Curious Findings

Are you taking care of yourself?

June 28, 2020

If you had to rate yourself from 0 to 10 on how well you are taking care of yourself, what score would you get? Today I woke up tired. Actually, exhausted would be a more honest word. The reality is that I have been some iteration of exhausted all of this year. I do not […]

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Should I rest or push myself? Reflections from bed

June 2, 2020

On most days, I am able to hold it together and push through the task of the day. Today was not one of them. When I woke up I had to ask myself “should I rest or push myself?” Ultimately I decided to rest and that led me to feel lazy. I am finding that […]

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Reconciling Dreams & The Reality of a Chronic Illness

May 16, 2020

The older I get, the more I am convinced that life becomes hard because of memory. On the days when I feel low it is because I compare myself to who I once was. The reality of a chronic illness is that you will observe your body change from day to day. Depending on how […]

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What do chronic illness and spoons have in common?

May 14, 2020

Often times when we think of a chronic illness the image that comes to mind are older people. You may also think about conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes or cancer. Though these observations are both valid, that limits the definition and leaves out a large demographic of people. Until I developed a chronic illness, […]

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I think I am having a flare up! Will I die?

May 14, 2020

I woke up today having flare up. To make it clear, a flare up refers to an exacerbation of chronic illness symptoms. In many ways I think I caused it because I started experimenting with fermented wheat again. When I did an elimination diet a few years back it was revealed to me that wheat, […]

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