Category: health-and-wellness

  • My RA

    I should have paid more attention to You drifting.When I woke up one day, You were violently ASSAULTING ME!What the HELL?You AMBUSHED me! There were various things I tried to stop the ASSAULTS.Because it was clear You had turned against ME!WHY?!What did I do to warrant such ABUSE?!I thought You were really into ME?!Please tell…

  • 14-Day Challenge

    I decided to take the Metamucil challenge when I read about it in my email. Even though I had an unused container of Metamucil in my cabinet, I was curious if the challenge would help me.What interested me was the claim that Metamucil gets rid of what’s weighing you down, so you can feel lighter.…

  • Who me Suicide?!

    I was nineteen when I sliced my wrist in the bathroom of my apartment. I am not sure if I was trying to commit Suicide; I only remember being in so much pain I didn’t know what else to do.I never told anyone I believed that after giving birth to my son; my life was…

  • Bummed Out!

    At the beginning of the week, I go over my finances and household chores for the week. Today I was to clean the bathroom and straighten the living room.Around 1:00 pm, I fixed the Grands some hotdogs and french fries. Ihad a chicken burger without bread, baked sweet potato fries, and a salad.I was feeling…

  • Heart Disease and Me Part three

    A few weeks after that doctor’s appointment in March 2016, I started feeling strange. I had an uncomfortable feeling in my chest that lasted most of the morning. My body was also aching, so I didn’t know if it was my RA. Since I started feeling tight and gassy after lunch, I didn’t know if…

  • Heart Disease and Me Part Two

    Because this is February’s Heart Health Awareness Month, I will post more on my heart disease and me. A month after my appointment with my cardiologist, I had some minor chest pains. I wasn’t sure if it was my heart or my Rheumatoid Arthritis. Before the heart disease diagnosis, I assumed the pain I had…

  • Bloated!

    Last week, I felt a little bloated. I was constipated. I could go to the bathroom, but it wasn’t easy. After several days, I went to the pharmacy and purchased a laxative. Early the following morning, the laxative began to work. It was a tremendous relief. I searched the internet to see what it said…

  • Coping

    Well, Christmas is over and I think I did well. I didn’t eat a lot, which was good for my diabetes. However, I ate some potato chips Christmas night and in the morning my blood sugar was elevated. As far as my RA is concerned, I was in a flare and had to get back…

  • Type 2 Diabetes

  • Heart Disease and Me

    I was diagnosed with Heart Disease in the early part of 2016. I had severe heart palpitations one morning as I was preparing to attend my uncle’s funeral. I made an emergency appointment with my Cardiologist, and the palpitations were more muscular when I got to his office. The thumping in my chest was so…