Getting Organized: The Desk
I am not known for having a pristine home. Clean, yes. Tidy? Not so much. And this has two causes. via GIPHY One, tidying up is not in my top priorities. It doesn’t really hold much interest for me and besides, I usually know exactly where things are in the piles. Once it’s cleaned up,…
Stopping Rheumatoid Arthritis before It Starts
I used to think that all the emphasis on raising money for a cure for rheumatoid arthritis was a waste of time. This disease was incurable. All the research in the world couldn’t help. Boy, was I wrong! I now firmly believe that we will see a cure in my lifetime. In my new post…
Tips to Stop Pretending and Live Authentically with Chronic Illness
Once a year for Halloween, we dress up and pretend to be someone else. But when you live with a chronic illness, the pretending happens every day, as we tried to act like everything’s better than it is. And it can really mess with your life. This week on RAHealthCentral, I wrote about this pretending…
Book Review: The Iron Druid Chronicles
Atticus O’Sullivan lives a mostly quiet life in Tempe, Arizona with Oberon, his Irish wolfhound. He runs an occult bookshop, hangs out with his friends, and his biggest problem is a cranky neighbour. Well, and that he’s been hiding from Aenghus Óg, the Celtic god of love for well over a thousand years and that…
Restricting Biologics for RA
We live in an amazing time when there are more treatments for rheumatoid arthritis than ever before. Biologics have had a profound impact on the lives of people with RA and on the field of rheumatology. These drugs are expensive, though, and it can be an obstacle to treatment. Another obstacle is developing. My new…
Photo Friday: Blessed Are the Animals
Every year on the first Saturday in October, there is a special service at St. James Cathedral in Toronto. it’s the Blessing of the Animals and it is all sorts of lovely.
Voting and Chronic Illness
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that there is an election coming in the US. We all have opinions about it, but that is not what my new post for HealthCentral is about. It’s about the obstacles that people with chronic illness may face during the election process and what you can…
5 Self-Care Tips for Chronic Illness Bloggers and Group Admins
I got a question on my Facebook page about how to practice self-care way as a blogger, community or Facebook group moderator or, group member. Sue said “I love my little group and mostly find it rewarding and supportive but at times I find it overwhelming.” Being a chronic illness blogger or group moderator is…
Job Hunting and Chronic Illness
Our September theme on RAHealthCentral was all about chronic illness and work. We had a lot of great posts and some terrific conversations came out of it. I am closing out the theme with my new post on job searching with a chronic illness. I made sure to share some important information, but we also…