Diabetes, Chronic Illness and Coping with the Stresses of the Season

Diabetes, Chronic Illness and Coping with the Stresses of the Season

Don't think you can make it through another year of parties and holiday pressures? Here are seven tips for making it through the season with your sanity and blood sugar intact. 1. Shop strategically. Start planning your gift-giving list and shopping before the Thanksgiving holiday to lessen you

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The Blessings of Chronic Illness?

The Blessings of Chronic Illness?

At the time of this writing, it is a few weeks before Thanksgiving in the US. Each day, I must fight an overwhelming array of symptoms caused by Sjogren's syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic myofascial pain, hypothyroidism, diabetes, celiac disease, gastroparesis and periodic limb movement disorder. I a

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Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! Gobble Gobble

We are so grateful for all of our ButYouDontLookSick.com  readers and we wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!!     What are you grateful for this year?  Comment below!

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I am Thankful, But I Hate Thanksgiving

I hate Thanksgiving. I know – I’m not supposed to. Family gathering, lots of good food, people you haven’t seen in ages. But, I hate Thanksgiving. In my house we always shared it with another family. Mom cooked Thanksgiving, the other family cooked Christmas dinner – it worked out well. Ea

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Have you tried VitaCoco Coconut Water? Hydration is so important, try something new.

I recently attended an amazing fundraiser for Lupus Awareness called "Christine's Un- Birthday Party for Lupus".  I received a gift basket with some VitaCoco Coconut Water in it.  I have heard a lot of things about coconut water but thus far had not joined the craze.  Coconut water is a gluten fr

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Just When You Thought Kind Snack Bars Couldn’t Get Better! New Flavors

I recently had the pleasure of attending a Lupus Awareness Fundraiser in Long Island, NY held by Christine Miserandino and received a package of Kind Bars as part of a gift basket.  I have to say, I had never heard of them before, but they looked pretty good.  I decided to take a few along one da

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September is Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month

Joining hands to help patients cope: improving the quality of life of patients and their families. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) offers the most comprehensive array of services to patients and families touched by blood cancers. A diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma brings many

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September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Do You Know The Symptoms?

It is expected that over 21,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 15,000 women will lose their lives from the disease this year alone in the United States. Women usually do not talk about gynecological issues, but we need to stop the silence. Ask questions. Get informed. Talk to you do

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Some Tech Issues: We will back to our Spoonie selves as soon as possible! Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Please note: we are aware that some of you have received unusual or "spammy" daily newsletters. As you know from 9 years of newsletters this is not my normal way of doing things. This is not my "voice". Our email newsfeed was hacked/ spam into. We are working on the problem and it should be fixed s

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Help us wish Christine Miserandino from ButYouDontLookSick.com and

Help us wish Christine Miserandino from ButYouDontLookSick.com and “The Spoon Theory” a Very Happy Birthday!

 Help wish Christine a Very Happy Birthday!!!! July 27th is my birthday so this year to start off my lupus fundrasing efforts, and to kick start our team efforts I am asking all my family, friends, "spoonies" and facebook family for just one gift. I do not need a cute outfit, a day at the spa or

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