Category Archives: giving to others

#MEAwareness: Guest Post on waking up to severe m.e.

Posted on May 15, 2019 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: So, as I said in my January post, I plan to publish a blog post the 15th of every month this year, come hell or high water. Well, I published a post on the 1st of this month … Continue reading →

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May is #MEAwareness Month • #MillionsMissing

Posted on May 1, 2019 by dSavannah

Dear Readers, No, your eyes do not deceive you. I have indeed published my May post on the 1st of the month, instead of the 15th. (Will there also be a blog on the 15th? That remains to be seen, … Continue reading →

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Shining a Light: living with depression

Posted on February 15, 2019 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: Here is the second installment in my “Publish-A-Blog-Post-The-15th-of-Every-Month-In-2019” Goal. THANK YOU! for reading. There are tons of wonderful blogs out there, and I appreciate everyone who reads mine. (Oh, and a million thank yous to the people who … Continue reading →

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#MEAwareness: Guest Poetry Post by Bill Clayton

Posted on December 12, 2018 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: I’m in quite a few Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (MEcfs) support groups online, and I ran across this poem by a fellow #pwME (patient with ME), Bill Clayton. I asked if I could post it on my blog, and he … Continue reading →

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#MEAwareness: Guest Post on Life with ME

Posted on June 20, 2018 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: You may have noticed I haven’t published anything since May 12, #MEAwareness / #MillionsMissing Day. All of that advocacy wore me slap out (and I don’t think I’ve recovered yet). A friend in one of my MEcfs support … Continue reading →

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#MEAwareness – and here’s what I’m missing

Posted on May 12, 2018 by dSavannah

So, I’ve written about my chronic illnesses a lot. I even spent the entire last #AtoZChallenge (2016) writing about it, under the theme “dSavannah Defects” (aka things that are wrong with me), a category I’ve continued to use because, well, … Continue reading →

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#MEAwareness: What a Crash looks like

Posted on May 10, 2018 by dSavannah

On November 30, 2017, my husband took me to a Continuing Education event, hosted by the CDC and #MEAction, to view the documentary Unrest, an unflinching, real, true, up-close-and-personal look at chronic illness, specifically myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly (and erroneously) (and … Continue reading →

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