Rough Start to a Trip – Part 2 I’m three days into the trip and well, it is only slightly better today. Sleep still eludes me, and today I had the dropsies again. I dropped several things in class, I drop a fair amount of my salad for lunch on my lap. Back in the… Continue reading Rough Start To A Trip – Part 2
Author: Average Joe
Welcome to the Average Joe Weekly blog. This is basically my place on the web where I can help spread some of the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years. I served 10+ years in the Marine Corps on Active Duty, but that was some 25 years ago.
Diagnosis Bias?
Diagnosis Bias? I am an early 50’s male, which makes me categorized as having less potential for doctors to listen to me when I tell them what is wrong with me. I have always experienced this with male doctors. When I was in the Marine Corps and I went to medical, it was always, we… Continue reading Diagnosis Bias?
Some Patients Who Stopped Taking Cymbalta
Some Patients Who Stopped Taking Cymbalta Very good article about Cymbalta Withdrawal, which in no doubt I’m suffering from. https://www.drug-injury.com/druginjurycom/2014/10/cymbalta-withdrawal-reactions-side-effects-lawsuits-eli-lilly-misrepresentations-warnings-failure.html
Rough Start To A Trip
Rough Start to a Trip I’m about 1.5 hours away from home in Northern Maryland this week for some training for work. The trip was well, let’s just say rough, the drive was painful on many levels. First, my medications aren’t really killing the pain the last few days so there is that and the… Continue reading Rough Start To A Trip
“How are you doing today?”
“How are you doing today?” Not good.I feel like crapola.All I want to do is sleep.This sucks.My life is falling apart.I’m in huge, big-time, pain.My hands hurt.My head hurts.My back hurts.I’m not sleeping really well.My whole body hurts.Every bone in my body hurts.I ache.I’m tired.This disease is destroying my life.I feel horrible.I can’t seem to… Continue reading “How are you doing today?”
I Have Been Cured
I Have Been Cured It is amazing, suddenly I have been cured!!! Oh wait today is April 1st, isn’t it? Damn it! April Fools’ Day (sometimes called All Fools’ Day) is an annual Western celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools.… Continue reading I Have Been Cured
10 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know
10 Things You Don’t Know About Me 1. I had symptoms since 2002 2. The Number of Doctors I have seen: 9 3. The biggest adjustment I’ve had to make is: Learning to deal with the fact that I’m not perfect 4. Something I never thought I could do with the illness that I did was: Complete a… Continue reading 10 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know
Weight Gain
Weight Gain Growing up, I was as skinny as a rail, my freshman year in high school I was 6′ tall and wrestled at the 126-pound weight class, I was really skinny. When I joined the Marine Corps at 19 and I registered at 145 pounds. That was at the very bottom of the scale… Continue reading Weight Gain
Dazed & Confused
Dazed & Confused For as long as I can remember I have been like the energizer bunny, I could go all day, skip meals, and not miss a beat. On top of that, I have been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember. I have always strived to do better, to push myself,… Continue reading Dazed & Confused
Growing Up – Update
Growing Up – Update If you read “My Story” and the part about growing up, then you read about the 70’s television commercial that first inspired me to become a U.S. Marine. I found a copy of that commercial today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhNSL3vAZdU
