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Contest Entry: Essay and Poem “Spoon Speak”

This month we had a contest and asked some of our readers, members and volunteers to write a creative peice about What has BYDLS and "the spoon theory" meant to you? "stationaryfaery" (her bydls.com message board name) submitted her groovy written word and poetry. I haven’t been a spoonie for t

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Contest Winner: Have you Read the Spoon Theory Lately?

This month we had a contest and asked some of our readers, members and volunteers to write a creative peice about What has BYDLS and "the spoon theory" meant to you? The following essay is one of our winners and was written by Caitlyn Pilkington I have to admit, I had to read “The Spoon Theory�

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Contest Winner: What has BYDLS and “the spoon theory” meant to you

This month we had a contest and asked some of our readers, members and volunteers to write a creative peice about What has BYDLS and "the spoon theory" meant to you? The following essay is one of our winners and was written by Elizabeth DeLouise! How I Came to ButYouDontLookSick.com and Why I am N

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Personal Essay: Your Own Guardian Angel

Very few people truly understand the hardship that a person endures when they are diagnosed with an invisible condition. However, there are the select few individuals that understand the agony of having a chronic condition. Some of them understand because they share the same condition. Others have s

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Talking To Your Grown Children about Chronic Illness

“Lupus”, my daughters said, “What’s Lupus?” Now 33 and 25 years of age, they’ve known for years that I was sick, but they never knew why, or exactly WHAT was wrong with me. There were moments I believed they thought I was a hypochondriac and each new symptom took on less and less sever

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Sleep well, then rise and shine with these sleep gadgets!

August is "Good Night, Sleep Right" month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! Sleep Gadgets Edition Traditional alarm clocks wake you with a sudden jolt of noise that interrupts your final stage of sleep, causing a condition known as sleep latency that makes it hard to get out of bed. The effects of sleep la

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My Favorite Ways to Entertain a Child, Sick or Well!

One of the best things to do when your wee one is sick is take some time with them and read to them. You can hold them in your lap while you do, so they can see the illustrations, too. Or, if they aren’t well enough for that, sit close to them, maybe hold their hand, and act like storytellers do

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Product Review: Black and Decker SmartDriver Compact Screwdriver

I’m an interior decorator at heart – I love to design and decorate a room. My husband is a huge help – I make the plans, he executes – to a certain extent. Usually, I’m the one that puts the holes in the walls. That entails one of two things: “Hon? Where is your drill? Why? Because I nee

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Sleep Tips from the Mayo Clinic and a Few Extras from Me

August is "Good Night, Sleep Right" month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! Here are some tips from the Mayo Clinic for getting a good night’s sleep: • Go to bed and get up at about the same time every day, even on the weekends. Sticking to a schedule helps reinforce your body's sleep-wake cycle an

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Good Night, Sleep Right: Kid’s Edition

August is "Good Night, Sleep Right" month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! One thing I have learned from my first year of parenting is that if the baby isn’t happy, no one is happy! The next thing I learned is that no one is happy if they don’t get sleep. This whole month we have been talking about t

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