Blog Articles by Month: November 2019

Using Findaway Voices to Create the Chronic Christmas Audiobook

Updated November 20, 2021 I am an independent author and that means I do it all myself. It can be a real challenge, but new things happen all the time. One of those new things enabled me to create an  audiobook version of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness! I know there…

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Chronic Christmas Audiobook Available Now (It’s a Dream Come True)

There are no words for how excited I am to announce that the audiobook version of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness is available now! Of course, I will attempt to use words to describe it, but if you just want the audiobook right now!, click this button: Still with me? Awesome!…

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Photo Friday: Soulful Eyes

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Chronic Illness Brain Fog, Part Two: What You Can Do To Cope

Updated April 19, 2021 Brainfog. It’s part of many people experience when they have a chronic illness. Yesterday, I discussed what brain fog is and what causes it. Today, let’s talk about how to cope. When you have brain fog, there are number of things you can do to reduce the density of the fog,…

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Chronic Illness Brain Fog, Part One: What It Is

Updated April 19, 2021 Many people with chronic illness also experience the phenomenon colloquially known as brain fog. This includes symptoms related to problems with focusing and concentrating, memory problems, and basically your mind feeling less nimble than it used to. It can be a really big problem, but it doesn’t receive a lot of…

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Photo Friday: The Last of Fall

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Patterns are Key with Chronic Illness Or The Mushrooms Did It

Updated April 14, 2021 When you live with an unpredictable chronic illness such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibromyalgia, migraines, or any of a multitude of conditions that play havoc with you every day, figuring out triggers — things that make your symptoms worse — can be an important part of improving your life. Also feel…

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Photo Friday: The Violence of Water

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A Woman’s Journey with a Chronic Illness: A Review of Take Daily as Needed

The thing about chronic illness is that life doesn’t stop. It continues its messy, difficult, joyful, out-of-your-control spinning right around you. Kathryn Trueblood’s new book Take Daily As Needed captures it all, then weaves it together to show how every bit of your life is interconnected and affected by all the other parts. Recently, I…

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Photo Friday: Graffiti Bridge

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