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Too Much…
So, yesterday morning, I put the ingredients for a pot roast into my slow cooker. The carrots had to be peeled but the potato’s were small and just had to be washed. I put everything in and pressed start! Next, I decided to vacuum two rooms in the downstairs of my home. By the time I finished, I knew I had reached my limit. My head was throbbing, I was nauseous and my muscles felt like I had run several miles. In addition, the joint pain was significantly increased. So, I stopped and took a short nap. It didn’t help. During the night last night, I awoke several times with…
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Always Put on Clean Underwear!
Did your parents tell you this as a child? There was a time when parents would tell their children, who were traveling ANYWHERE, to put on clean underwear. This was in preparation for a potential accident. Goodness knows you did not want the rescue squad to see you had on dirty underwear!! What does this have to do with chronic illness and pain? Let me explain. For the entire length of my illness, no matter how bad I feel, I have always walked out of my home as put together as I could manage. Now, again, you might be thinking, so what? That’s what we all do and you might…