Category Archives: insomnia

what a pain…

Posted on September 16, 2019 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: Hello, dear readers and people who have stumbled across this blog by accident. This is my post for September 2019, which as I promised back in ye olden days of January, is being published on the 15th 16th. … Continue reading →

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i’m tired

Posted on March 15, 2019 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: This post probably isn’t complete. It likely doesn’t make sense. That’s Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (MEcfs) for you. As my friend, who has had ME since he was 3 years old in 1984☆, said: “please help all of us find … Continue reading →

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Hello? Is this thing on?

Posted on November 17, 2018 by dSavannah

So, it’s been a minute (or more like 311,040 at the time of this writing, but who’s counting?) since I last published a blog post. In my previous life (before becoming a Sick Person), I could multi-task like nobody’s business. … 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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It’s #MEAwareness Month – and please act!

Posted on May 6, 2018 by dSavannah

May is Awareness Month for a lot of illnesses, such as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) / Lou Gehrig’s disease, Lupus, and Mental Health. Last month was Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Awareness Month, which Charis Hill wrote about extensively. (And I never … Continue reading →

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there’s always hope

Posted on February 8, 2018 by dSavannah

I’m starting this post at 5am. I can’t sleep because I’m in a lot of pain. I keep getting out of bed to ice the most troublesome areas – my neck, my lower back, my shoulders, and most especially that … Continue reading →

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imagining pain away (or, it don’t work that way)

Posted on January 30, 2018 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: I started this post – well, I can’t remember when – and I’ve been working on it ever since. Even if it’s not quite “ready”, and I can’t think of a better headline, I’m just gonna publish it… … Continue reading →

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