Author Archive
Chronic Snarkopolist: The Whole Story -Fearing Love
Hello my loves! I was inspired by the always beautiful Joanna Isbill’s Sharing September. And her dedication to sharing her story. I have encouraged others time and [Read] | 9 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: It’s all in the Wrist
Hello again my loves! I am returned from my own doctor appointments and vacation. Let us never be apart this long again! I missed you! While I was gone I thought a great [Read] | 3 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Picking Our Pain
Hello my loves! It is rare that any of us get to pick our pain, either physical or emotional. This means when chances to actually choose between taking care of myself or [Read] | 2 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Being Strong is Balderdash
Hello my loves! When we are sick or worse, when we are caretakers to someone we love, the last thing many of us want to hear is “how strong we are.” That is the biggest insult I [Read] | 7 responses.
Being Your Own Champion
Hello my loves! Lately I have been making more sense of my life and pulling together what I need to do to heal from the inside out. From the time I was a small child I would speak [Read] | 3 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Blaming the Patient
Hello my loves! The first time someone made me “wrong” for my health or how I felt I was only seven years old and was developing RA and lupus in my joints. I was in pain and I [Read] | 14 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Healing Emotional Wounds
Hello my loves! So many people have shared their vulnerabilities with me and I have always been grateful and humbled by how beautiful they are. The other day someone reached out and [Read] | 9 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Finding the Sweet Spot
Hello my loves! Lately I have been working to share “the sweet spot” with people - one that allows them to hear the truth without over sharing too quickly. I once told someone, [Read] | 6 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Is There Such a Thing as Getting Illness Right?
Hello my loves! One thing I have noticed about healing is how we construct our illness stories and share them with each other. Some of us have healed a great deal and some of us are [Read] | 2 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Survivors Guilt and Jealousy
Hello my loves! One brilliant amazing patient advocate reported some cancer patients sometimes find themselves emotionally comparing themselves and their stages of illness to other [Read] | 14 responses.