I have learned to go back to the Serenity Prayer nearly daily in my life…..keeping track of all my assorted and varied issues is mind numbing but that prayer puts me back on my tracks whenever I read it…..and thats often…..I know to surround myself with my colors which are autumn, and dress myself in them as well….it makes me happier and matches my skin. I don’t need to look sick!….doesn’t help! There is also the book Love Medicine and Miracles which has stayed present in my life, and listening to my happy music which happens to Irish…..and I play it loudly and sing. Singing creates endorphins too and the heart loves it……and I just came in from pulling weeds and fixing my garden and I was a sweaty, dirty, happy mess and I do that to literally sweat, as it always backs my MCAS right back down…..better than a sauna for me as I look around and am pleased with my work….there was a point when I was too sick to do any of these things, so now I embrace them. What used to be so normal is now valued and special. When I dug the holes for my plants today, I was very happy with how my latest knee surgery stabilized my leg!…..two weeks I have the other one done. Over my life I’ve had a 7 or 8 knee surgeries alone. But hey! I’m walking and no one at all can tell I’ve ever had a problem!…..stairs however are NOT my friends and never have been….right there w curbs! So while the EDS and MCAS and POTS slightly, skin problems and so many others….eat at us……keep feeding your mind and joy in your own special way…….because that is also medicine we so very much need!……