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Blog entries by Pen2
Hi PR family!!
I thought I would post on my old blog. Memories that I have recently had to face. I have felt sad.....but excepted them.
I think a lot of you know I am a major horse lover! Once ME kicked me in the butt, I had to sell my horse. I'll never forget him though.
Horses are on my...
Hello PR family,
I want to share why I haven't been on PR for a long time. First of all, it's about me. I have missed PR.
A while ago I shared that I was dealing with alot with my family. My husband went through surgery for prostate cancer and it has been a very difficult recovery for him. So...
I was reading several articles on cannabis. These were current articles and studies.
I know quite awhile ago there was some discussion on but here but thought I would ask you all anyways.
According to what I have read, cannabis can treat ALOT of symptoms that we suffer. I know we are all...
What did I do?!
I'm asking myself this question with PR friends. You all have faced "ME crash sick" at some point from doing more than you should..... I'm pretty sure anyways. I just did......
I hope many of you can think back to some of your great memories with your family. I remember...
So I haven't written for awhile. I not only have been facing my memories, I have been confronting them.
I know I have talked alot about horses. How "ME" took riding away and I had to sell my horse.
At the risk of wearing this subject out, I need to mention a new experience. One that involves...
I have always been a positive thinker, you know the, "cup half full" person....
I believe I still am for the most part.
Some days as I wake up, feeling miserable with ME, I think of all the things I would like to do. Things that I used to get excited about and enjoy.
At the risk of sounding...
Hello all, I have had an infection with
Enterococcas, (not sure if that's spelled right) someone said that this is common for ME patients. Did I read this right? I have been on antibiotic I'm almost done but I don't feel any better.
I wonder since my Doc is checking to see if it's cleared a...
I'm looking for different ways others get through a crash. I'm still learning and trying to figure out how I need to live my life with OI , CFS.
This crash was simple. My sons wedding, kitty sitting while they honeymooned and unfortunately 3nights of no sleep.
I have slowly been reading PRs...