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Article: Houseplants Made Easy

Plants freshen up a home and bring life to even the dreariest sick room. When you can't get outside much, houseplants can help to bring the outside in to you and lift your spirits. However, Spoonies - indeed most people generally! - should select their houseplants carefully: there is nothing uplifti

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Website Review: migravent.com

More than 26 million Americans suffer from the migraines, according to the American Medical Association. For those who suffer from migraines migravent.com might be something to look into and maybe talk to your doctor about. Migravent ingredients are designed to reduce the frequency and intensity o

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The Power of Silly!

Those of us who live with a chronic illness, deal with a lot of difficult emotions. I often find myself with feelings like frustration,boredom, loneliness, sadness, etc. For me, these emotions become their strongest at night, when I usually cannot sleep or go out. My biggest coping skills- going out

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The Power of Silly!

Those of us who live with a chronic illness, deal with a lot of difficult emotions. I often find myself with feelings like frustration,boredom, loneliness, sadness, etc. For me, these emotions become their strongest at night, when I usually cannot sleep or go out. My biggest coping skills- going out

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Website Review: protectyourincome.com

Website Review: http://www.protectyourincome.com ProtectYourIncome.com is the premier site on the Internet for information and guidance on disability insurance for professionals including physicians, resident physicians, dentists, attorneys and individuals with incomes of $100,000 or more. Protect

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Website Review: chronicfatiguetreatments.com

While searching the Internet for information on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, I stumbled across the website chronicfatiguetreatments.com. This website consists primarily of a message board for chronic fatigue syndrome and a chronic fatigue blog . The message board seems new with only 157 use

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Never ask – “How are you feeling today?”

It's taken me a long time to get out of the automatic habit of saying, "How are you?" when I see someone. That question would be all right to ask most healthy people because the spontaneous response of "fine" would be appropriate. I have discovered that people who are ill hate that simple question

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Never ask – “How are you feeling today?”

It's taken me a long time to get out of the automatic habit of saying, "How are you?" when I see someone. That question would be all right to ask most healthy people because the spontaneous response of "fine" would be appropriate. I have discovered that people who are ill hate that simple question

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Poetry: Through the Eyes of a Mother

A poem about my mother witnessing my disability as it progresses. Born "normal" and strong Beneath the harmonious melody, lies a discordant song It lies in wait to strike a river about to break its dike Everyone thought "what a blessing!" unseen wounds under a dressing Walked at seven months of ag

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Recipe for Kiffles Hungarian Pastries

What are Kiffles? Kiffles are an Eastern European pastry of dough rolled paper thin by hand and filled with assorted fillings. They are pronounced "kif-fulls". In the U.S., you can find them in parts of Pennsylvania. Kiffles are similar to Polish Kolacky or Czech Kolache (small, sweet yeast buns wit

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