Tag Archives: food

The Lace of Life

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Jocelyn

I was thinking, while we were in Asheville, about Dresden lace figurines. They’re porcelain figurines decorated with very realistic-looking lace, which is created by dipping cotton lace in porcelain and applying it to the figurine. The cloth burns off in … Continue reading →

Posted in ME/CFS | Tagged Asheville, bath, bedridden, books, Chimp, Christmas, constraints, crash, dancing, dining out, Dresden lace, exercise, family, fashion, figurines, food, fresno, history, love, makeup, Mom, music, nature, outdoors, parties, Post-Exertional Malaise, pressure sensitivity, travel, vegetarianism, walking, wildflowers | 17 Comments

Histamine Sensitivity and ME/CFS: A Plan of Attack

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Jocelyn

[Note added 3/31/22: This is a complex post with a long series of exchanges, but it doesn’t include some factors we didn’t know at the time. Because of improperly installed drywall, our house had a mold problem behind the walls … Continue reading →

Posted in ME/CFS | Tagged 23andMe, alpha lipoic acid, antihistamines, B12, Brazil nuts, Cheney, colostrum, DAO, doxepin, fennel, folapro, food, Gabapentin, gels, glutamate, glutathione, hawthorn, headache, Histame, histamine, ImmunoPro, LDN, magnesium, MAO, mirtazapine, olive oil, P5P, quercetin, Sam-e, Seroquel, sleep, turmeric, VIP, wormwood | 24 Comments

Prandial Problems

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Jocelyn

I hated my mother’s bunny jello mold. She bought it before my brother or I were born, thinking that when she had kids, it would be fun to make them bunny-shaped jello. And it probably would have been, for most … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Before, ME/CFS, Uncategorized | Tagged beef, bunny, chicken, childhood, Chimp, Dad, fish, food, histamine, jello, lamb, meat, Mom, sleep, vegetarianism, Wahls protocol | 33 Comments

Inch by Inch

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Jocelyn

Even though my vocation for more than a dozen years was food, I’m a relative latecomer to vegetable gardening. It wasn’t something my parents did – I remember tomatoes a couple times, I think, and an excellent accidental watermelon one … Continue reading →

Posted in ME/CFS | Tagged Chimp, daily routine, food, garden, herbs, house & home, vegetables | 21 Comments

Losing My Edge

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Jocelyn

(Lyrics here.) One day about three years into my illness, when I was still well enough to be working but sick enough to be doing so from home, I met my departing boss – let’s call him Brad – for … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Before, ME/CFS | Tagged Chimp, confidence, crash, dizziness, food, sleep, work | 32 Comments