Posts Tagged ‘chronic illness’
Chronic Snarkopolist: Can Healthy Ever Be Wrong?
Hello my loves! I missed you fiercely whilst I was away on vacation! Let us never be apart so long again! I had several conversations with patients last week. Some were hopeful and [Read] | 4 responses.
Chronic Worthlessness
I wonder how many of us feel chronically worthless and for countless reasons. Do we feel like we let ourselves down when our brains want to run, do and see, but our bodies won’t allow [Read] | 7 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: The Ugly Parts of Illness
Hello my loves! Every so often I get this feeling, I will describe the scenarios to you so you can hear me. It is almost always the same type of situation and the same feeling. Once [Read] | 3 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: The Chronic Burdens of Chronic Illness
Hello my loves! I missed you so much when I was away last week. Let us never be apart this long again! Crazy things happened whilst I was away. Snow storms! The day before I was to [Read] | 8 responses.
Chronic Snarkopoloist: Kissing the Boo Boo
Tonight a friend had me hold the phone to my thyroid and then to every area of my body that is having difficulty and is “broken” then made kissing noises. I laughed. But after a [Read] | 9 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Stealth Ninja Power – Using Ambiguity as Strength
My endo plugged his fingers in his ears when I said, “I don’t think any of my past endo’s have been listening to me.” He laughed and said, “I am listening to you now.” [Read] | 4 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: My Internist recommended a book called, How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman M.D.
I read it a month ago and blogged about it even. I loved this book. I'm glad she told me to read it. I'm going to talk about it here because I think it is ESPECIALLY powerful for my [Read] | 8 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Finding Beauty In Chronic Illness… The Snarkopolist Way
Hello my loves! Once when I was an inpatient at a brand name hospital for an extended period of time I met many “famous” doctors. None of them got to know me. I was a patient [Read] | 29 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: 27 Easy Ways To Get Back Your Groove
It’s very easy to get stuck in a rut when you’re faced with chronic illness. Dealing with pain and fatigue day in day out can really get a person down. However, there are ways to [Read] | 38 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Ghost Stories: When Did Sick Get Scary?
Hello my loves! Last week we discussed our worst medical moments. This week I want to delve more deeply in our collective psyches. Let’s pull up our Freudian sofas and lie back. [Read] | 16 responses.