My grandbaby has arrived! So we’re short on sleep, but long on love and joy! Moving up here, the new baby and associated sleep loss, change in general — they all lead to increased pain. I don’t take any narcotic pain medications anymore because the opiates just didn’t provide enough relief to be worth the hassle of […]
Fight Brain Fog!
Or, at the very least, give yourself more resources to fight it! Cognitive abilities are like muscles, in that they have to be developed and exercised regularly, even stretched to keep them flexible. We can’t necessarily avoid the cognitive deficits that come with some of our illnesses, or as a side effect of our medications. What […]
Tips and Tools for Working From Bed
I’ve never encountered this website before, but it was linked from a blog carnival, and the article is pretty good: Because Sitting up is for Suckers: 70+ Tools, Tips and Hacks to Work from Bed I still miss my laptop! And I have a pretty nice setup, but can’t help drooling at this: the Ergopod 500. […]
Episode 2
Episode 2 This week we talked about distractions, delegating, and defining yourself. I recommended Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn as a good introduction to mindfulness, especially as a way to deal with chronic illness. I also referenced Dr. Irene Tracy’s […]
Coping With Illness
How to Handle a Chronic Illness at Work I’ve also acquired a copy of I’d Rather Be Working by Gayle Backstrom. I’ll post a review when I’ve finished it.
Tip for Coping With Chronic Illnesses: Fun!
I don’t have a problem with this, usually. But I thought maybe some of my friends with FM could stand to hear it, too. And yes, I do occasionally need the reminder :-) Stockpile fun distractions. We all need to keep lists handy of the things that make us happy. One of the cruelties of having […]