About Me: Female, 73, Anchorage, AK, member since Aug 2009
I live in the most beautiful state in the union - Alaska. I've been here since my family moved up here to Fairbanks from Oklahoma in Nov. 1964. I have four grown children - all vastly different. I have one grandaughter & 2 grandsons. In my mid-30's, just after my very t
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[More]raumatic divorce, I became aware that I had mental illnesses - one of course is PTSD. It took over 20 yrs to get the right med mix, learn important skills & management before I became stable & remained so. Ironically, not long after that I was hit by physical illnesses. I'm just now reaching a point where, with God's help, I am coming to accept each day my circumstances & conditions. The last few years have been a very deep spiritual experience, which I try to concentrate on each day.
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Since moving into my new ALH I have not experienced one migraine! I believe now that stress over the last years has contributed to them. My last 3 homes - especially the l...
Although I continue to deal with fatigue - I'm beginning to learn more about pacing. When I schedule too many things in a day, I have severe fatigue, which leads to mo...