Through the Looking Glass of Invisible Illness

The heartbreak is intangible, the waters are deep.  The path is indecipherable, with waves thrashing me into the unknown,  and that was my first mistake -believing I knew what my future held.  Now, almost all is uncertain,  of only one thing I am sure.  This pain is chronic,  there is no overnight cure.  They call...

Mental Pain from Weekends Alone: The “Gap”

Mental pain is quite different from physical pain, and if you are anything like me, you have felt its presence intensely .....It flows into your chest and tightens your muscles with the sorrow and heartbreak stemming from over 600 Saturday nights spent alone within the same four walls....Tweet Mental pain is quite different from physical...

Journey Through Pain: Distinguishing Between What Matters and What Doesn’t

While enduring a pain filled night induced by the full moon of 2014, along with Bartonella and many other factors, I decided to do something different. Rather than worry about the fact that I must sleep in order to heal, I decided to use it as an opportunity. Either way, I was up with insomnia,...

Relationships & Illness: Exploring Our Partner’s Pain

In an effort to understand what it would be like to be the healthy partner in a relationship with a person with a chronic illness, I decided to step back one day and objectively look at the situation as best as I could. This is what I concluded, once viewing relationships where one person is...

Lyme and Resentment

A dense fog of resentment effortlessly settles in the hearts and minds of anyone diagnosed with a serious, life-changing illness. Hope of the fog giving way to sunny days becomes less and less with each passing moment we allow the fog to stay. Having a chronic illness can easily paint the picture of a life...