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Each Day Already is a Challenge
A Texas Sunrise

Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

A friend, William Taylor, took this picture. He visits Surfside Beach with his dogs almost every morning, watching the sun rise while the dogs prance about at the water's edge.

This is only about ten miles from where I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas. Sadly, I only visited this beach about four times in the six years I lived nearby.



Each day is a challenge. A challenge to get by without thinking about the fibromyalgia pains. A challenge to stay awake when chronic fatigure wants to take over. And a challenge to navigate through fibro fog.

I haven't been writing as much as in the past. For years, I wrote at least 500 words a day. Now, I'm lucky if I write 500 words in month. Sigh.

For more information about what my day (or life) is all about with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic pains, IBS, depression and everything else thrown in, check this out:

It's a New Day Open in new Window. (E)
My pain and welcome to it.
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Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

January 8, 2026 at 7:38pm
January 8, 2026 at 7:38pm
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It's so bizarre that if you have insurance that you or your employer pay for, you likely have the ability to get rides to medical appointments paid for by insurance. You can do the same if you are on Medicaid. But not if you are on Medicare. Medicare has no provisions nor do they allow supplements to provide something that regular Medicare doesn't offer. This boggles the mind. The very people who are starting to give up driving don't have insurance coverage for rides to the doctor or tests. Weird.

Most of us know that the Pink Ribbon folks are great about offering services like rides for women with breast cancer (men too, if it applies).

Today, I discovered that the American Cancer Society also has a program for providing rides for medical appointments having to do with other cancers. It's their Road to Recovery program.

You might want to put that in your own bag of resources in case you ever need this.

Now...I'm going to call my doctor to let him know too.






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