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 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 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/shhhh-dont-tell-anyone-youre-sick/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/shhhh-dont-tell-anyone-youre-sick/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:26:07 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=22400 There has been a phenomenon, particularly for those who suffer with invisible chronic illness and pain, that has been rearing its ugly head. Just as much as a person suffers from invisible illness, there is also a painful stigma being perpetuated against those who speak out about their invisible chronic illness. Those who suffer daily [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2012/shhhh-dont-tell-anyone-youre-sick/feed/ 1 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 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 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 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 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 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/im-not-dead-living-with-the-loneliness-of-invisible-chronic-illness-and-pain/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/im-not-dead-living-with-the-loneliness-of-invisible-chronic-illness-and-pain/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:22:41 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=8939 In the classic comedy movie Monty Python and the Holy Graille, there is a scene where the local Dead Collector wanders through the village crying “bring out your dead!” A poor soul, thought to have met his demise from the Black Plague, is brought out to the Dead Collector’s cart. Suddenly, this presumedly dead person [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/im-not-dead-living-with-the-loneliness-of-invisible-chronic-illness-and-pain/feed/ 7 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