The biggest journey of serious health challenges is the process of mentally busting out of the matrix. Getting stuck on how life should look gets people stalled in denial, frustration and resistance. Having a chronic illness changes everything, but it doesn’t make you a failure at life. Turning your back on lifelong dreams is no easy task. The grieving process needs to … [Read more...] about Redefining Success – life in the slow lane
Fibromyalgia
2019 ANRES Data Update
A snapshot of living with Environmental Sensitivities in 2019 From the introduction of 'The 2019 ANRES Update for Environmental Sensitivities' report including the often, co-morbidlly occurring conditions: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Fragrance Sensitivity, Electromagnetic Sensitivity (EHS), Food Sensitivity, CFS/ME, Fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease and/or co-infections, … [Read more...] about 2019 ANRES Data Update
Lyme: How a diagnosis can take decades
After two decades, over $70K, and at least 20 medical professionals, finally a diagnosis: Lyme. I believe this is the last missing piece in my health puzzle. I would like to say I have simply been very unlucky and hit a series of dodgy doctors, but the truth is this situation is common. Many people with Lyme Disease often spend years written off as other conditions of … [Read more...] about Lyme: How a diagnosis can take decades
Explainer: what is fibromyalgia, the condition Lady Gaga lives with?
Michael Musker, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute and Tiffany Gill, University of AdelaideAt least one in ten of us suffer some sort of troublesome, long-term (chronic) pain. But not all have fibromyalgia. People with fibromyalgia have chronic widespread pain — including musculoskeletal aches, pain and stiffness, and soft tissue tenderness — in many areas … [Read more...] about Explainer: what is fibromyalgia, the condition Lady Gaga lives with?
Going to University with MCS [or symptoms of chemical sensitivity]
Today I'd like to share with an article I wrote for AESSRA magazine, Sensitivity Matters. I'm eternally grateful to AESSRA for continuing to publish my work as it honestly keeps my potty mouth in check... while also helping prevent my mind forming cobwebs from lack of use. And it's always helpful to be of help to others when we are able. But first, some personal news though: … [Read more...] about Going to University with MCS [or symptoms of chemical sensitivity]