Frustration is an emotion that has oft hung over my shoulders the past two years.A year ago, when the docs hit upon a diagnosis, they told me that within a few weeks to months I would get better and be back to normal, it would just take "time and patience," of course.A year later I'm still waiting for that "time and patience" to bear its fruit.Admittedl…[more]

I’ve reached the two year mark since when I first got sick.  It’s hard to believe.   What started out as a series of seemingly harmless colds and sore throats two summers ago really turned out to be something far more complicated.  Never in my life could I have guessed that I would still be trying to recover from …[more]

Just thought I'd share a cool website with everyone that I've found incredibly useful over the months. The Daily Plate is a good site to use if you want to keep track of your weight, daily calorie intake, other nutrition, and exercise. After you set up your profile it will calculate your specific daily calorie goal. Then there is an extensive da…[more]

This is a story on MSN.com's homepage for May 8th. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24510864/wid/11915829?GT1=40006 Hackers discovered a security hole in the Epilepsy Foundation's website and were able to bombared the site with hundreds of forum posts containing links disguised as being "helpful." Instead the links led users to rapidly flashing, kaleidoscopic images with the ability to provoke seizures in epileptic patients.

***This is a story I wrote over a year and a half ago when my health journey was just beginning and life was crazy. One day I was sitting in my room, and all I could think about was "joy and sorrow"...seemingly polar opposites, yet in many ways the exact same words. The bold texts are quotes from different songs. The first two quotes are f…[more]