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46 more things I can accomplish
I swiped this from Mo! I just couldn’t resist. I got…
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, 46, accomplish, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia
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For tonight, that is enough
It’s 11 pm on Friday night. I’m sitting outside on my deck. Lots of city lights to enjoy and a cool breeze to wrap myself in. Today has been an incredibly challenging one to say the least. (sigh) As you know, I sent the letter I posted on my blog yesterday to the office manager. I’m happy to report, it worked and the mold is gone. Maintenance spent quite a while taking care of it. Again, that makes me happy. …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, asthma, chemicals, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, glue, mold
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the NEXT step
After praying and pondering about what the next step should be in my mold dilemma, I decided I would forward a Letter of Complaint to the Office Manager as well as to the President of BH Management that owns Westport. I thought you all would like to read it.
the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
This weekend was an eclectic mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. The ugly resulted from a lot of reading and researching I have been doing about a movement in the UK between UNUM insurance and some psychiatric groups and their push to reclassify ME/CFIDS as a mental/psychiatric disorder, as well as, how that may be filtering over here to America. It breaks my heart to think what these people are doing to fellow ME/CFIDS sufferers. (head shake) …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, cognitive, fear, Fibromyalgia, sadness
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21 things I’m thankful for, TODAY…
After a long, hard week with many, many challenges, I am choosing today to focus on things I am thankful for, today. So here goes….
Flabbergasted, dumbfounded and floored by a … floo
How can my day that started out decent, suddenly, crash and burn in the matter of a seconds? I scheduled Dekker for a grooming appointment today to have him “furmigated” or in English, have his undercoat hair removed. I also needed to pick up a few grocery items and get money for a cab ride to my dental consultation on Tuesday. My friend and I decided to grab a bite to eat at Fridays as it is right across the …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, energy, Fibromyalgia, mold
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Exciting News!
Do you remember the interview I did with Ayo for his blog, Discovering Purpose? The original interview turned out to be 4,000 words! Who can say Dominique is wordy! LOL! Well, Ayo decided to cut it down to half so that we could meet the May 12th deadline, therefore, leaving the full interview for the June issue of Life Skills Magazine (Ayo’s Magazine). Well, things just got a whole lot better…
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Tagged "bumper edition", awareness, chronic fatigue syndrome
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Take THAT CFIDS!
I had this interesting thing happen to me on Saturday. A friend from church who is a friend of mine on Facebook (FB) – I think my whole church is on Facebook! LOL!- left a comment on my wall after I mentioned that I was going out to celebrate with a good friend of mine who was turning 60. Anyway, my FB friend said she was glad I was going out because I never mention getting out on my 4Walls. …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, dancing, Fibromyalgia, fun, headache, personal
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In the silence of the night
The rumbling, rhythmic snoring of little Dekker seeks to remind me that I am not alone as I sit here in the early hours of the day. The darkness of night has blanketed the world around me and brought a welcomed stillness into my otherwise disjointed world. I find myself drawn to these hours even though I am, naturally, a morning person. It is in the stillness of the night where I now I find…
A Determined Spirit: Dominique’s story of living with CFIDS
Today is CFS/ME Awareness Day! Woo Hoo! I agreed to help raise awareness by writing a post for my blog today about the impact of Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS/CFS) on my life, thanks to Rachael of Blogging for ME/CFS Awareness. I am really excited to share that I was recently asked to do an interview with…
a Miracle and a lesson or two
Okay. Maybe it’s just me, but sometimes this journey with CFIDS and FMS is just too eventful! I think any of us could write a book just from all the crazy things that happen to us on any given day! At least I could. As you know, I ended up at the VA hospital this weekend for severe tooth pain and was met with a not so nice Doctor. Well, Monday was the day for me to be able to …
A sure way to forget FMS pain
I realize a post on Sunday is out of the norm for me, but I felt like writing so… I discovered a way to overcome my Fibromyalgia pain! Really! And it works 100%. Develop a severe abscess in one of your teeth. That pain will make you forget any other pain in a nano second! Phew! Today I got to spend my day at the hospital…
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, pain, personal, pug, tooth ache
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Deferred Expectations
Some how I have learned to accept that loss is an integral part of having CFIDS/FMS. Most days I can let go of past dreams … past hopes. I understand that I have to re-assess my priorities, my boundaries, and my expectations. But what do I do with the continual sabotage of daily expectations? How do I cope with the repeated assault by these symptoms on the simplest of my desires? Do I let go of them as well? Why …
De-stressing with photography
This week has been a really odd week. I have not had one day where I accomplished my goals. In addition, I have been having pain because I need to go see the chiropractor but I can’t afford to do so this month. With the wedding being just three (3) months away, money is tight. I also had to up my budget to switch Dekker to a raw diet and put him on his own herbal products. My word did …
My journey from drugs to herbs – Part Four
If you haven’t had the chance to read Part One, Part Two, or Part Three of, My journey from drugs to herbs, you can do so here, and here and here. Now down to the last system – the immune system. In 2008, I asked my chiropractor/natural doctor what I could take to ensure that I didn’t spend the winter with pneumonia, bronchitis, or the flu. He suggested I add a multi-mushroom extract and Vitamin C and D. I was …
My journey from drugs to herbs – Part Three
If you didn’t have a chance to read Part One or Part Two of, My journey from drugs to herbs, you can go here and here. Something you may not know about me is I have asthma. Most of the time, I don’t have too much trouble with it, but when I inhale something I am allergic to like cigarette smoke, burning oil, certain burning woods, and whatnot, I can have a severe attack. In 2008, I had such a …
My journey from drugs to herbs – Part Two
If you didn’t catch Part One of My journey from drugs to herbs, you might want to read the post in order to understand how I got to this point. You can go here if you would like to read it first. I have given a lot of thought as to how I should cover all the herbs I take and I decided to break them up by symptoms. I will be covering five (5) categories that I take herbs …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, earthturns, Fibromyalgia, iherb, pain, sleep
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My journey from drugs to herbs – Part One
I was raised to believe in doctors and their wisdom. Never did I dream of a time in my life where I would start questioning the ability of doctors or pharmaceutical drugs to cure me. The road to a semblance of normalcy was one fraught with much pain and obstacles. Despite that, it is one I would gladly endure again, because it drove me to a place where I had to decide what I was willing to accept and what …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, drugs, Fibromyalgia, herbs, personal
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5 Ways my BLACKBERRY helps me manage my CFIDS/FMS
As anyone who is struggling with a chronic illness innately understands, dealing with the difficulties posed by said illness can be quite taxing, and sometimes, downright overwhelming … especially if memory or cognitive function is affected. Thus, when I finally received my ‘free’ Blackberry several weeks ago, little did I understand how my love affair with my Storm 2 would go way beyond ‘love at first sight!’ Who would have thought that this amazing, little device could be a solution …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, Blackberry, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, personal, Storm 2
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My butt?
I’m assuming most of my readers have never sighted a gun, so I will explain what that means. In order to shoot your target – and hit it – if your are using a scope, you have to sight it, which basically means you have to calibrate it so that the bullet will go straight. I had to learn how to do this in basic training and learned real quick what happens when…
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, fatigue, Fibromyalgia, pain
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I’ve waited for a lifetime for this moment
When the fiasco with my laptop happened, the company wiped out my budget and my checkbook. Needless to say, trying to remember everything that was in my checkbook was impossible and I forgot three very important payments. And I got to pay dearly for that oversight. $295.05 to be exact! What’s a girl gonna do? I spent about 10 hours on Sunday rebuilding my budget. It took me several years to develop a budget in excel that makes sense in …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, personal, wedding
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THAT would be a great day…
I so wanted to write a pithy post for today, but my body has other plans. The Fibromyalgia has been acting up all week. Today it has been really bad. My legs feel like the insides are frozen. They are aching so bad I can’t stand myself. Add to that my arms and my right hip…Ouch! I don’t know if I am the only one here with this struggle, but…
Hope
I had this interesting epiphany recently. This past week, the FMS has been really bad – about a 7 or 8 out of 10. It isn’t so much the straight, sharp kind of pain, but that achy, stiffness kind of pain. It has been widespread so I don’t have anywhere on my body that isn’t currently hurting. I can chalk this flare-up to the wonderful, rainy weather we are having here in Tulsa! Anyway…
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, hope
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The tension line: Do I push or pace?
One of the most challenging aspects of living with CFIDS/ME/FMS, for me personally, is the daily walking out of this tenuous tension line I find myself constantly straddling. I call it the, “do I pace or do I push” question. Basically, throughout the day, every day, I have to ask myself, Do I push or do I pace? Everything I end up…
This is profoundly disturbing!
After twenty years of living with the incredible challenges of CFIDS and FMS, I have been, long, looking forward to a day when my illness would be recognized as the serious illness that it is. That is why I have been keeping an eye on a trend that seems to be heading our way. According to the International Association of CFS and ME…
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, ACFS/ME, APA, chronic fatigue syndrome, CSSD, personal, pychiatric
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AMERICAN
The quietness of the early morning hour surrounds me like a warm blanket. The coolness of the breeze whispers over my bare arms as I inhale the pungent odor of my morning coffee brewing silently in the darkness. Even the birds are conspicuously silent. The city lights are dancing along the water’s edge reminding me of the beauty that surrounds my 4 walls. I am in a quiet, contemplative place today as I meditate on what this day means to …
Posted in World News
Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, personal, Tea Party, Tulsa
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On the other side
I have finally come out on the other side of my four month crash. It is a really great reminder for me to treasure any and all moments because I never truly know what is coming around the corner. I have really been working hard to enjoy every single moment of every day. That sounds like it would be such an easy thing, but I have been dealing with incredible stresses in addition to the laptop fiasco. My father…
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, personal, pugs, stress
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Getting back up and on the horse
Well, I finally got my laptop back, but what a mess! Ugh. After a week had passed I went into the computer repair store to find out what was going on only to discover that nothing had been done. Uh huh… I let it slide though, because the guy told me they had to wait for parts to come in to fix the broken hinge on my laptop. Sounded reasonable to me. I was assured it would be good to …
Oh shoot, I’m awake
I woke up this morning and within seconds I knew it was not a good morning. Usually when I awaken the first thing that I find myself saying is, Thank you, Lord, for another day. This morning didn’t quite go that way. I awoke with a major disconnect between…
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, pain, personal
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Unpredictable
According to The Free Dictionary, unpredictable is defined as, Difficult to foretell or foresee. Something difficult or impossible to foretell or foresee. For me personally, the unpredictable nature of CFIDS is one of the most challenging obstacles I have to deal with everyday. It is…
Prayer, another Award, an Awareness Project..Oh My!
For those of you who read my blog, you may have come to know Renee of, Renee’s Reflections. Renee is going in for surgery today at 8 a.m. this morning. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers today. If you have an extra moment, I’m sure it would do her heart good to come home and be greeted with a plethora of well wishes!
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, Award, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, journal, prayer
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Fragmented Days
Today is one of those days that just drive me crazy. I hate days like today. Lately, I seem to be having a lot of what I call, fragmented days. I just can’t seem to make any of the connections I need to make. I stand there at the end of the day and wonder how it is that I accomplished nothing! If you watched me trying to plug in a power cord into one of those extension cords and …
10 breakthoughs on the BIOLOGY of CFIDS
We have had some new members recently diagnosed with CFIDS within our own online/blogging community, so I thought a post on some of the discoveries of the biology of CFS would be helpful. I thought this would also help those who aren’t ill to see that although I don’t look sick (or your loved one doesn’t look sick), recent biological discoveries are indeed proving otherwise. In addition…
Perspective: Focused on the climb
I’m probably going to stun you when I tell you I watched. Are you ready for this? Hannah Montana: The Movie! Yup. I loved it. There was such a great message in it. It was a good, wholesome, clean, family movie, not to mention there were some really funny parts! But that isn’t what spoke to me the most about this movie. I recently wrote a post about…
Happily accepting the Happiness Award
If anyone had told me I would enjoy writing about my life as much as I have in the past two months, or how I would meet these incredible people, I would have started this blog a lot sooner! I was sitting down to finish up responding to one comment I had not responded to because I had company when I realized that Sue from Learning to Live with CFS, had come by and left me a comment. I was …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, Award, chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, personal
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Improvements all around
I’m am doing better today about my decision to find Bronte a new home. Friday and Saturday were very challenging. I was constantly bombarded with horrible thoughts of her being hurt, mistreated or given to someone else. I had to grab my hold of myself and tell myself the truth a lot in those first 48 hours. Sunday and Monday were much easier and I was once again at peace. I kept remembering what Laurie (the lady who got Bronte) …
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Tagged 4 walls and a view, chronic fatigue syndrome, Dekker, Fibromyalgia, health, personal, pugs
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