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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

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Ah, September!

a day ago
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.

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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.

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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!")

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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.

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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

October 3, 2025 at 9:02pm

#1098576

PET scans don't actually tell you everything

So...it turns out that a PET scan doesn't really tell you everything you want to know. But it did have some good news. I don't have any new skin cancer and I still don't have cancer in any of my lymph nodes. That's excellent news.

The lump in my lung was the size of a small pea 3 years ago. Today, it's the size of a small lima bean. Or a large black-eyed-pea. But that's all we know. It could be cancerous or not.

So here comes the next problem. If the lump was near the surface, they could do a biopsy like they did with my breast cancer, with local numbing.

But, nope. This lump is smack dab in the middle of my right lung. So they will have to knock me out and put a scope down my throatand into my lung.

Regular anesthesia is what we have avoided with my breast cancer treatment...because my doctors know that I have a difficult time waking up from anesthesia. Plus the older I get, the more dangerous it is to be knocked out.

Please pray for discernment and wisdom as my family and I figure out what comes next and how soon. The pulmonary doc was honest and answered all of my questions. It is possible that I could have a horrible time with the anaesthesia, even dying on the operating table, only to have the doctors learn that the lump was not cancerous at all.

"My Favorite Neighbor"
"Sharing Sunshine...It's What I Do!"
"Admirable Women"
"Whose Work Are You Stealing?"
"The Potter's Cup and Saucer"

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