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The Journey
Beach day! I'm a lucky woman... feeling grateful and feeling blessed, knowing that this trip is coming close to an end... which is really just another new beginning. I needed every moment and second of this. Every struggle and every challenge has reawakened a part of me that has been buried underneath a series of losses, traumas, and changes that pulled the rug out from under me.
By Jennifer Moore8 years ago in Longevity
Cluster Headaches and You
Welcome, I hope this information is useful in some way! What exactly is a cluster headache? Described as the worst pain known to human kind, known to be worse than child birth, it has specific triggers, time frames, and can only be passed on genetically. Anyone can get a migraine, there's about three million reported cases per year in the US, but only 0.1% of the world has cluster headaches. The information regarding clusters are very minute, due to how rare it is. It's classified as a Primary Headache, which means the pain is caused by itself; secondary or tertiary headaches are caused by other means such as stress, not eating, or smoking. There are different forms of clusters; Chronic and Episodic. Episodic sufferers get one week to one year worth of suffering, but then get up to one month (or more!) of remission. Chronic sufferers get them for more than a year, with less than 1 month of remission in between.
By Robert Montalbano8 years ago in Longevity
Why You Don't Want to Diet
Most people who are looking to lose weight try to find a diet to help them do so. The problem with most diets is that they have quick results, but then you plateau. After plateauing, most give up and then gain the weight back. There are some people who do find a diet that works for them and keep the weight off but that is a very small percentage per diet. Why is this?
By Destiny Johnson8 years ago in Longevity
Chronic Illness & Never Having Enough Spoons
I used to think "why me?" a lot. I was bullied growing up; I had a hard childhood for a lot of reasons I won't elaborate on now. When I finally grew into myself, life got a little easier, and the world wasn't constantly shitting on me anymore, at the age of 27 I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Fibromatosis.
By Stripes Joplin8 years ago in Longevity
Fibromyalgia and Me
Lady Gaga's recent documentary, Five Foot Two, which aired on Netflix, brought to light her daily battle with the condition Fibromyalgia. For those who don't know what the condition is, fibromyalgia is defined as a long-term pain condition which causes muscle pain, headaches, extreme fatigue, brain fog, and a whole host of other symptoms that severely impact the sufferer's life. At one point during the documentary, Lady Gaga wakes up with extreme pain down her right side and her staff immediately jumps in to help alleviate the pain with massages and various other therapies. Gaga comments that she has no idea what she would do without them or how she would cope. Welcome to the world of pretty much every other person suffering this condition on the planet, to the people who don't have the money or the help to ease their pain and get them through the day.
By S. K. Gregory8 years ago in Longevity
Life's an Itch
Before being diagnosed with HIT, I suffered horrendously with itchy skin that had no rash. It felt like a million fire ants crawling under my skin. The rash would only appear when I was on holiday. I would be up at night screaming from the itch. I had to wake up and have ice cold baths at ridiculous hours of the morning. The itch would make me feel like I was going insane, I became snappy and couldn't think straight.
By Emily Histamine Intolerance8 years ago in Longevity
My HIT Weight Loss
This photo is of me in July before diagnosed, September a week after being diagnosed and March before my holiday! One of my symptoms of HIT was unexplained weight issues. I would always be a stone heavier than friends who were the same dress size and height. Doctors would also predict my weight to be a stone lighter than I was. I was picked on at school for being the bigger one out of my friends. Tried diet after diet as the comments really effected me. Through every diet nothing really changed. I have always been active as I studied musical theatre and went to various dance classes growing up, so it wasn't due to lack of exercise. I ate a balanced diet. Didn't over eat. HIT can cause a lot of water retention and problems loosing weight. After a month and a half of a histamine-free diet, I had lost nearly 2 stone.
By Emily Histamine Intolerance8 years ago in Longevity
The Jogging is About to Begin!
Hello everyone! Welcome back to my fitness blog. I apologize for not keeping this as regular as I should. I have been very busy lately between work, exercise, and taking over on some social media coordinating for my boyfriend's YouTube channel. All very exciting stuff, but they shouldn't be an excuse to get lazy in writing. So without further ado, here are my current updates to my fitness.
By Lizzie Bee8 years ago in Longevity
