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The Problem with Honesty

Honesty is often seen as a rare characteristic. People are really well-known for bending, stretching, or manipulating the truth. If people…

Slight Reality Check

So, I am driving along the other day, on my way to a quick appointment, happily listening to music. As I am sitting there, thoroughly enjo…

No Reason

Another misconception of SO MANY chronic illnesses is the reason . Thousands of the illness we know and see today have no known cause or c…

The Truth About Remission

I want to take a few minutes to explain some of the complex misunderstandings of what Remission actually entails.  The definition of remi…

Morbid Bright Side

Sometimes, if the bright side of situations is difficult to find, you may have to dive into the depths of morbid humour. While I can feel …

HAE Day

Today was World HAE Day! Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a disease that causes severe swelling episodes. The most common areas of swelling …

Poorly Named Illnesses

I have been noticing more and more that so many illnesses have insufficient labels/names. I think that when we get down to subgroups or mod…

Letter Designations

Although I always wanted to continue my education into the arena of Masters and Doctorates, I wound up with an alternate set of letters bes…

Patient Zero

For all of my fellow spoonies out there: Do you have multiple autoimmune and/or inflammatory conditions that seem simultaneously connected…

Sluggish

When dealing with doctors, nurses, first responders, or anyone new to your medical history/case, language is very important. There are cer…

Projectile Style

It still amazes me how much one day can affect my body. How much one THING can cause such a chain reaction. On Saturday, a friend had a ta…

Noticing Symptoms

When it comes to illnesses we have almost no control over, sometimes we ignore our symptoms. When I was diagnosed with Early Onset Macular…

Scary Stories

I am not quite sure why, although I have a general theory, but I find that the more I watch, read, or listen to scary stories, the fewer n…

Ankylosing Spondylitis Day

How are you participating in Ankylosing Spondylitis day? Today happens to coincide with the final day of Fight the Fusion . …

FtF Prize Pack #8

Our last (but certainly not least) prize pack comes to you from Nifty Gifts and Apparel . This local company has donated a set of two ste…

Cravings

I think I have talked about cravings quite a bit on this blog. Cravings are usually a symptom of an underlying deficiency. Usually . Of c…

FtF Prize Pack #7

In our 7th prize pack, we have another stunning piece by Melissa Rae Fine Arts . She has donated  a beautiful, framed, piece of mandala d…

FtF Prize Pack #6

Our 6th prize pack is very much like the 5th prize pack. The bookmarks are a little different, and the painted panel is the bright yellow …

Dehydration

Having Crohn's Disease, with a missing large intestine, and bathroom breaks 8-12 times a day, dehydration is a pretty common complicati…

FtF Prize Pack #5

Our 5th prize pack comes, again, from Lighter Side of Medicine artwork and from Karissa Diane music. The main smaller piece of artwork …