Archive for February, 2007
So, I wasn’t going to post because my days have been colored almost entirely with intense back pain, and who wants to hear me whine about that, right?! But then I remembered the entire point of this blog is to document my experience with FM, etc, so here I am.
I’ve felt quite [...]
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Rozerem, back pain
I’m not having a great day, so this will be short-ish, but I thought it was important to write a post anyway. Lately I’ve been making an effort to do things even though I can’t do them as well as I’d like to. Will/desire is attempting to win out over perfectionism/paralysis.
a perfectionist:
I’ve been [...]
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Happy Birthday Carson McCullers!
I’d like to wish Carson McCullers a slightly belated birthday (yesterday, Feb. 19th)!
“First of all, love is a joint experience between two persons — but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved. There are the lover and the [...]
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Dysautonomia Part II
It’s official, I have dysautonomia!
Rob went in with me to talk with Dr. Silverman, which proved to be very helpful because as soon as we stepped out of the room I forgot several important pieces of information. Although I realize that there are many factors that effect memory, FM (and dysautonomia!) definitely [...]
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the verdict (almost)
So on Friday I recieved a letter from Dr. Silverman, which I think informed me that I have dysautonomia. It was written oddly, so I am left with the tentative feeling that I either have the disease or I misinterpreted the letter. However, this feeling of being in limbo
will be dissolved this afternoon [...]
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Dachshund Gnocchi
I’ve been having a hard time sleeping for the last few weeks — it takes me forever to drift off, and I wake up numerous times in the night. Whenever I am lying in bed like this I seem to be More awake than during the day, my mind chatters and races, I write [...]
Filed under: Health, cooking, dogs, dreams, sleep | 2 Comments
Despite many days of intended productivity, daydreams of blogging, and scribbled notes for future use, this post is long overdue. Unfortunately, for me, one of the facets of FM is that the absence of energy, combined with pain, makes it very difficult for my desires to match up with my reality. I find [...]
Filed under: Health, cooking, jewelry | 2 Comments
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