Contest time! Be on the look out for some great new contests this month to celebrate our 8 year ButYouDontLookSick.com Anniversary

Contest time! Be on the look out for some great new contests this month to celebrate our 8 year ButYouDontLookSick.com Anniversary

ATTENTION: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT I am feeling very grateful today. In a world when living with chronic illness can get you down, I am choosing to think positive and hopefully pass those positive vibes on to you! I am grateful for my life, my daughter, my family, my friends, and for ButYouDontLookSick

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August is Psoriasis Awareness Month Did you know Kim Kardashian has psoriasis?

Psoriasis is a common skin condition that causes skin redness and irritation. Most people with psoriasis have thick, red skin with flaky, silver-white patches called scales.   Psoriasis is a very common condition. The disorder may affect people of any age, but it most commonly begins between ag

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Spoonie Food Review: Dominex Eggplant Cutlets with recipe

Spoonie Food Review: Dominex Eggplant Cutlets with recipe

I love recipes that make me look like an excellent chef, but that really are very little work. This recipe and eggplant product are healthy too, so it makes this even better! Although the breaded eggplant might be slightly more money then if you did it yourself, I personally love this product becaus

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August is National Immunization Awareness Month

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. You never outgrow the need for vaccines. The specific immunizations you need as an adult are determined by factors such as your age, lifestyle, high-risk conditions, type and locations of travel, and previous immunizations. Throughout your adult li

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Christine Miserandino featured in Scleroderma Voice Magazine Summer Edition

Christine Miserandino featured in Scleroderma Voice Magazine Summer Edition

It was an honor to be interviewed by Christina Relacion from the Scleroderma Foundation for their Summer edition of Scleroderma Voice magazine. It is a true testament to the fact that "The Spoon Theory" now has a much wider audience then just lupus patients as I originally thought. The chronically i

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Christine speaks to Tim Abbott of

Christine speaks to Tim Abbott of “Technical Difficulties” of Resonance FM in London!

 I had the opportunity to speak with Tim Abbott of the radio show "Technical Difficulties". He is a great guy, so easy to speak to that the time just flew! Technical Difficulties is a weekly radio show about disability on Resonance 104.4 FM in London at 3.30pm on Fridays. Technical Difficulties is

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Nominate a Caregiver for a 2011 Shire Brave Award!

We always like to pass on good stuff when we find it, and what is better then  honoring a great caregiver in your life? The Shire Brave Awards are a new initiative of Shire plc, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, to acknowledge ordinary people who give of themselves by caring for othe

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See Christine July 31, 2011 Blues on the Bay for Lupus - Maritime Museum Long Island, NY

See Christine July 31, 2011 Blues on the Bay for Lupus – Maritime Museum Long Island, NY

  Grab the kids, Bring your friends, and enjoy the day by the bay! Blues on the Bay for Lupus, Sunday, July 31st at the Long Island Maritime Museum in Sayville. 86 West Avenue, West Sayville, NY *This is a rain or shine event. It was so much fun last year to meet a few new "lupus friend

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I am playing a bit of catch up updating all of you on my summer adventures!

Hi Everyone, I know it may seem like I am posting video, radio, pictures and blog posts from events that happened a bit ago. I have had such a busy summer, some great and some not so great events but all learning experiences that helped me grow. So now that things are a bit calmer, I am taking ti

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Watch the video from the #140conf State of Now in NYC where Christine spoke about Lupus

Watch the video from the #140conf State of Now in NYC where Christine spoke about Lupus

I spoke on June 16th at the #140conf in NYC with Amanda Greene, Brenda Blackmon, and Kelly Dawn. Our panel was called "the lupus ladies of twitter". We spoke about how social media has not only brought us together as a panel from across the country, but about how social media (twitter, facebook, ema

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