I didn't want to start 2026 with the typical, "New Year, new me!", trope. It wouldn't be authentic to me because a new year doesn't make a difference on my situation. My mindset and how I receive and process a thing, determines if there is change. I decided to look at a new year as a time to reflect and review. I look at what went wrong, what I can improve on and what went right. Let's explore what I found. What Went Wrong Toxic Mindset: I started here because I want to get i

dizzying view of a descending spiral staircase A couple of posts back, I wrote about having to use a walker because I started experiencing vertigo and became unsteady on my feet. Thankfully, I have regained my stability, mostly, and I don't have many episodes of vertigo, but I still deal with the elements of the migraine itself. I will add that I fell down the stairs and broke a toe, so things still do get a bit wobbly. 🩼 I am not new to experiencing migraines. I have had is

I am starting my own collection of ribbons guys. I already have a turquoise for Dysautonomia, Purple for Pancreatic Cancer: I had a nonfunctioning neuroendocrine tumor (NET) on my pancreas. It was the only time that I was happy to be in the 5%. There are likely other ribbons out there that I can add to the group but the one that I am talking about today is yellow for Sjogren's Disease.

I would like to start this by stating that this is truly more for me than anyone else. This may also be for my children, if they ever do read this. I did survive 9/11 and it was extremely traumatic for obvious reasons. I have discussed it over the years with those who have asked, but I never wrote about it. I always meant to but when I would try, I would get the visuals all over again. I also avoid all media that day because for some reason, they like replaying the news clips

Before I get into this post I wanted to add that it was not lost on me that I couldn't find one picture to use of a young/ish woman using a walker. This lends to the apprehension that I felt as I struggled through this real time and why I truly wanted to write this post. Many people struggle with invisible illness and that is bad enough but once it becomes visible without context, the attention can be too much to handle. As a person with POTS, I've had to deal with many chall

That's what my daughter said to me after I shared with her some ideas that I had to improve our home. It has been just shy of three years since I purchased that home and I barely did more than live here. I have made a few changes that reflect my personality like decorating the main floor half bath and getting a few pieces of furniture. But the rest has just been a place for everyone to live. There are no pictures on the walls of anyone or really anything. I feel a bit awkward

I am very interested in adding more lifestyle content. I desired to do so much with this blog that I felt overwhelmed trying to do it all and ended up doing nothing for long stretches. My health definitely played a part, but it was not the only thing holding me back. It was also a little thing called doubt. I wrote about before and struggle with it still. I follow some really bright people who will give with nothing but the facts and I love that. Then there are others who mak

This is an extremely rough entrance back to my blog. I have wanted to get back in numerous times and was very optimistic too. I had lots of new updates and research and even more updates. Alas POTS wouldn't let me be great. I wanted this to be so much and share so much but I forgot that I just wanted this to be a safe space on the internet for people who were searching, like me. I got bogged down with wanted to include it all, that I included nothing because it wasn't, "just

A quick wrap up on how 2023 went for me.

Its 2024 and we are already in February. I don't mind much because its my birthday month and I turned 46 this year. I remember just...