Jody’s Blog . . . a life after chronic fatigue syndrome

Thursday, August 13, 2009

I have 4 new articles up this week, 2 on Ncubator.ca and 2 on EmpowHer.com.

On Ncubator, they are “On Leaping Through the Portal” and “The Soothing Therapy of Knitting”.

On EmpowHer, they are “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Mimics Stroke” and “Top Ten List for Recovery From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”.

I should learn how to hyperlink on here someday.

I have been in touch with some other women who write about their chronic lives. What a pleasure, it’s like having a little writers’ community. I have been loving it. How great to be able to share our lives once again.

Monday, August 10, 2009

This virtual world has been a real education for me these past few months.

I have done a little writing for a few different sites at a penny a word. Learned something from each of them.

Last week I began actually working for EmpowHer.com, a great women’s health website. I had been contributing articles on CFS to this site over the past four months, and now I have the opportunity to do some freelancing for them.

After being so sick for so many years, and after only being back online for such a short time, this is like a dream come true.

Wow.

Only on the internet!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

 Happy Canada Day, all.

Or for the old-time purists like myself, Happy Dominion Day.

I am celebrating by starting a real blog. I had my website before I was able to get a real blog going, so had a journal of sorts for the last couple of months. But this is way cool, I must say.

Don’t know much yet about how to run it but that’s how everything starts, right?

I will probably drag my April, May and June journal entries on here once I have gotten to know my way around a bit.

I had a couple of requests for a spot for Comments (like you have on a Real Blog:-) so, if anybody has anything they want to say — I am ready. And if you have Real Blog advice for a newbie like me, PLEASE let me know.

I haven’t added any new articles to Ncubator in about a week. Usually I have about 4 articles a week posted, just hit a dry spell for a bit.

Having a new Real Blog to play with helps to rekindle the tired spark.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 

This morning was chilly and clammy. I usually have a sluggish engine on days like this and today was no exception. 

I drove my daughter to work, didn’t take long, as she works in town. I put a book in the library drop box, and thought I’d go for a walk since I was already out.

But the wind was blowing and I didn’t have a jacket. After a block I decided this was a lousy idea and headed back to the car.

Home I went, back into the warm house. 

As the day cleared up, so did I. As usual. 

I wrote a million emails, and posted two articles to Ncubator, sent out my notification emails. Wrote the beginnings of a few more articles.

Some days I have something to say and some days I don’t. Today, I had a surprisingly fertile field.  

Ncubator is a month old today. It’s been growing much faster, and has gotten much more exposure than I could ever have expected thus far.

What a great new toy. And what great therapy for me. And people seem to like it. That is a bonus. 

Jesse was up all night last night. That hadn’t been happening for awhile but we will try not to worry too much.

He is still stronger and steadier and clearer than he’s been in a long time. He will sleep again. 

Hopefully, tonight.

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May 22, 2009 

I have had to sleep and rest more in this past week than I have in a long time.

But I’m also able to do much more than I have in a very long time.

I guess it’s like having to stop and put more gas in the tank of your car, the more driving you do. 

I posted a couple of articles this week, and now this entry.

Ncubator’s only been up for not quite 3 weeks, and things feel like they’re coming together faster than I expected.

I’m shooting for 3 new articles up per week, and maybe a couple of blog entries. 

This time last year, I was in the midst of a crash after catching the flu.

Then I twisted my ankle in early June and had to stay off it for a week or so.

The added stressors seemed to make the crash more intense and longer to get over.

 This year is much better.  

Last year I was thinking, wistfully, about writing again someday. Still had nothing to say, nor the energy to say anything with.

Reading seven books per week from the library was my literary achievement.

And, it goes without saying, my emails to my naturopath Dr. Kelly Upcott pretty much every week.

 That was the only writing I was doing, but as I look back I know — and I knew it at the time — writing to her was so important for me. Helped to bring me back from the dead.

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