Blog Articles by Month: November 2016

Being Sensitive to Scent in a World Full of Fragrance

In my new post for Mango Health, I share what it’s like to be scent-sensitive in as fragranced world and the what you can do to cope: “Today is cleaning day for my neighbor across the hall. As floor cleaner fumes snake their way under my front door, I have an early morning asthma reaction….

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A Chronic Christmas Carol: Healing You, Healing Me

Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness is now available in paperback on all the Amazons. Did you know I have a new book out? Could be hard to miss, what with me barely mentioning it. Okay, so I haven’t shut up about it, but it’s still theoretically possible that you might have…

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Self-Care Tips for the Holidays with a Chronic Illness

The holidays are looming coming soon and already, many people with chronic illness by dreading the impact it will have on them. My new post for HealthCentral has tips for how to get through the holidays with your health and sense of humour intact:“Do you remember the holidays last year? If you’re like me, you…

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What to Do If You’ve Been Abused by a Health Professional

It’s the thing no one talks about: abuse and mistreatment by health professionals. They are supposed to keep us safe, to help us, but this isn’t always the case. In my new post for HealthCentral I share my story of abuse and write about what you can do if this happens to you: “First do…

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Book Launch: Chronic Christmas

New book just released! I’ve been hinting at this for a while and it’s finally here. Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness is now available on Amazon. This is an Advent calendar full of self-care tips to help people with chronic illness savor the holiday season as never before. Chronic Christmas has…

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Myths and Facts about Biologics

Whenever you talk to someone about Biologics, you can hear a lot of different reasons not to take them. Many of these are not true. In my new slideshow for RAHealthCentral, I look at the myths and misperceptions about Biologics: “Biologics are a relatively new class of drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They…

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Photo Friday: Autumn Colours

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2017 Calendars and Holiday Cards

It’s that time of year again! The Bay — a large Canadian department store — has been decked out for Christmas since late September and the rest of the world is starting to catch up. Me included. This year, and actually ahead of my normal last-minute schedule. I guess what they say is true —…

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Mariah Leach: Mom, Blogger, Bicyclist

I’m lucky to have met a lot of people in the chronic illness community who inspires me. One of these is Mariah Leach and she’s just done something extra inspiring (and a little bit crazy). “Mariah Zebrowski Leach has rheumatoid arthritis (RA). She is also the busy mom of two sons, a blogger, and the…

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