Category: health

Update-Coming to Terms with My Changing Eyesight On July 11, 2026, I wrote about how the changes in my eyesight were becoming frustrating and, as a writer, challenging. I wrote that I was going to have a cataract consultation. On Friday, I had my cataract consultation and a full eye exam. Before this appointment, I…

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Until the Next Blog Be Blessed

Today, I am revisiting a Wellness Wednesday Blog I wrote on August 5 and 26, 2026. I told y’all that my thoracic spine X-ray showed that I had scoliosis and some degenerative spurring. At my appointment with my rheumatologist last week, she explained that my scoliosis was mild. I was relieved to hear that; we…

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Thinking About My Mother Several weeks ago, I found myself thinking about my mother. I thought about how, if she were ill and still alive today, with all of the treatments, medications, and advances in medicine we have now, she might have lived longer. My younger sister has scleroderma, my youngest sister has lupus, and…

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Hello, I’d like to revisit a Wellness Wednesday blog on August 5, 2026, where I wrote about pain in my chest and back. My chest became inflamed, and then my breathing became an issue. I was in an RA flare and also had Costochondritis. During this period, I was on over-the-counter meds, pain patches, prednisone,…

Until the Next Blog Be Blessed

Until the Next Blog Be Blessed