This month’s challenge is titled The Love Of You! Everything we do this month is to do something that shows love for you and your body.
Tag Archives: chronic illness
The Disabled Diva Blog Weekend Recap May 20-24, 2019
This week’s blog recap includes skin cancer prevention tips, how to have a great vacation despite your chronic illness, and more!
Did your chronic illness insist that you spend your vacation in bed?
Through the years I have not only made changes to how I address and relieve my chronic pain, but I have made changes to how I vacation too!
Here are a few tips to help you better enjoy your summer vacation!
You See Her and Think……
You see this young girl lying on a park bench, what is your first thought?
Don’t tell me what you think I want to hear or what you know would be most acceptable to be said, but tell me what your true first thought was………
I’m so tired, my tired is tired!
I’m so tired, my tired is tired!
May Fitness Buddy Challenge: May The Force Be With Us!
This group is for anyone who needs a little accountability and encouragement to help them stick to their fitness goals. You could have fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disease, arthritis, diabetes, MS, or any other chronic illness. In fact, you don’t even need to be ill. I needed motivation and encouragement before I was chronically ill just as much as I do now!
Bed Rest Just Got Better
If I have learned anything in my 20 years of living with multiple chronic illnesses such as psoriatic disease, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, and degenerative disc disease to name a few it is that comfort is a necessity when riding out a flare. Not just flares, but also when prescribed bed rest after an injury or surgery.Continue reading “Bed Rest Just Got Better”
How and why I am continuing to use straws despite California’s straw law.
This post is not an environmental or political debate. Instead, its purpose is to showcase why some people need plastic straws and to share some options for those who live in or plan to visit California.
How to Plan the Best Summer Vacation Despite Your Chronic Illness
Does the thought of taking a summer vacation get you excited or does it send chills down your spine? I loved traveling before I became chronically ill. In addition to yearly Disneyland vacations, I loved exploring new areas in other states or within the ones that I lived in. Weekend road trips without a destination were my favorites.
Soon after chronic pain became a part of my daily life I began to loathe traveling.
Choosing a Mobility Aid That Fits Your Needs and Lifestyle
Choosing a mobility aid that fits your needs and lifestyle can overwhelming. Here are some tips and options to help you find your perfect fit!
FINDING SATISFACTION IN WHAT CAN BE DONE
Finding satisfaction in what can be done isn’t always easy when chronic pain from fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis decrease what you can do.
HOW TO SPOT SOMEONE WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS
Grab your binoculars, looking glasses, and detective kits, because today I am going to share how to spot someone who has a chronic illness!
Chronic Life: Does the waiting ever end?
Living with one or multiple chronic illnesses involves a LOT of waiting. We wait for doctor appointments, test results, pain relief, cures, diagnoses, people to understand, and so much more. But does it ever end? There is no simple answer to this question.
How Charlie’s Angels Prepared Me to Live with a Chronic Illness
Little did I know that a show about beautiful, strong, and intelligent women would also give me the “know-how” I would need to survive life with not just one, but multiple chronic illnesses!
Spring Clean Your Chronic Life
Living with multiple chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis can be messy and the following tips will make cleaning up that mess less painful!
Tears: I hold them back until pain pushes them out
Whether it is one single tear rolling down my cheek or many pouring out of my eyes, they still represent the kind of pain you secretly wish upon the wickedest of people.
What Happens When I Live My Old Life
Between the false hope, my doctors issued and the pressure from friends and family to get better, making changes to how I lived never crossed my mind. But it should have and here is why:
Telling me that it could be worse won’t make me feel better
The words “it could be worse” are often shared as a way to offer comfort to someone going through a painful time, but they could do more harm than good. Discover alternative phrases that offer encouragement and compassion.
One PEMF Device, Two Years, Tons of Pain Relief!
How two years of pemf therapy with Oska Pulse improved my daily pain levels from fibromyalgia, arthritis, and inflammation.
The Disabled Diva’s Blog Weekend Recap Feb 18-22, 2019
The Disabled Diva Blog Feb 18, 2019 Recap. Cinematic Calisthenics. leg cramps from fibromyalgia, and two product reviews!