cut off a piece of trim really gets the imaginat ...
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north dakota and breathing good? woohoo!
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Kerri
Greetings from Obama-land! [I facebook’ed that this morning, and my friends have all begun calling the States Obama-land.]The last three times I’ve been in North Dakota, my breathing has gone from good/okay to sucky [One of those times probably doesn’t count because I had a cold, but whatever]. ( here, here )i have only been fee ...
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OKLAHOMA CHIARI AWARENESS NOV
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Taffy
On October 14, 2009, Governor Henry signed a proclamtion declaring November Chiari Awareness Month for Oklahoma. This is a huge step as I was diagnoised in 1999 and this is the first year. We owe LeeAnn Thompson of Shawnee Oklahoma a huge Kudo for this. She is the mother of Jaden Clutter, a 3 year old beautiful, full of energy little girl that will ...
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Best Blog Award
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wheresthebox
Well, I by no means think I am deserving of this award, but I am thankful to Leah at Just Me for letting me know I am appreciated. If you haven’t met Leah, she is a pastor’s wife and mom to 4 girls, one of whom has special needs. She has also embarked on a spiritual journey that she is blogging about at 90 Days of Solitude.I’ve ...
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I'm falling apart.
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Carol BipolarHubby
First, I need to tell you about our doctor's visit. The doctor doesn't seem to think that what is going on with my mom is a "natural progression" either. So even though all the tests say otherwise, he put her on some more antibiotics, in case there is still a UTI or other infection that is not being picked up by the tests. And he re-up ...
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Do gyms have responsibilities towards people with eating disorders?
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Carrie A.
That's the question raised by researcher Rony Duncan. In his "News and Views" piece for the British Medical Journal, published this past September, Duncan argues that gyms do have some responsibility, and lays out three main areas in which this could be beneficial. 1) It provides a possibility for intervention. 2) It can help promote a ...
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October Visit w/Rheumo
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Taffy
October 15, 2009So today started off very early. I had to check in at Dr.’s office at 8:30am for a 9:00am appt. All of the specialists are in Oklahoma City, which is a 70mile drive for me so I left home at 7:15am. He was over an hour getting to the room to see me, what a surprise huh? He came in and we talked for a while about my previous app ...
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