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Why Is It Taking So Long?
5 Tips for Waiting Well On a Diagnosis “Patience, Patience!” they tell me. I guess I haven’t learned those patience skills yet because I keep having to go to school on this. Anybody relate ??? When a journey in to chronic illness begins, no one
The Undercurrent of Chronic ILLness
3 Key Things to Avoid on the Admin Side of Chronic I can hardly believe 2019 is already here. The scratching through of “2018” on everything and especially all the medical forms and bill paying has begun, haha. By February, I should have it figured
5 Special Skills Every Chrony Must Develop
Oh, the ninja skills we learn on the chronic walk! While some lessons might be optional, some are not. We find that our journey is easier if we just learn a few fundamental concepts. Here are a few concepts that we might well take time
April is Sjogren’s Awareness Month
There are numerous awareness months and for April, the emphasis is on Sjogren’s Syndrome. After 8 years of living with rheumatoid disease and a few other AI disorders, my newest companion, Sjogren’s Syndrome, rolled in back in February of 2017. It was at this time
Waiting Well: 5 Secrets to Enduring a Long Diagnosis Process
As difficult as daily life with chronic illness and autoimmunes can be, perhaps the most difficult part of the journey is figuring out what the diagnosis even is. The diagnostic process can take many months, or worse, years, to finally arrive at the name of
