Kali J Desautels

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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity. I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books. A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been “super married” to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids. My first book – How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!) I have tried a podcast – it’s still on Apple and Google Podcasts – but writing is where my heart is. My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit. I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually. Welcome to my thoughts. Sit down. Stay a while. Enjoy a cup of coffee!

Is It Illness or Is It Fibromyalgia?

It’s time for another fun game of Is It Illness Or Is It Fibromyalgia!!

Cheeks flushed? ☑️
Muscles aching? ☑️
Headache? ☑️
Scratchy throat? ☑️
Intense shoulder pain? ☑️
Overwhelming fatigue? ☑️
On the edge of tears? ☑️
Irritability? ☑️
Feverish? ☑️
Ears ringing? ☑️

So the consensus is????

Who the heck knows? If it looks like a horse, sounds like a horse, and smells like a horse, it probably isn’t a zebra.

But this? It looks like a horse, sounds like a duck, and smells like a puppy. So it’s probably fibromyalgia.

Thank you for playing! If you too suffer from symptoms of everything, have every thing show up as “normal”, are thought to be a lunatic hypochondriac, chances are you are also a winner of Is It Illness or Is It Fibromyalgia!!!

We would have tshirts for you, but the labels are itchy, the fabric makes us sweat, and we would have to remember what we were doing and who were we sending it to.

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