From Invisible to Invincible ™ Part I – a.k.a Healing from Fibromyalgia and Much More
August 11, 2009 by Simla
Filed under asthma and allergies, autoimmune, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, gastrointestinal issues, health, hepatitis, immunotoxicity, Invisible Illness Awareness Week, multiple chemical sensitivity, pancreatitis, Simla's Story, undifferentiated connective tissue disorder
I’ve been procrastinating again. I finished a book, started another one, woke up at 5am because I had half a glass of red wine last night for the first time in ages, lay awake in bed for two hours, worked out for 1.5 hours morning, chatted with a neighbor, chatted with another neighbor, made tea, made breakfast, watched a cat catch and eat a bird, doodled on some other social networking site. Now I’m writing this paragraph. Everything to keep myself from starting to write about what I really need to write about: my how-I-got-really-really-sick-and-how-I-got-well-again story.
Making Good on My Mission Statement and the Path to Invisible Illness Awareness Week 2009
August 3, 2009 by Simla
Filed under asthma and allergies, autoimmune, delicious health news, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, hepatitis, holistic nutrition, immunotoxicity, Invisible Illness Awareness Week, newsletter article, pancreatitis, Simla's Story, undifferentiated connective tissue disorder
When I first created this blog, I stated that part of my mission was to share my own story about healing from multiple autoimmune and other health conditions. Recently, I skimmed through my own blog and realized I hadn’t delivered on that promise. I’ve also received several requests from my followers to please get on it.
This also made me wonder why I haven’t started sharing that part of my story yet. Yeah, yeah, I’ve been busy building my practice and the last 18 months have been truly hectic, blah blah blah. The real reasons?
Simla Somturk Wickless Featured as Patient Testimonial on CPMC's Health & Healing Clinic Website
It’s LIVE!
It’s funny to see my own picture on someone else’s website, but I’m getting used to it. Back in March 2009, I gave a speech at the CPMC Health & Healing Clinic’s annual fundraiser about my healing story. Click here for the related post. This post has the video recording as well as the text of my speech.
Now, they have me and my story up on their website’s home page, pictures and all. The photo shoot was so much fun. There are actually two pictures that made it up, and the one with my health “team” with me in the middle is my favorite. It’s a beautiful representation of the type of protective support I had during my healing journey. CLICK HERE to see the website and read the text of the speech.
