7 Facets on CreakyJoints and Battle for Grace
It’s been a busy week. I’ve got two posts elsewhere, both related to Pain Awareness Month: First, the great people at CreakyJoints graciously allowed me to share more about 7 Facets: A Meditation on Pain. “‘So many live with pain, many more than you can imagine. A billion and a half of us all over…
Chronic Resilience: An Interview with Danea Horn
I’ve had the opportunity to interview a terrific woman for who’s written a book on stress and chronic illness. Lots of great tips and it’s taught me a lot. I’m brewing another post. as a result, but that’s for next week. “Chronic illness adds a unique kind of stress to your life that can be…
Writing to Heal: CreakyJoints Memoir Course
Combining two places that I’m proud to write for, I did a post about the new CreakyJoints memoir course for HealthCentral: “Have you ever wanted to tell the story of your life with RA or other types of arthritis? Now you can! CreakyJoints, the arthritis community started by the nonprofit Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF)…
Writing to Cope: A Chronic Pain Study
I recently had the opportunity to interview a very interesting woman for HealthCentral. She did a study of using writing as a coping tool for dealing with chronic pain. “Chronic pain affects not just how you feel physically, but your emotional health, as well. Effective pain management addresses the physical symptoms, but must also help…
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…
HealthCentral Facebook Chat
The Faebook chat for HealthCentral (previously postponed due to my had thing) is this Wednesday. See you there!
HealthCentral Facebook Chat
I’m the designated expert for tomorrow’s HealthCentral Facebook chat about RA and arthritis. If you have any questions, come on over and join us! Note: I hurt my hand and we have therefore decided to we schedule this chat. Will keep you posted.
The Quest for an RA Spokesperson: Looking for Our Jolie
One of the biggest barriers to creating effective awareness about RA is the lack of an icon who can personify the disease (and it wouldn’t hurt if they were sexy, too). This week on HealthCentral, I mused on the search for a spokesperson: “RA needs a spokesperson. Someone in the public eye. Someone who is…
Juvenile Arthritis, Blindness and Living with Joy: An Interview with Joy Ross
I love my job with HealthCentral for many reasons. One of them as I get to talk to a lot of really interesting people. A few weeks ago I met Joy Ross — a wonderful, inspiring and positive woman. She was a joy to interview and very graciously shared her story: “”I am happier without…
Proud to Be Us/Exercise with RA
Things have been just a tad busy around here. As evidence herewith my CreakyJoints and HealthCentral posts for this week. First, I write about being proud of who you are and celebrating our community for Arthritis Awareness Month: “Happy Arthritis Awareness Month! This is the annual 31 days of making the over 100 different types…
Functional MRIs: Making Pain Visible
This week on HealthCentral, I wrote about some very interesting studies of what happens in the brain when you’re in pain: “Have you ever felt that your doctor underestimated your pain? Have you ever felt that others didn’t believe you have pain? Have you ever wished you could prove that you’re in pain? An exciting…
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness with Dr. Oz
Something pretty exciting has happened…. “RAHealthCentral is thrilled to announce a new positive way of raising awareness about juvenile arthritis! We recently had the opportunity to collaborate with The Dr. Oz Show to bring information about juvenile arthritis to his viewers, which number in the millions. An article written by yours truly has been posted…