CFIDS
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Chocolate is Good for Us!
From BBC News: Chocolate ‘aids fatigue syndrome’ A daily dose of specially- formulated dark chocolate may help cut chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms. Patients in a pilot study found they had less fatigue when eating dark chocolate with a high cocoa content than with white chocolate dyed brown. Researchers from Hull York Medical School said the… Continue reading
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Guilt, Shame, & Responsibility
I didn’t ask to be born! For some reason, trying to sleep in the early morning, I think of this adolescent wail. And I think, all around this world — probably across the galaxy — people are born into poverty and abuse, slavery and illness, hardship and brokenness — and none of us asked for… Continue reading
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Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Non-blogging friends Joe & Charlene sent a note reminding me that today is the day to help remind others — who are not otherwise daily reminded — of what Fibromyalgia is. If only we knew. But we do know how it effects the lives of some who have it. A few years ago this was… Continue reading
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Abide
I’ve posted a new article at Abide: Illness Etiquette II: How to visit a sick friend. I promised this quite some time ago, and the current Probloggers How To group writing project gave me the push I needed to finish it. But it wore me out — so don’t look for anything here until tomorrow. Continue reading
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CFIDS/ME & Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Today is International CFIDS/ME & Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. I posted about this last year, and dutifully do so again. I am unhappily aware of these conditions every day, but most people aren’t — until they or someone they love falls down with it. Last night, Keith Olbermann made a little joke, not quoted here, but… Continue reading
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