I reported yesterday, that I was home sick because I was trying knock a heinous cold out of my system. Seems that my cold is not exactly the common variety.  On top this cold, I have a slight case of mono and a lung infection.  Normally, I can deal with one or the other – but the combination of the two, with the added addition of the cold, has been a little too much for me.  No wonder, I had been feeling so lousy and out of sorts lately.
Anyway, I am on the mend. My …read more

One of the things that I love about CFS Squared, is the community. I am very lucky to have such a great group of regular readers. Knowing that you all visit regularly, makes it easier to write this blog.
I also write another blog for b5media, called Baldiness. I have been writing this blog since last summer, and while I am enjoying it – and learning loads, I don’t have much of a following. Or if I do, they are very very quiet. It’s not like people aren’t reading it – its just that I get …read more

Sometimes I get a bit of a wake up call, and realize that I am the reason that I am still sick. I realize that outside forces are the original reason that I live with (not suffer from) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. However, I have to think that if I actually 100% followed my doctor’s orders and wasn’t so incredibly stubborn, then I would be doing great instead of mediocre. Perhaps this is a misguided fantasy – but then again, I may be on to something here.

I don’t sleep – in actual fact, I sleep less than 90 …read more

This is “Mono -the Kissing Disease” – the reason why I live with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  This company makes stuffed animals that look like microbes.  Great idea, right?  So when you are feeling completely frustrated with how you are feeling…you can give this little thing the biggest squeeze you can.  And get rid of some of that pent up anger.
Here is the sleeping sickness one…
You can also find pimples, syphilis, black death, athlete’s foot, and others.
Via Boing Boing 

I have made the big time
I have been interviewed about my battle with hair loss (by the way, I won this battle) over at Baldiness. Cory asked all of the hard hitting questions, and I tried my best to answer as honestly as I possibly could.
Of course, when this last bout of hairloss happened, it was way back in August – and so it might seem a little bit sugar coated.
August to January is a long time.
Please check out the interview, and Cory’s blog. Both are fantastic. Oh and he is very funny. Even …read more

I feel horrible.
Between the falling, the flu (I decided to rename the remnants of mono as “the flu”) and now the most horrible cold on the planet…I have had quite enough of this. I need an immune system….I need one RIGHT NOW!!!!
Think I can find one on ebay?
This totally bites.

It’s been awhile since I have had to really think about what I am doing, and if it will cause a set back. Its probably been a good 3 years or more, since I have had to live carefully. I realize that most of the people who come to this blog, are in that place….that no matter what they do, something can set a crash into place. It seems to be completely random, but then you realize that everything is connected, and eventually you realize what starts the motion. It starts out as chaos theory, but …read more