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...

  I hear so much about having a rest or nana nap when it gets really bad, but any Fibromite will tell you that you often wake up worse than ...

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

  So over my last 25 years of chronic illness my level of energy is often very low. Heart failure, pulmonary hyertension and particularly fi...

For those of you who follow my sister blog, Morning Cuppas With Glenys , you may recall that recently I had to rescue a sparrow from our lit...

As you know, I have been having problems with my heart and fibromyalgia. My blood pressure is barely controlled and I am constantly tired. W...

  Since turning 70 last May, I have noticed a rapid decline in our health. Heart issues are worsening, pains are hurting, fibromyalgia is ma...

  Lately I have had a flare of my fibro flare. It's resulted in the most epic fatigue that it seems just breathing is an effort. It'...

  Lately I have been finding it difficult to be joyful. My fibromyalgia doesn't get better, my knees are paining me, my angina's wor...

  I was a bath a day girl all my life. It just was so nice to soak and think of pleasant things as the warm water soaked away the aches and ...

  So as you know I have been having problems staying awake. Even after 8 hours of sleep, I battle keeping my eyes open during the day. This ...

    Lately, I have realised that one of the reasons for my high blood pressure is probably in the way I stress about not being able to do wh...

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

So yesterday was a really good day. In spite of my fibromyalgia flaring and angina. But it's because of those things that today has been...

Recently someone asked why do we make our bed? I gave it some thought as I have recently been making my own bed daily, in spite of regularl...

You may have noticed I haven't been posting much lately. Fibromyalgia, heart disease, high blood pressure and now boils have taken over ...

Over the last few days, I have had a cancer scare with someone dear to me, and my fibromyalgia has flared and with the pain comes that most ...

  This year because we finally have a larger home, I am hosting Christmas Day lunch. As always, I need to plan and pace myself because of my...

  After a good day yesterday, I ended up flat on my back. Actually that is in bed. My doctor said my BP was too high at 187/87 and he put me...

  So today I woke with no spoons and I felt like I had been hit by a bus. But I really want to start this journey of reclaiming my house , ...