Tag: Lady Gaga

Living with both fibromyalgia and heart disease

~ Carolyn Thomas ~ 37 Comments
by Carolyn Thomas   ♥   @HeartSisters
.
                        Dr. Barbara Keddy

In a recent blog post, Dr. Barbara Keddy quotes my new book in this statement: “Coping with a chronic illness is work” – an understatement coming from somebody like her. 

.
She is a Professor Emerita at Dalhousie University in Halifax, a retired teacher of nurses, a respected author and blogger – but more importantly to this discussion, she has spent five decades living with fibromyalgia, and more recently, almost five years as a heart attack survivor.
.
With her kind permission, I’m sharing her blog post here: part very personal essay, and part book review:

Continue reading “Living with both fibromyalgia and heart disease” →