06/29/2019 Brain Injuries are the worst sort of injuries. Why? Because unlike broken bones, there is no full medical test you can do to actually be diagnosed with one. Basically symptoms and ruling things out become crucial to understand if you are suffering from a brain injury. Not only that, when you…
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CTE ~
06/28/2019. *NOTE* Before we go any further, I must warn you CTE is not very widely understood. There is still research going on in order to study CTE. While tomorrow 06/29/2019 – is Brain Injury Awareness Day (yes there is a post coming then too). I decided to do a bit of an advance post…
Future Planning
I have decided instead of moping around and being sad on what is going on in life, it is time that I need to plan my future. I still don’t know what it is that I want. I really, truly do not. But I know one thing is for sure. Sitting on my ass and…
Day 1 of Summer Training
25/06/2019 – Tuesday. I started my new season 2019-2020 season. I am so excited to start the season. However, I know there are a lot of complications that are about to bump ahead. Complications with the actual sport: Arena locations. Arena times for skating. Coaches schedules My schedules Complications with my health: Fibro affecting. Endo…
Anti-Inflammatory Water
This is a short piece on two recipes for Anti-Inflammatory Water. I tend to use this water when I suffer from Endo flares. As my stomach likes to expand and I am always bloated…I live for these two types of Anti-Inflammatory Water’s. Anti-Inflammatory Water 1: 1 Liter Water. 1/4 cucumber sliced. 1/4 TBS Cayenne Pepper…
Avoiding Burnout
06/23/2019~ I am on the verge of burning out. I don’t know if it is because of my adrenal glands malfunctioning once again. Or if I am just overworking myself. The main Burnout symptoms are; Anxiety Headaches Lack of sleep Fatigue An increasingly cynical outlook on life and work If anyone read my previous post…
Shaky Mental Health
***WARNING: SENSITIVE CONTENT/IMAGES. VIEW WITH CAUTION. 11/06/2019-Ongoing These past two or so weeks have been tough. And honestly, I have no idea why. I am thinking either I am just extremely exhausted (Working 40 hours a week, school ending etc). Another thing is, I haven’t skated in over a week because of the injection procedure. So…
Calming Down Under Stress
So lately, I have been under a shit load of stress. It’s gotten to a point I have no idea how to handle all the stress. And now, while I am still learning about it myself I will try and use what I am finding that works and doesn’t work with all of you guys….
B12 Deficiency (High & Low)
For years, I have always had a Vitamin B12 Deficiency. It would always fluctuate, some blood tests it would show that it is too high and other times it would show too low. So I will create a brief post on what will happen in both cases We will start out with what happens…
Number 8.
Today (June 11th, 2019) I went for my Spine Injection Procedure #8. And of course. Like almost every other procedure I have had, my period decided to pop up. (Everyone think’s it’s related to the stress). So basically I went in, in the afternoon. There was a lot of people waiting in the room so…
Binge Eating -Relapse 2.0
I have already publicly spoken out about Binge Eating. I have been suffering it for years. Yet, no matter what treatment I seem to get, it does not fully go away. And truthfully I don’t think it every will. This is not me being pessimistic, I feel like it is more related to a mentality…
Flaring during Exams
These past few days I have been completing mid-terms and finals for two different classes (with a third class about to start). However, my body has also been flaring. There has been some unbearable body pain (that has been getting better over the past few days). A few days ago it hurt just to sit…
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