My Life

Fibromyalgia, Mornings, and Pain: Don’t Give In

Recently I’ve real­ized some­thing I may have already known, but it’s struck me so pro­foundly I thought I ought to pass it on.
I dread morn­ings.  I wake up with an upset stom­ach, a headache, and body that hurts so badly I can barely move.  Every morn­ing.  It is a rare occa­sion that I stay in bed […]


Kate Update: January 6, Mayo Clinic, Medicine

Jan­u­ary 6, 2010
As today goes on, and peo­ple con­tinue to con­tact me for updates, I am remem­ber­ing more about yesterday’s appoint­ment. But first, a funny story:
Yes­ter­day morn­ing Sus and I got up and got ready for the day. We knew I had an appoint­ment at 11 and were plan­ning to leave at 10 to allow plenty of […]


Kate Update: January 5, Mayo Clinic, Day One

Jan­u­ary 5, 2010
Today was my first day at Mayo. It went well. I have an unusual doc­tor, with a “bed­side” man­ner unlike any­thing I have expe­ri­enced pre­vi­ously. Despite his odd behav­ior, my doc­tor seems to really know his stuff. He has me on a new five-part reg­i­men which con­sists of drink­ing an inor­di­nate amount of water […]


Kate Update: January 4, Arizona, Mayo Clinic

I’ve pon­dered how best to relate the events of the last month, and have decided to be most open and share the notes I wrote for myself , while in Ari­zona.  These will read a bit more like a jour­nal than you may be accus­tomed to, but I make no apolo­gies.
Jan­u­ary 4, 2010
Tonight Mom and I […]


Kate Update: What is Possible and Getting Lost

Those who love me don’t under­stand why I have not writ­ten. In fact, I do not under­stand why I have not writ­ten.  They remind me I com­mit­ted to tell you about the health issues I face, so we may cre­ate a pos­i­tive and fresh com­mu­nity of folks who strengthen each other and learn from each […]