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

Monday, June 8, 2009 

I went to see my naturopath Dr. Kelly Upcott today. She did acupuncture on me as she does every month. We talked about my progress recently. 

When I first started seeing her, two years ago, I would be bedridden for the next day or so after a visit, from the exertion.

But today I drove myself there and waltzed in and out, not only under my own steam, but without feeling like I might fall or bump into anything. 

I felt good.  

I did NOT have to go to bed when I got home.

That’s been the way of it for some months now but I will never take that energy and freedom for granted. 

I applied for a writing gig online, had some lunch, and then rested for awhile. Read a book. Watched a soap opera. Nodded off for awhile around 4:30, I confess. 

I have a Facebook page now. Learned how to put my picture on it. Pretty pleased with myself about that as I am NOT technologically inclined. And there is a little stuff on there now. 

I got a reply from an old friend who’s on Facebook, who used to write for my dear old Ncubator.com years ago. Very nice. 

Today I sent an article to EmpowHer.com where they post some of my articles. Wonderful site, and wonderful exposure that I would not have right now without them. Hopefully it will be up tomorrow sometime.

Tonight I posted two more articles to my website, Ncubator.ca, one called “I Don’t Look Sick” and the other “Shoes Make the Difference — Sometimes”. 

I love how this stuff does NOT wear me out anymore. 

I found Cort Johnson’s Forums on his site Phoenix Rising the other day. It has members already, but they are too shy (or perhaps too ill?) to post anything much yet.

Cort has started a number of threads, and I have written some. It’s a good spot, for anybody who is interested in forums. There is a link to it here in my blogroll. I invite you to go over there and look around, and maybe post some stuff.

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