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Facing death: anxiety and saying goodbye to Jens

My beautiful soul friend left this earthly plain today. I thought I would be anxious about her dying – death has always made me anxious……

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Resigned to pain

potofcallaloo April 14, 2023 1 Comment chronic chronic fatigue chronic pain fibromyalgia fibromyalgia and compassion insomnia invisible illness life with chronic pain living with a chronic illness living with an invisible illness Mental health migraines pain understanding chronic pain understanding fibromyalgia

I don’t usually complain about pain. I’ve gotten used to living with it. If you live with chronic pain, I’m sure you know what I…

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Making the most of bittersweet holidays – My top 7 Christmas (holiday) posts

potofcallaloo December 21, 2022 No Comments christmas chronic pain and depression over christmas coping with chronic pain over christmas depression and christmas fibromyalgia and christmas holidays and mental health Making the most of Christmas mental health and christmas pain and depression

*Originally published on 15 December 2021* HOW is it even Christmas already? Don’t bother answering that. You know how I feel about the holidays. Bittersweet…

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Remembering my Ma

potofcallaloo June 17, 2022 No Comments grief love Mental health

Two years ago I had planted sunflowers to feel closer to my Ma, who had green thumbs. She loved plants and had a plant nursery, when…

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Advocates excited but say more research needed after latest fibromyalgia research say it could be autoimmune

potofcallaloo July 4, 2021 4 Comments autoimmune fibromyalgia fibromyalgia autoimmune fibromyalgia research is fibromyalgia autoimmune latest fibromyalgia research

I welcome the new research (any research really, please) that suggests fibromyalgia may be “an autoimmune response that increases the activity of pain-sensing nerves throughout…