CureMyWife.com - A support network for women with chronic illness and pain » Family and Chronic Health Issues http://www.curemywife.com/blog Learn about lupus, coccyydynia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression, mixed connective tissue disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, coccygectomy, atrial fibrillation, autoimmune disorders, migraine headaches Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:42:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 When do you say ‘uncle’ when dealing with chronic illness and pain? http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/when-do-you-say-uncle-when-dealing-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/when-do-you-say-uncle-when-dealing-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/#comments Sat, 26 May 2012 17:19:24 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=26350 When do you say ‘uncle’ when dealing with chronic illness and pain?

It has been a little while since I’ve written a post, and that’s not because nothing was happening in our life. Sometimes a break is needed to collect one’s thoughts as they move through events. There have been a number of life-altering events [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/when-do-you-say-uncle-when-dealing-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/feed/ 0 Living with Invisible Chronic Illness is Like Running Through Porridge http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/living-with-invisible-chronic-illness-is-like-running-through-porridge/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/living-with-invisible-chronic-illness-is-like-running-through-porridge/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:38:57 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=22556 I’m sure we’ve all had the dream, or a variation of, where we are trying to run away from something or someone chasing us. No matter how hard we concentrate on trying to escape or catch the other person, it seems our efforts are futile. We try to make our legs move faster only to [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/living-with-invisible-chronic-illness-is-like-running-through-porridge/feed/ 0 I’m Thankful that my Mommy is Still Alive http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/im-thankful-that-my-mommy-is-still-alive/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/im-thankful-that-my-mommy-is-still-alive/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:25:52 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=22158 People who live with chronic illness and pain have to deal with what is put in front of them. They need to deal with the plain reality that is their body and the deficiencies they are forced to accept daily. This is not an easy proposition for a person who had dreams and hopes for [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/im-thankful-that-my-mommy-is-still-alive/feed/ 0 Living with Chronic Illness and Pain is like Having a Baby http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-is-like-having-a-baby/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-is-like-having-a-baby/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:57:17 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=18567 Those of us who have been blessed enough to have children know the complete joy that one has for them. The unbridled love we have for these crazy offspring seems to defy logic to the point that we would actually throw ourselves in front of a herd of stampeding water buffalo to protect them. The [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-is-like-having-a-baby/feed/ 0 Chronic pain and illness don’t go on Christmas vacation http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/chronic-pain-and-illness-dont-go-on-christmas-vacation/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/chronic-pain-and-illness-dont-go-on-christmas-vacation/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:32:15 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=18405 Many of us at this time of year are getting excited for the pending Christmas season. It’s almost upon us and we’re looking forward to spending time with family, relaxing and sleeping in and breathing a big sigh of relief for at least a few days of freedom from our daily pressures.

Living with invisible [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/chronic-pain-and-illness-dont-go-on-christmas-vacation/feed/ 0 My wife is a flower: Living with chronic illness and pain http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/my-wife-is-a-flower-living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/my-wife-is-a-flower-living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:24:27 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=15652 We’ve all had a little bump or bruise at one time or another – bonked our knee on a coffee table or received a scratch from a branch. As regular people, we normally don’t give it a second thought and expect to heal within days… some of us within seconds. Unless our injury is something [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/my-wife-is-a-flower-living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/feed/ 1 Coping with someone who has invisible chronic illness http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/coping-with-someone-who-has-invisible-chronic-illness/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/coping-with-someone-who-has-invisible-chronic-illness/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:23:59 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=14567 Have you ever thought to yourself how you cope with things? Have you wondered how events, either good or bad, affect your outlook and subsequent quality of life? Do you ever think of how your body, mind and soul is shaped through crises in your life?

For the past 14.5 years, I’ve experienced the incredible [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/coping-with-someone-who-has-invisible-chronic-illness/feed/ 0 Invisible – Suffering in silence with invisible chronic illness and pain http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/invisible-suffering-in-silence-with-invisible-chronic-illness-and-pain/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/invisible-suffering-in-silence-with-invisible-chronic-illness-and-pain/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:09:05 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=553 Do you constantly suffer pain with fibromyalgia? Has lupus taken a hold of your daily life? Has chronic fatigue syndrome challenged you every day to the point of sheer exhaustion? It would seem that one of these chronic illnesses would bring a person to their knees and, for many people who suffer from invisible chronic [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/invisible-suffering-in-silence-with-invisible-chronic-illness-and-pain/feed/ 0 Help for patients with complex chronic diseases in British Columbia http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/help-for-patients-with-complex-chronic-diseases-in-british-columbia/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/help-for-patients-with-complex-chronic-diseases-in-british-columbia/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:11:13 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=272 VICTORIA – A $2-million provincial clinical and research study will help patients with a variety of complex chronic diseases, such as chronic Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome, with screening, diagnosis and treatment.

There is a variety of debilitating complex chronic diseases where the cause is unknown, but where it is strongly suspected that [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/help-for-patients-with-complex-chronic-diseases-in-british-columbia/feed/ 0 Communicating with Your Spouse About Your Chronic Pain http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/communicating-with-your-spouse-about-your-chronic-pain/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/communicating-with-your-spouse-about-your-chronic-pain/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:22:25 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=7 “I feel like there are thumb tacks in my bed!” I say to my husband as he crawls into the other side of our bed. “I know there is nothing there, but I just feel bruised all over.”

“I’m sorry,” he offers with a sympathetic voice, but there is little else he can do.

“Actually, [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/communicating-with-your-spouse-about-your-chronic-pain/feed/ 0