Category: health-and-wellness

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…

Until the Next Blog Be Blessed

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

Until The Next Blog Be Blessed

Until the Next Blog Be Blessed

Until the Next Blog Be Blessed

Until the Next Blog Be Blessed

I started suffering from chest wall and upper back pain several weeks ago. I thought I sprained myself working on my biceps and triceps at the gym. I tried to deal with it by taking over-the-counter medicine. My General Practioner prescribed pain patches, which did little for my pain. When my chest became inflamed and…