In Which I Ask Santa for Help with Facebook and Instagram Blocks
Dear Santa, I’m writing to you in the hope that you can help me. For the last six months, I have wanted nothing more than for the mistake that has led to Facebook designating my website as spam to be solved and for my site to be cleared. After emailing Facebook many times, my Blogger…
Chronic Christmas Giveaway #4: Your Choice – WINNER!
Before I get to today’s winner, just a reminder to Terri B. and Momzilla to contact me at leneATyourlifewithraDOTcom — you won a Loopy Case. Please contact me by 6 PM on December 31, 2017. I don’t hear from you, I’ll have to pick other winners for the third giveaway. It was great to see…
Chronic Christmas Giveaway #4: Your Choice
And so, we come to the end of this year’s Advent giveaways. Throughout the year your comments, thoughts, jokes, and support means so very much to me. It has been wonderful to be able to give something back to you. For the fourth Chronic Christmas Giveaway, the winner will enjoy two things that will hopefully…
Chronic Christmas Giveaway #3: Loopy Case – WINNER
Did I mention I love my Loopy? It has made using my phone so much easier and even expanded how I can use it. Dear Loopy Casespeople: thank you for inventing this! Also thank you to the wonderful Loopy Cases people for donating not one, but three cases for this giveaway and including a protective…
Top Chronic Illness Books You Should Read
I’ve always looked to books for inspiration, information and community. This can be especially helpful when you have a chronic illness — adapting is hard and reading how others have found a way through can make a tremendous difference. In my new slideshow for HealthCentral, I have put together a collection of the best chronic…
Family Rheumatoid Arthritis Stories: A Help or a Hindrance?
Some people who have rheumatoid arthritis are the only ones in their family with the condition. In other families, autoimmune disease is everywhere. Can it be helpful to have family members with the same condition or can of getting away? My new article on HealthCentral takes a look at this issue: “Due to the interactions…
Loopy Case Review and Chronic Christmas Giveaway #3
I love my Loopy Case. It has solves a many of the problems I have in using smart phones, problems related to my rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and disability. Because of lifelong RA, I can’t hold a smart phone — it’s just too wide for my grip. Not to mention that I don’t actually have much…
Courage, They Cried: Life with Chronic Illness
It takes a lot of guts to have a chronic illness. This thought came into my mind as I was preparing for a drug challenge appointment that had the very real possibility of me going into anaphylactic shock.* It’s a fun thing to do on a Wednesday. Granted, this one is a somewhat extreme example…
Chronic Christmas Advent Giveaway #2: Integrale Adaptive Cutlery
Does your disability or chronic illness make it difficult for you to use using regular cutlery when you eat? Then do I ever have a great giveaway for you! Isabel Heubl created Integrale because adaptive cutlery “wasn’t only ugly, but didn’t fulfil all the functional aspects needed either.” She worked with a large group of…