Sleepy time
I spent most of the day on the sofa. I overdid it yesterday, and the day before, and now I pay. It’s so tiring to be in pain – it’s more sore and hurting, not really pain. And tired. I slept for 2...
View ArticleIt was the seatbelt
that crossed my chest and made the chondritis flare. Then it was the cold, and the damp. It could be worse, at least I was still functional. So the weather is still iffy but I’ve been dealing...
View ArticleSpecial days
Yesterday was just wonderful. Most wouldn’t call it special, but most people didn’t live the sort of life where you watch everyone else and wonder if you’ll ever have what they take for granted. And...
View ArticleAnd the bra search continues – among other things
I have chondritis. It makes my chest hurt, and wearing a bra is sometimes an exercise in “how much pain can I take today?” I have sports bras, underwire bras (evil, they are evil!) and bras that...
View ArticleNot the best of days
I woke up hurting. I thought that putting on a bra would help, but it was a mistake – it just made it worse. I thought that taking Max for a walk would make me feel better. It made it worse. I...
View ArticleAnd the search continues
I have chondritis, actually I have the worst form, Tietze’s syndrome. I refer to it as my affliction – an appellation that makes me laugh. It’s mostly annoying, some days it interferes with my life...
View ArticlePoor Poor Pitiful Me
So I’m not sure what kicked off this flare, but it’s been a good one. I slept with my heating pad last night, woke up still sore, and there go my plans for the day. I need to vacuum and do laundry...
View ArticleOh, woe, my affliction
Yes, indeed, it is an affliction. I don’t care what the doctors say and what the stupid websites say, this is a chronic condition, and it lasts more than a bloody month and it is NOT one and done....
View ArticleAnd today………
I just don’t feel motivated to do anything. Is it because it’s Tuesday? Maybe, this is not a good day of the week lately. Is it because of the tragedy in Boston yesterday? Maybe that’s part of...
View ArticleAnger and pain
Lately it seems that my body lives in this place called Pain. Sometimes I get to take a walk away from it, and revisit the place I used to live, the Random Aches and Ouchies place, where once in a...
View ArticleCold, damp, ouch
The good thing about it raining all day is that I don’t have to water the garden. The bad thing is that the damp is making my bones ache – chondritis is not my friend. Chondritis isn’t anyone’s friend!...
View Articleand out of nowhere
a chondritis flare Evil. Pure evil. It lets you think you’re finally over it, finally cured, and then bam, the axe to the heart. I’m trying not to be depressed and upset, that just makes it worse....
View ArticleOh, my heart
I have this condition – – and I get twinges of pain, not often, but sometimes. Some days are worse than others. Weather, and stress created by weather, makes it worse. The other day, this Rosie...
View ArticleRibs, and not the barbecue kind
My ribs hurt. Aching, jabbing, pains from nowhere that make me catch my breath and tighten up every muscle – which makes it hurt – and I know it makes it hurt more, but it’s the automatic reaction...
View Articlethinking about every move
It’s tiresome to have to think about every move your body makes. Sometimes I feel like I should write down every single thing I do in a day so I can go back and pinpoint the single thing that’s...
View ArticleDifficult days
Today was one of them. There’s been a lot of stress in my life the past couple of months, I have a very hard time watching someone I love in pain, mental and physical pain, when I can’t fix it. I’m the...
View Articlesometimes it’s good to google
Periodically, I get this pain in the left side of my chest – enough to catch my breath, but not enough to make me run to the ER. It’s annoying, and even though I know it’s not my heart, there’s a...
View ArticleOh Chondritis
why do you torment me so? Rib jabs – a stab of pain, just a moment, sudden, quick, gone, but enough to take my breath for a second. I had almost forgotten about you. I’m never stupid enough to...
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