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I was chatting online with a friend about our chronic illnesses and the idea of being strong and not being able to work as much as we'd like came up. That got me to thinking about how those of us with chronic illness relate to our society's obsession with health and strength. You don't have be watch too much TV or be on much social media to see how much we are surrounded by images of health and strength. That, in itself, is not bad. What gets bad is when it becomes an idol, w

Just a brain dump tonight. I've been having so many migraines. My headache specialist and I have talked about the increase in migraines, but adding a medication adds potential side effects. I've had luck with at least one other med, but it made me gain weight, have ankle edema, and be tired. So, right now I'm just hanging out with my current meds and trying to follow the low-carb diet. I like the low-carb diet. I'm maintaining my weight, despite eating sweets every couple of

I haven't posted for a while. It's not for lack of things to post about. It's because I've been so darn tired . . . . If I don't have a migraine, I'm catching up from having had a migraine and can't seem to put words together into sentences. So, what is going on . . . Christopher got a promotion at work, so we celebrated last week with lunch at Outback! That was lots of fun! He and Jenna are still going full steam ahead with wedding plans. Lydia is teaching me enough tap danc