Diary of a Chronically Exhausted Vicar. Episode 28
In which I appear to have taken further strides towards living well with chronic illness. I finished the stroke, stepped onto the step, and smiled, from deep within: I feel amazing. This [...]
In which I appear to have taken further strides towards living well with chronic illness. I finished the stroke, stepped onto the step, and smiled, from deep within: I feel amazing. This [...]
Public speaking, performance, oral storytelling. This is my craft. I am good enough at it that others will listen to me and learn from me in order to develop their own skills and techniques. [...]
Two Lent reflections in one week, after three weeks of not writing the reflections I had intended, when Lent began. Such is Lenten practice with Chronic Exhaustion. Yesterday I wrote about the [...]
Back in March, I had this idea that I would write a Lent reflection each week of the season. However, here we are, closing out week 5, and this is only the second of [...]
Contemplation Corner Holy Solitude. That’s the name of a book I got to inspire my reflection this Lenten season. (Holy Solitude, Heidi Haverkamp) With characters from biblical stories and from the history of religious [...]
Pain. So much pain. Have I run a marathon? Been hit by a bus? No. I have chronic exhaustion, or my doctor calls it fibromyalgia, and it’s flared up. Again. First, I [...]
I wrote last about adjusting the rhythms of my daily life, for the new circumstance brought about by this exhaustion. I have had to adjust my expectations about life in this new city, too [...]
It's been a while between diary entries. I had another infusion of iron at Christmas - the 12 month supply injected into my blood stream last June only lasted six. I had a couple [...]
I checked in with the GP this week, and it was a worthwhile visit. I'd been frustrated again over the weekend with the fatigue quickly following any activity. I felt that very little progress [...]
I have entered the tension zone: feeling a little better and tempted to do the things, yet still finding the doing of things to be exhausting beyond reasonable expectation. This morning I [...]
While my communities gather for worship on this sunny spring Sunday morning - I can hear them singing next door - I continue at home on orders of complete rest. This week, [...]
Catalogue of feeling. Foggy. My mind cannot see, cannot think clearly. My mouth speaks only slowly, slightly slurred, sounding vague. Tired. Goes without saying, I suppose, with this diagnosis. It is a [...]