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Fibromyalgia / Food / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens

April 10, 2017

Sjögrens – April is Sjögren’s awareness month

What the heck is Sjögren’s syndrome? Basically it’s when your immune system thinks your moisture producing glands are the bad guy and seeks to destroy them. Eyes, mouth and lady bits are all affected,...

Adapting / Fibromyalgia / Happiness / Live and Learn / Musing / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens

April 10, 2017

Adapting – You had it all along Dorothy

Often at the end of a quest the hero discovers that they had what they needed all along. The only reason why they eventually discover it is because they keep trying, they don’t quit....

Adapting / Diet / Fibromyalgia / Food / Sjogrens

April 9, 2017

Dry mouth – Sjögren’s, med side effects

Did you know garlic is a natural antibiotic? I don’t mean like in an, I have a horrible infection I’m going to rely solely on garlic, kind of way. I mean in a, give...

Happiness

April 8, 2017

What makes you happy?

You can find a bunch of things that bring me happiness on the Happy Stuff page. I couldn’t figure out how to add comments there, so I added this blog post so you could share...

Adapting / Fibromyalgia / Happiness / Live and Learn / Musing / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens

April 7, 2017

Adapting – Why do you get up so early?

I get up every morning at 4:10 am. I turn my outdoor heated blanket on high, put on the kettle, use the bathroom, brush my teeth, put some kvass in water, make a coffee...

Adapting / Live and Learn / Random

April 6, 2017

Adapting – Switching your home out to LED bulbs

Buying LED bulbs is just darn confusing. So much so that it inspired a man to start his own LED company. Sure, you can save money on your electric bill but switching to LED...

Fibromyalgia / Happiness / Musing / Narcolepsy / Random

April 2, 2017

Going beyond coping – anger – wet blanket syndrome

You mad bro? Wet blanket syndrome. Most people experience it at one point or another but with the constant (quality of) sleep deprivation, people with narcolepsy or constant pain can be ‘afflicted’ more often. Say...

Live and Learn / Musing / Narcolepsy

April 1, 2017

Narcolepsy – why happy matters

Sure, you can say happy matters but, why does it matter? Narcolepsy is a disease/disorder/illness fueled by emotions. Many of us hear from our doctors, “Oh, you’re just depressed.” Um, of course we are,...

Happiness / Musing / Narcolepsy

March 31, 2017

Narcolepsy – going beyond coping with cataplexy

One of my cataplexy triggers is irrational situations. After meds failed I had to dig deeper into it in my own head. Seeing things from a different perspective doesn’t eliminate my cataplexy but it...

Fibromyalgia / Happiness / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens

March 30, 2017

Going beyond coping – how can you be happy?

Yawning ginger ❤. I love finding faces in things. It brings me little happies, helps me keep going. Makes me smile from the inside. People sometimes ask me how I can be so happy...

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