I have been asked many times "Hey, what the f**k is wrong with you?" So I wanted to write a little something to explain.
Fibromyalgia - Pain, Pain, more pain and irregular restless sleep just in case the Pain wasn't enough.
- This also accounts for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, brain fog, joint stiffness, TMJ, muscle spasms, extreme nerve pain, numbness and that wonderful pins and needles sensation...
Orthostatic hypo tension - when I stand up, often times my blood pressure will drop suddenly, leaving me very dizzy and occasionally unconscious.
End Stage Renal Disease - I have zero kidney function, zero
(yes I am on dialysis, thank you for asking)
- This also causes high blood pressure (with goes nicely with the above mentioned sudden drops) congestive heart failure (if I drink too much fluid) weakness and more fatigue, because I didn't have enough.
Tinnitus -wonderful high pitched noise in one or both ears... quite lovely really, as long as you don't want to hear anything else and do not currently have a headache.
Tachycardia - my heart rate is usually above 100. no matter what I am doing, this combined with sometimes very low blood pressure can be a real treat.
Asthma - when I get sick, just for fun, I also can't breathe
Plantar Fasciitis - Pain in the feet caused by tight calf muscles... ow, just ow. Every step. OUCH I wear burks, I get yelled at a lot for my footwear, but y'all can bite me. (yes I do the stretches)
Arthritis - more pain, but not just pain, swelling and stiffness too
Unknown Seizure Disorder - if I have a few more Grand Mal seizures, it will be called epilepsy, but right now it is still "unknown seizure disorder"
Dry skin - itches like a son of biscuit
Hang nail - those things hurt
Migraine - yup, more pain and sometimes nausea, along with a sensitivity to light and sound (have any of you met my daughter?)
Sarcastic attitude - diagnosed as a teenager, no cure yet,,, and I think it is hereditary because my kids also seem to suffer this one.
This is the list when I am well... occasionally I get sick.
So, next time you see me and want to ask "What the hell ails you?" I refer you to this list.
Thank you. and WRITE ON!
I am going to start documenting some of the beautiful birds I find just outside my window. I suffer from a few chronic health conditions that require me to have quite a lot of bed rest. Luckily, my bedroom window faces the yard with all my lilac bushes and bird feeders. I often lean out the open window and use my zoom lens to capture a number of different birds dining on my cheap feeders. I have quite a collection of pictures and I am trying to learn the identities of all the different species that frequent my yard. Over the past couple years there has been quite a variety and I have a lot of great photos. I will share them here, with the tag BIRDS. 
The Dogwood tree (more of a bush since it was hit by a truck 5 years ago)