Ask any Baton Rouge mom what she wants for her children, and health + wellness will be one of her first responses. Whether it’s the mental health of her teenagers, how much screen time to allow her toddlers or struggling with breastfeeding, moms simply want the best outcome for their children’s overall health.
You read that right. I have aides. Rather, my son has aides (also known as direct support workers - DSWs.) He has four regular nurses and two regular CNAs who care for him. Daily there are two strangers (minimum) in our home to care for our terminally ill, medically-fragile, technology-dependent son. Weekly we also have teachers, therapists, program coordinators, waiver supervisors, nursing supervisors and more enter our home. {Somebody send us a Roomba!!}
I am asked frequently what it's like having so many strangers in our home. Well, it's weird getting used to at first. But when you weigh the alternative which is not having the assistance our son needs to survive -- you learn to deal with this sacrifice....
I have had anxiety for as long as I can remember. Tingling fingertips and the feeling of impending doom are as familiar to me as driving a car and eating food. Through the years I have learned how to handle and walk myself through panic attacks and anxiety-inducing situations. Along for the ride is my dear husband who has never had a panic attack or ever felt the physical side to anxiety.
When we got married, I had a co-pilot during my panic attacks, something I had never taken into consideration. All of these years it’s just been me going through the motions and now, when my anxiety is high, it can be a family affair. Loving someone with anxiety...
Today I'm going to break some rules. I loved my fellow contributor's post, "I Don't Want to Talk About my Body with You" because it's so true. Regardless of our shape or size, there are so many more interesting, productive and healthy things to talk about other than our bodies. I don't want to talk about my body with anyone, but because of what happened to me recently at the doctor's office, I'm going to make an exception.
You see, even though I don't want to talk about my body with people, I do have to talk about it with my doctors. After all, it's kind of their job to evaluate my body and its health. But during an appointment with my...
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years you've heard the term paleo. Recently "Paleo" has become a buzz word across the internet, gyms and health food stores alike. While highly popular among Cross Fit enthusiasts, the Paleo Diet has become more and more popular among moms searching for healthier eating habits and increased energy. The Paleo Diet is short for Paleolithic Diet and is commonly referred to as the caveman diet. This diet, while not totally intended for weight loss is more of a lifestyle change which transitions one to eating mostly vegetables, fruits, roots, nuts and seeds, healthy fats and meats. Like many mainstream diets the Paleo lifestyle encourages decreasing intake of sugar,...
I remember the first time I "had cancer." It was 3 months after the birth of my daughter in 2011. I didn't know anything about ovarian cancer other than women died from it, but I was certain that I had it. I found Google to be a very reliable source for my symptoms (tongue in cheek), so was the online cancer survivors forums that I found. That's how I discovered that I "had it." All of my symptoms matched what was listed in the symptoms list. I became consumed with my new illness. I even started planning my own funeral. I saw moments of me dying in a hospital bed in our living room, telling my children goodbye.
I didn't...
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