Archive for the 'Health Info' Category
Are you sick of apologizing for things you can’t help? It was a bad morning for Carol (not her real name). The chronic illness (take your pick: colon, migraine headache, muscle fatigue, breathing problems) was horrible. Only able to pay attention to how badly she felt, she made a quick decision to stay home from [...]
You know that moment when the lightbulb goes on ? I know, too often it feels like it’s getting darker, not lighter (LOL). But reading Laurie Edwards, achronicdose, describe a recent bout with illness (On Work and Chronic Illness), was such an “ah hah!“ moment. In my zeal to encourage people to keep working while [...]
It’s sad that we need to set a “DAY” aside to recognize something as important as rare diseases (and grandparents, secretaries…). Feb 28 is National Rare Disease Day, NORD, notes one of my favorite bloggers, Laurie Edwards (achronicdose). She should know. She lives with rare disease. The goal is small: Raise public awareness (and then [...]
The Autoimmune Epidemic: Read It
Over the past 10 years, it’s been my personal goal to bring chronic illness and, in particular, autoimmune disease (AD) into conversation and public consciousness. Having lived with multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases for 30 years, it’s clear to me that the lack of public recognition of these diseases is a big problem. I’m [...]
I had sinus surgery last Monday. Six days later and I’m very tired and not “myself”. Well, there’s a silver lining. After living with chronic illness for 30 years, I’ve been healthy enough over the past 5 years to develop a baseline for normal. Only if you’ve lived with chronic illness that waxes and wanes [...]
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A gentle reminder: Subscribers receiving this in your email can comment by clicking on the post’s title which takes you online to the web post. Scroll to the end of the post. Can laughter help heal you? Some say it does, Patients treat serious illness as a laughing matter. In 1980, I read Norman Cousins’ [...]
Does chronic illness leave you feeling like a square peg in a round hole? Funny thing. Regardless of what causes it, feeling different just doesn’t feel good. Last week, my husband, Jake, and I saw a terrific musical, In the Heights, with our daughters. Small wonder it’s a Tony Award winner — the music and [...]
FYI: If you get this as an email, you can click on the title and read this post on the internet blog site. A reader wrote that he couldn’t figure out the image I put in yesterday’s post. Looking at the post again, I could see why he was confused. It was supposed to imply [...]
Doctor, doctor, give me the cure
I’ve lived with chronic illnesses for 30+ years. So many illnesses, big and small, and more doctors than I could possibly remember. I’ve coached and written about communicating with your doctors. I thought that I had talking to my doctors down. I thought I knew what to ask and how to get the information I’d [...]
