Chronic Resilience Essay Contest
Danea Horn’s new book Chronic Resilience: 10 Sanity-Saving Strategies for Women Coping with the Stress of Illness is about a month away from hitting the bookstores and to celebrate, she is holding an essay contest. Who inspires your chronic resilience? Who helps you get through the day? Tell Danea about them in a 1000 word…
Living with HIV and RA: An Interview with Mary Turner
I’ve wanted to do a profile of my good friend Mary for HealthCentral for a long time and finally the stars aligned. She’s a strong, smart and very funny woman. We got introduced by LynnM, who’s a long-time reader of my blog, as well as also being a good friend. I’m a lucky woman… “Being…
Fibro Warrior of the Week (#24)
Thank you very much to Fibro Daily for asking me to be their Fibro Warrior of the Week. . They asked a lot of good questions about living with fibro: “FD: When did you first suspect that something wasn’t right? What happened?Lene: I started noticing something weird in early 2004. I’m used to JA pain,…
Shades of Green and Pink
We had one bright, sunny day and the… more rain. The good thing about rainy days is the way it washes the world into freshness. So naturally, I had to go out and celebrate! In a lucky – and unconscious – bit of good timing, it’s also the height of of the peonies blooming I…
Festival of Tongues
Last weekend, we went to the annual “immerse yourself in canines” festival a.k.a.Woofstock. It delivered just as much fun as usual, except with the odd exclusion of funnelcake. I’ve been talking about dogs and funnelcakes for months and was very disappointed to only find one of the two anticipated delights. However, when it comes to…
A Problem & A New Vision for RA Pain Treatment
Updated August 30, 2020 “The type of pain associated with moderate-severe RA is comparable to bone cancer.” This is a quote from a HealthCentral article, now alas no longer on the site. The source of the quote was a rheumatologist treating the woman interviewed. And it has been reverberating in my mind since I first…
HealthCentral Facebook Chat
The Faebook chat for HealthCentral (previously postponed due to my had thing) is this Wednesday. See you there!
Perfectly Imperfect
Perfectly Imperfect is my post for CreakyJoints this week What is the value of a person? Does a chronic illness detract from that value? Is there such a thing as perfect health? About a month ago, Ms. Meniscus answered a question from a woman with RA whose future mother-in-law had offered her $25,000 to not…
