Stories from the Chronic Life

I got the report back on my dog, Sierra. She has a “soft tissue tumor” in her leg. The veterinarian gave us several options, but I can’t see that any of them are fair to Sierra. I could have the lump removed, but then she’d have skin graphs and radiation. The surgery might be botched [...]

Yesterday was one of those rough days. My stomach was acting like a roller coaster ride from the moment I got up until mid-afternoon. I had to take my dog in for a biopsy to see what the lump was on her leg. After the procedure she was a bit dopey and I had to [...]

On an average day, I might have such anxiety over simple things like should I go shopping or not. Or, I might have such an aversion to putting on hot pepper lotion and will fight it even though I know it works wonders for my feet. It really makes me wonder how I find my [...]

Thanks to the wonderful Laurence at HostNexus.com, chroniclife.com, the companion website to this blog is alive…ALIVE!
I hope to never do that again. The thought of losing a domain name that I’ve spent two years trying to build really made me sad. We’re not supposed to make mistakes, right? LOL Luckily, [...]

I had one of those doy moments helped along by a mind and body under siege from chronic disease. That’s a complicated way of saying “Ooops! I forgot”.
I knew that chroniclife.com had to be renewed. It’s been on my mind for weeks. So, what do I do? I log [...]

I know that Mother Nature is tricking us. It’s way too early for spring time. But, boy, have we been having some glorious weather!!! It was 70F today. Not bad for the middle of February.
This sudden change in weather has by body in a tizzy. It doesn’t know if it’s [...]