Search where?

This Portfolio (kenzie)

All of Writing.Com

◄ September ►
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30
Archive				RSS

Member Blogs

· Extreme Weather Ahead

· Fibro Blog

· AJ's Blog

· Walking Through the Valley

· Flicka's Blog

· Deb Outside the Box

· Ripple Effect

· Journey to Discovery

· Jeanie in a Bottle

· Flower's Looking Glass

· Not Fit for Mass Consumption

· Vicky's Blog (hoosiermamma2)

· Step Into My World

· PopcornJoy - Off The Cuff

· Wind in my Wings

· Planner Dan

· LetGoCling's Reflections

· Wave Upon Wave

· A Field of Daizy's

· Moving Right Along

· The Best Thing About Today

· Pieces of Me (Tor)

· Skymac's Jesus Loves U Blog

· Under the Radar

Offsite Blogs

· I Was Born This Way

Writing Links

· Writing for Dollars

· WOW! Women On Writing

· Faith Writers

· Writing for Dollars

· American Society of Journalists and Authors

Each Day Already is a Challenge

by Kenzie

Rated: ASR · Book · Writing · #1160028

Fibro fog, pain, writing sandwiched in between. Quotes. Sermon notes. Encouragement.

A Texas Sunrise

Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

A friend, William Taylor, took this picture. He visits Surfside Beach with his dogs almost every morning, watching the sun rise while the dogs prance about at the water's edge.

This is only about ten miles from where I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas. Sadly, I only visited this beach about four times in the six years I lived nearby.

Each day is a challenge. A challenge to get by without thinking about the fibromyalgia pains. A challenge to stay awake when chronic fatigure wants to take over. And a challenge to navigate through fibro fog.

I haven't been writing as much as in the past. For years, I wrote at least 500 words a day. Now, I'm lucky if I write 500 words in month. Sigh.

For more information about what my day (or life) is all about with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic pains, IBS, depression and everything else thrown in, check this out:

It's a New Day

(E)
My pain and welcome to it.
#1028189 by Kenzie

Show Recent Comments

10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Connieboo!

Oct 8, 2025 at 11:54am
In response to "PET scans don't actually tell you everything"

I have a similar experience...found a node on an x-ray of my shoulder. My pulmonary doctor and I decided to watch and wait (over 2 years ago now). I had a pet scan and nothing definitive as you said. Now, I have ct scans every 9 months or so and no change so far. I will be 81 in November.

I hope you have good news. Sending prayers and hugs to you.

🐱 panther pwheeler

Oct 3, 2025 at 11:07pm
In response to "PET scans don't actually tell you everything"

Praying for wisdom, discernment and healing for you.

1 Like

Aiva Raine

Oct 1, 2025 at 10:44pm
In response to "I finally had the PET scan"

Hoping that the PET scan showed good news. Those are not fun, so my thoughts go out to you for having to deal with not just the PET scan and that awful liquid lava that it feels like they inject into your veins, but all the nonsense with trying to make sure they could address your oxygen needs.

I think half the medical trauma is simply dealing with all the BS you go through just getting things all set up and getting medical staff to listen.

Happy thoughts sent your way.

Tina M. Courtney

Sep 17, 2025 at 5:07pm
In response to "We are not the same "

I really didn't know Charlie Kirk. I do now that on the news there seems to be allot of people mourning for him. I however seen his wife speak for him. I feel sympathy for her. Of course for anyone that has lost someone meaningful to them. I know the world is hard. Sometimes it makes it feel unsafe to live in. The point is that I am glad you posted your thoughts. We all have to be as one. We are all one big family at the end of the day. Thank you for sharing this much with us. Hope you have a happy and great evening ma'am. Take care.

1 Like

Humble Poet PNGravebound- 📓

Sep 4, 2025 at 3:52am
In response to "I wish"

September 9th has been a beautifully special day for me for 26 years in 2025. I pray that it brings you many amazing blessings too.

Slainte!
(Gaelic for "Health!")

1 Like

Humble Poet PNGravebound- 📓

Sep 3, 2025 at 3:12am
In response to "I wrote about something besides breast cancer!"

I've shopped in Joann stores in two or three locations and loved them for the same reason you did. No matter how precise of colour thread or yarn I needed, it was there. So were every sewing item I could think of and a few that left me goggling, "Wow! That's cool! How did they come up with that one?

I reached junior high school too soon. I've always loved to cook, and I wanted to learn to sew and do housecrafts, but I was not allowed to take Home Ec because I was a boy. Dumb reason! I was told that the class was to "teach girls how to cook and sew and basically run a home." I tried to explain that boys also eat and need clothing, but no one seemed able to follow my reasoning. I won't even mention the blank looks I got for suggesting that maybe some of the girls would rather grow up to run a Fortune 500 company than a hubby's cozy home. (Or follow in the footsteps of Mary Ann Evans and write an intricately woven novel.)

I'm sorry I digressed. I just meant to say that I've shopped at Joann stores and thought they were amazing. As for 'things girls need to know', phooey. They need to know about things that interest them. The same is true for boys. I ended up in woodshop, where I learned to break tools and to turn long, straight boards into small, unrecognizable shapes.

Luckily, I later learned to macrame, latch-hook, embroider, sew simple projects, and I became a pretty fair cook. I still think it's sad that I had to quit school to get an education.

I'm sorry I keep running on about nothing. It's a character flaw.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 30, 2025 at 9:17pm
In response to "Rest in peace, Hulkster"

We are of-an-age. I used to ask friends at the Senior Center, "Who died while I was gone?"

I don't go there anymore.

It's nice to meet people outside of 'business' when they are more authentically themselves.

Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008

Jul 24, 2025 at 8:36pm
In response to "Rest in peace, Hulkster"

It's always sad when those we admire pass on.

2 Like

Kenzie

Jun 19, 2025 at 1:52am
In response to "Sure, I need a new health problem "

Thanks!

Fairy ☮

Jun 19, 2025 at 12:28am
In response to "Sure, I need a new health problem "

On the bright side, they love you. I am sorry you are going through so much. My prayers are with you.

1 Like

September 26, 2025 at 2:35am

#1098072

I finally had the PET scan

Okay, so I finally had a PET scan. The results will be available early next week. Prayers are appreciated.

But what a day! I was told that since the PET scan takes place in a mobile unit with very little extra space, it was my job to call and remind them that I would need oxygen while I was there.

As a reminder for those of you wondering why that is so, ever since my heart attack in 2021, I have been on oxygen. At home I have an oxygen consentrator. I ordered a portable one so that I can get around in April, 2021. And I still don't have one!

I'm not able to lug around huge oxygen canisters, so I have little ones, about the size of a wine bottle. The trouble with them is that they last between 60 and 90 minutes. A portable oxygenator goes as long as the battery is charged.

Anyway...I tried calling the hospital on Wednesday afternoon and did not connect with anyone who could help to make sure that there was oxygen available for me.

So, I started again early Thursday morning. My appointment was at 1:15, but I had to be checked in by 12:45.

Thursday morning, I spoke with some wonderful hospital employees, trying to get the message to the PET Scan people.

On the first phone call, I was transferred 5 times and spent 7 1/2 minutes not getting the message to the right people.

The second call lasted 40 minutes and I was transferted 9 times. I finally asked for the extension of the person at the hospital who takes patient complaints. I left a detailed message and, SURPRISE! she was able to get the message to the right people.

I could have been horribly anxious or upset because of the wasted time. But I just giggled, thinking that God kept my mind busy with this foolishness and I had no time at all to think about the actual test coming up.

Comment • View 1 comment

September 10, 2025 at 7:18pm

#1097077

We are not the same

Charlie Kirk said, "in America, you can speak your mind without retribution."

Today, Charlie Kirk was assassinated, likely because someone didn't like it when he spoke his mind.

Charlie let everyone who disagreed with him to take the microphone and speak. He listened to people no matter what they had to say.

Leftists throughout the internet are celebrating because Charlie was killed. Our own Democrat politicians refused to stand for a moment of silence on in the House of Representatives.

More and more it becomes obvious that we are not the same.

Comment • View 1 comment

September 8, 2025 at 7:02pm

#1096961

God is in control

Weird. AGAIN my PET scan has been pushed back. This is the 3rd or 4th time. Once, I had to change the appointment. The other times, it was the facility.

My doctors are not pleased.

I prefer to remember that God is in control. Maybe by then there will be nothing to see in my lung.

Comment

September 3, 2025 at 7:12pm

#1096546

I wish

I wish, I wish, I wish.

I wish that the medication I'm taking for breast cancer didn't make me so tired.

I wish that I could be more active in the 25th birthday celebration for Writing.com.

I have been here 24 years myself. That's quite a milestone.

I wish that I had more energy to celebrate.

My PET scan for a possible lung problem will be September 9th. Maybe then I will have more "get up and go" instead of this "got up and went".

Comment • View 1 comment

Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/profile/blog/kenzie/month/9-1-2025