Archive for September, 2011
The following is a Guest Blog from Allison Gamble. The health benefits of yoga have been well documented for years and known for centuries in some cultures. Recent research suggests that people with chronic illnesses may benefit from yoga. Of the many different forms of yoga, some are more beneficial for certain conditions than [...]
Time for your new career?
Debilitating chronic illness can lead to twisting career turns to accommodate waxing and waning symptoms. Sometimes it means “reinventing yourself” to be able to keep working in some capacity. That was my story. After 25 years of working in multimedia (photographer, producer, production company v.p. sales , public school communications teacher and college professor), I [...]
Saying goodbye
Tomorrow we’re going to euthanize our beloved goldendoodle, Iko. It’s very, very sad. He’s 7 1/2 years old and in his prime. The difficult thing about a dog that has developed a chronic illness that the vet tells us ‘fatal’ (diagnosis: protein losing enteropathy) is knowing when it’s time to say goodbye. I know about [...]
