Chronic Illness

  • Healing 2.0 – Peptides. Exosomes. And Hope.

    What a journey — this gig of trying to regain one’s health. Pesky layers of illness. Layers and layers. Debilitating. Life-altering. Complicated. Frustrating. And at times, stratospherically overwhelming. That’s a lot of overwhelmingness! Totally been cramping my “sassy” style. Here’s…

  • Coping: A Daily Battle for the Chronically Ill.

    Coping can indeed be a struggle — and daily battle — for anyone suffering with illness or facing personal trials and tribulations. This post was originally shared during an extremely difficult and challenging period in my illness + healing journey. The…

  • Lyme Disease Warrior

    The following is a complication of entries written in my journal a few weeks prior to starting my blog (Aug., 2015). Raw and somewhat unpolished, these thoughts represent an all too real, “day in the life” — this journey through…

  • Chronic Illness is a Thief — Don’t Let It Steal Your Joy!

    (snippet from within my corner of the chronic illness world — updated February 2021) When I read the above meme ‘Chronic Illness is a Thief’ (author unknown) the message resonated within me. Every word seemed to ring true: being robbed of…