Category Archives: Chronic illness

I still have days where I resent the fact that this is the level of wellness I have to settle for. When really this is hardly wellness at all. I wrote a blog post about this back in 2012.. The irony that I still can’t shower every day is not lost on me. Choose smallerContinue reading “Revisiting Wellness”

I seem to baffle some people, because I’m upbeat despite my situation; a situation that they deem to be the absolute pits. Some don’t know what to do with me because of my attitude. I don’t fit with their preconceived idea that people with chronic illness just need to be more positive; that a changeContinue reading “How baffling that I’m happy with my lot”

No one should ever use up their entire daily supply of energy. The human body shouldn’t be pushed to the extreme like that. Healthy people rarely reach their energy limit. You tend to only really see them close to collapse with exhaustion after extreme events like marathons. Our daily energy supply is far less. SoContinue reading “On energy expenditure”