Blog entries by Jody
May 12, 2013 is International ME/CFS and FM Awareness Day. ME is the acronym for myalgic encephalomyelitis. CFS stands for chronic fatigue...
My friend just died. Lynda suffered from a number of autoimmune conditions, not the least of which was Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
CFS descended...
I wrote this article for www.empowher.com --
1. I can stay out of bed during the day.
Before Chronic Fatigue Syndrome led me to my naturopath...
(written for EmpowHER.com...
Its not enough for me to let you know I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and I dont feel good.
I want to give you details, about an astonishing...
My son Jesse and I went to my moms for an early Mothers Day visit this afternoon. Though we only live a three minute drive away from her, this is...
It is a fearsome thing to find oneself living outside the camp.
As the sickness of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome causes the circle of life to...
During the winter, CFS seems to close in on me in a way that was not happening during the warmer months.
I am not as ill as I was last winter...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The weather has turned cooler and overcast these days. Summer is over.
It seems every year that in the change of...
Its my birthday today. I am now 54 years old.
And still recovering from CFS. Both in the long term (17 years and counting) and in the short...
September 3rd marked Ncubators 4 month milestone. And then I had a crash.
We chronics use this word to indicate an ugly relapse into old...
There is an alchemy that comes about in relationship to others that cannot come into existence in isolation.
Can you picture a hammock tied to...
Monday, August 3, 2009
I was thinking about how being a chronic, we are so isolated, and some of the things I miss are so very mundane.
I...
Saturday, August 1, 2009
I write to my imaginary friend, the one who is always there, always wants to KNOW me. I write believing I can hear a...
Some animals use echolocation to orient themselves. They emit calls to the world and listen for echoes from their environment.
This helps them...
How does a wealthy man get, and stay, wealthy?
He doesn't do it by spending everything he has.
Bingo, CFS'ers, Push-Crashers. All you...
Friday, July 24, 2009
I posted an article on Ncubator yesterday called No Disability for Jody. Since then Ive received two lovely emails from...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
If youve ever had a tendency to feel indispensible, a good run-in with CFS will cure you of that.
You will...