In a few days I will be turning 71. It's been a bumpy ride punctuated with bursts of hard work in raising 5 children punctuated with...

Each morning when I get dressed, I wonder what the day will bring.  I have learned over the course of time that those days when I have a pyj...

  So I haven't been feeling the love for weeks now. In fact I seem to be enduring the mother of all flares with slight variations on the...

I am flat out resting today, trying to cope with the pain of a flare of fibromyalgia and polymyalgia rheumatica. Honestly, it's hard eno...

So yesterday I woke up without the usual muscle pain and fatigue that characterises fibromyalgia. I sensed that I had some spoons in abundan...

As you probably know, I cannot bend anymore. Thanks to back issues and torn knee ligaments, bending is a thing of the past. I had a front lo...

  I need pain relief. My doctor's on holiday until Feb 9 so I had a phone consult with his doctor wife. I told her my pain is currently ...

Sometimes I feel guilty for letting off steam at times but I really believe I could have a bit more support than what I am getting.  We some...

                                                                 So yesterday we  had plans to visit my son and my twin sister who share a h...

  If ever a picture epitomises you and your home and lifestyle, it's this one. A lady dressed sensibly and warmly with knitted socks loo...

  Yep, it's still Safeway for me!  With fibromyalgia brain fog and old age, tell me the new name of a place or person I knew, and it is...

  So my polymyalgia rheumatica has kicked in again, and coupled with a fibromyalgia flare, the pain is just excruciating. I have decided th...

So yesterday I got my tooth seen at the dentist. I was overjoyed that she managed to save it. It was a gruelling 45 minute sit in the chair....

  Lately I have been trying to keep off the computer. I have had a horrid fibromyalgia flare and I suspect along with neck and shoulder pain...

It may seem strange to some, but even in the worst pain, you will find me playing Candy Crush in an effort to distract my mind from the pain...

So my fibromyalgia is back with a passion, making every muscle ache. I tried to take a bath a couple of days ago and I had great difficulty ...

So last Thursday I ordered my online Easter grocery shop. The driver had just taken off after delivering our order and immediately on starti...

We chronically ill women try so hard to do "normal" things. Like look well. Be cheerful. Be patient. Kind. Hospitable. Our family...

As you know, I really love watching the many birds that come into our back garden, and I feed them all the time. Xena our cat also watches t...

  Chris and I are not getting enough Vitamin D so we took the opportunity yesterday to sit on our garden swing together and catch some rays....