2022-02-16 15:17
So, Cymbalta withdrawal has been kicking me in the face for the last couple of weeks or so.
It’s very weird, and non-linear, and the experience reminds me of nothing so much as the cre… Read More
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2020-09-01 21:00
A couple of months ago in a moment of nutritional virtue I gave my husband custody of all the chocolate chips in the house and asked him to put them in the outdoor freezer.
Today, in a massi… Read More
2020-08-05 00:30
A few days ago I saw that one of my Facebook friends had started a thread asking, “If you wrote a book about 2020, what would you call it?”.
Given that so far this year in additi… Read More
2020-07-31 19:04
Originally published 5/11/12
You Say You Want A Revolution
So I spent last week with my parents since my husband was on a business trip, and since my dad had to travel as well for a couple… Read More
2020-07-22 17:43
So, I’ll be the first to admit that I am totally spoiled. Ever since we’ve been homeowners my husband has taken on all the responsibility for the “outside” tasks of h… Read More
2020-03-27 17:48
Because the skills I’ve honed in over a decade of being homebound have gone, overnight, from hardship to Superpower.
Isn’t it ironic? Read More
2020-01-30 20:20
2020-01-22 20:24
Put down your clever. Pick up your ordinary.
-Patti Digh
So I’ve started this post about a hundred different times in my head, putting more and more pressure on myself to create some k… Read More
2018-02-28 19:42
Earlier in the week my husband met with a lawn care expert to get some advice on landscaping our yard. I was busy with some task or other at the time, so my husband opened the door to greet… Read More
2018-01-17 20:32
In the car on the way home from Thanksgiving, after a thorough, internal self-review, and deep, mindful consideration of where I am in life and where I need to go next.
Me: “I think I… Read More
2017-08-31 13:00
If you haven’t yet responded to my 2-question survey, it’s not too late. You can leave you answers in the comments, or email them to me using the contact form.
Thanks so much for… Read More
2017-08-28 13:00
If you’ve been visiting Cranky Fibro Girl for a while, you’ll have noticed that I haven’t been around much lately. Part of that has been due to our uprooting ourselves last… Read More
2017-07-27 18:53
I have decided to declare today A Day of Permission and Amnesty. I am giving myself permission to not have to create anything, and amnesty from guilt and self-flagellation over not having wr… Read More
2017-06-12 18:53
“[This is] my go-to breakfast whenever I have some ground pork or goat meat in the fridge.”
(Oh sure. I keep my goat meat right next to my narwhal patties and my unicorn links.)… Read More
2017-06-08 18:59
in that, upon returning from thy journeying unto Atlanta, thou deliverest unto us sixteen (16!) 12-packs of Diet Code Red Mountain Dew, like water unto the harsh, parched sands of the driest… Read More
2017-05-31 17:58
(Originally published 11/19/2009)
Given that we have now been living in our house for over ten years, my husband and I are no strangers to the world of home repairs. As a matter of fact, I h… Read More
2017-05-24 19:05
So as occasionally happens when you’re a homeowner, last week we had a representative of a local business show up on our porch and do his best to convince us to give him some of our mo… Read More
2017-05-12 18:32
Here is a roundup of some of the posts I’ve written over the last few years to help articulate just what it’s like to live with this illness.
Cranky Fibro Girl And The Puzzle:
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2017-05-05 19:04
“You know, if there’s anything I’ve learned from serial killers…” Read More
2017-04-27 23:33
Wherein the only Ph.D. I will ever hold is in The Art Of Being Lost.
Originally published 1/3/2007
If I had to identify one of the most outstanding characteristics of my personality, it woul… Read More
2017-04-26 20:47
Our move to Raleigh has resulted in a ton of great things for us, like living in the same city as my brother and his family instead of being 6 hours away, getting to put our stamp on our bra… Read More
2017-03-30 13:00
Wherein I really wish someone had given me a map beforehand with a giant red “X” and the message, “This is a REALLY bad idea.”
Originally published 7/31/2005
I think… Read More
2017-03-27 19:37
Wherein I am so lost that, even if I’d had a map, I’d have had no idea how to work it.
Originally published 8/11/2005
One of the things that impresses me the most about my husban… Read More
2016-07-13 17:27
I have been given this product as part of a product review through the Chronic Illness Bloggers network. Although the product was a gift, all opinions in this review remain my own and I was… Read More
2016-06-08 19:01
A Normal Couple:
1. Brings home one piece of cheesecake to share.
2. One person gets out a knife, eyeballs the dessert, and cuts it into two roughly equal pieces.
3. Each per… Read More
2016-05-25 20:42
2016-05-24 19:04
I have been given this product as part of a product review through the Chronic Illness Bloggers network. Although the product was a gift, all opinions in this review remain my own… Read More
2016-05-12 20:08
I wish I had it in me right now to write a moving, inspirational, and deeply insightful post to mark today. Unfortunately, I’ve spent a significant portion of the past week lying on th… Read More
2016-04-21 19:07
When I was first diagnosed with fibromyalgia back in 2008 Lyrica had (I think) just become the first drug officially approved to treat it. At first I was so happy to see Lyrica commerci… Read More
2016-04-08 19:34
So I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this here before or not, but I am a BookSmeller. The first thing I do when I pick up a book or a magazine is to lift it up, flip through it… Read More
2016-04-07 17:26
I have been given this product as part of a product review through the Chronic Illness Bloggers network. Although the product was a gift, all opinions in this review remain my own and I was… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Last weekend my husband and I went up to North Carolina to help celebrate my grandparents’ 70th wedding anniversary. While we were there, we also got to spend time with our two nephews… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
As part of our efforts to sneak healthy changes into our lifestyle, last weekend my husband made each of us a standing desk to use in our offices here at home. While he uses a desktop with t… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
1. My husband, calling me from work. My husband: “Our girl scout cookies are here.” Me: “Cookies!” My husband: “I was able to get the extra Thin Mints you reque… Read More
2016-03-11 16:07
“Mindful” – by Mary Oliver
Every day
I see or I hear
Something
That more or less
Kills me
With delight,
That leaves me
Like a needle
In the haystack
of light.
It is what I… Read More
2016-03-10 19:22
The other day my husband had lunch with a colleague of his that he hadn’t talked to in a while. This colleague and his wife had been trying for a very long time to start a family, and… Read More
2016-02-23 13:00
When it comes to all the medications I have to take, I feel like I’ve become a cross between a master Las Vegas casino dealer and a master compounding pharmacist. Having to t… Read More
2016-02-22 13:00
One of my goals this year is to get my fluency back in Spanish. I haven’t had reason to use it since I got sick and had to give up my tutoring business, and I miss having thi… Read More
2016-02-10 17:06
“Heat is evil; God made ice.” Read More
2016-02-04 14:42
Goodbye
and
Hello Read More
2016-01-06 15:49
…you need multiple items from the same store, but you have to break your shopping up over 2 or 3 days because you only have the energy to shop for and wait in the checkout line f… Read More
2015-12-17 17:21
Now that I’ve been seeing him for a year, things between me and the pain doctor have shaken down to a place where we get along well even though each of us is convinced that the other o… Read More
2015-11-19 19:12
Last Thursday, at the end of a week that included 2 chemo appointments and a consult with the nutritionist for Tigger, driving all over creation to get copies of MRIs and patient record… Read More
2015-11-12 21:57
Normally I try to live as phone-free a life as possible, so the other day when the phone rang at 8 am I just ignored it. But the caller ID showed the name of a hospital, so thinki… Read More
2015-10-23 20:40
Yesterday Tigger had an ultrasound to see if he’d improved after the first round of treatment, and he’s doing great!
The masses in his intestines and in one kidney are gone, his… Read More
2015-10-15 14:29
“I am going to spend as much time as I can creating delightful things out of my existence, because that’s what brings me awake and that’s what brings me alive.”
-Eliz… Read More
2015-10-12 13:45
I haven’t been able to post here in a while, because I’ve been dealing with something I never wanted to face. When we were on vacation last month, two days before we were schedul… Read More
2015-09-03 20:25
So yesterday I had my monthly checkin with my pain doctor (Important Side Note: I know I left The Adventures At The Pain Clinic story hanging, and I am going to get back to it as soon as I c… Read More
2015-08-27 14:23
A little more on my relationship with August.
(originally published August 5, 2009)
So I’ve been thinking a lot about my body lately- and honestly, I KNOW that you’re just as tir… Read More
2015-08-19 19:19
That time when August reached out to smite me in new and tortuous ways.
(Originally published August 14, 2006)
Back in the spring of 1997 when I was driving to meet my husband for a camping… Read More
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