by Sara | Feb 18, 2017 | Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
When I first got sick, I had to learn to sit on the sidelines when my friends played any active games that require working joints, or to not stay very long at birthday parties, when I needed the energy to function. Or- well, really when they acted liked...
by Sara | Feb 4, 2017 | Gut and Food, Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
You’ve heard it. Probably a thousand times. “On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?” I cannot help but read that in Baymax’s voice, from the movie Big Hero Six. 🙂 Of course, what is your answer? What part of your body are they...
by Sara | Jan 22, 2017 | Girls Only, Gut and Food, Living With Health Challenges
In addition to pain that accompanies eating that is often a symptom that Lymies/people with mold have to deal with is bloating. This is not fun for anyone. In my last post, we discussed the practical things about it, but here I want to visit another part of it all:...
by Sara | Jan 18, 2017 | Gut and Food, Toxic Mold Poisoning
Bloating has been one of the symptoms that I have had from the beginning of mold. Before we knew it was mold that was causing my sickness, my mom and I self-diagnosed me with Leaky Gut Syndrome. Nope, that doesn’t mean food is coming out in wrong ways from...
by Sara | Jan 14, 2017 | Gut and Food
My brother came into the kitchen just now, and said, “It smells like cocoa powder and coconut,”. I told him that he was right, that was exactly what it was. All three of these ingredients I could not have had a month ago, but they are all technically AIP,...
by Sara | Jan 11, 2017 | Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Toxic Mold Poisoning
I love to read. It’s one of my favorite things!… …*Recalls her attention back to reality from where it had wandered into books*. There came a time, however, when suddenly I couldn’t read. I could not focus on books, even a favorite novel I had...
