But I think we all have to just do what we can do! I try to maximize my efforts when up and well – and let go when I just can’t – Luckily my husband is in there with me. My goals have been downsized and I am grateful for my rent-controlled urban apartment and have no prospects of anything grander – and I try to be as disciplined as I can manage – but with mood swing, that’s another challenge – Keeping healthy has always been a priority for me – which ironically has been paying dividends as I age because so many of those healthy habits are engrained in me and I have never been able to abuse my health, as other “healthier” people have who are now paying the piper.

It’s just all life – and it certainly helps to stay as sane as possible about it all because dysfunction does NOT help!

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I am sorry to hear about the unpredictability of your condition. I have chronic fatigue, which I know can often come with fibromyalgia. One or two of my readers have it, as well. And while I know symptoms vary in each person, I have a vague (okay, very vague) idea of just how upsetting it can be.

I’m glad to know there are other frugal bloggers juggling debt reduction/thriftiness and chronic conditions. It definitely limits some of our options, doesn’t it?

There are times I read tips and hints and think, “Wow, that’s a great tip! But not for me.”

It’s actually why I started my blog. I wanted to talk about how to be frugal on a low-income/with unpredictable health. How do you get the cheapest stuff when some days it’s a miracle you leave your house?

I think it’s important that people realize you don’t have to be the Martha Stewart of frugality in order to be working toward debt elimination. Plenty of people are already living close to the bone and still have to find ways to cut down. And it is possible, if a slower process of debt repayment.

Anyway, enough ramblings. I hope you are able to continue to keep the worst symptoms at bay. It sounds like you are doing everything the smart way — monitoring your health and your symptoms, trying to live healthily and do what you can to keep yourself in relative good health. And, as you know, that’s practically a full-time job in itself!

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Most of my expenses have been going to medical treatments, so I understand the financial analogy as well. Illness is the #1 reason for bankruptcy too, so our health is truly the most important thing we can preserve. Best of luck to you!

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I grew up with a mother who had this disease, but also a few others, to include Lupus and Chronic Fatigue. There’s a good chance (as you probably well know) that both my sister and I will find ourselves in the same boat.

Growing up and watching someone go through these things is probably one of the most painful things to watch while sitting by, helpless to assist the person who is actually sick in a way that really matters.

So those of you faced with someone who does have a disease such as this, remember that the little things make a huge difference on those days that your loved one wakes up with aching joints and back pains. Even the little, annoying things like, “Please, can you hand me the remote?” when it’s a foot away means that the person doesn’t have to set a domino effect in motion and cause themselves grief. They probably feel pretty lame for asking, but if they’re asking, it’s important to pay attention, because they’re asking for your help.

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