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Chronic Illness Doesn’t Care!!! Memoir of Coping with Disability

The sofa was squashy, just the way I like it, ‘comfort before price’ was always my motto. Yet, all I could think about was the price of the sofa set----the set that we truly desired. “Nicole this is it” my husband said with a childish grin on his face. I forced a smile as my mind became fixa

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Breaking the Ice on Sex, Intimacy & Chronic Illness

I was diagnosed with SLE in my teens, long before I'd become sexually active. When sex became a part of my identity, instead of being a glorious whirlwind of sloppy kisses and knock-your-socks off orgasms, I viewed it as yet another physical activity, I had to worry about! My bones popped so often,

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Breaking the Ice on Sex, Intimacy & Chronic Illness

I was diagnosed with SLE in my teens, long before I'd become sexually active. When sex became a part of my identity, instead of being a glorious whirlwind of sloppy kisses and knock-your-socks off orgasms, I viewed it as yet another physical activity, I had to worry about! My bones popped so often,

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Breaking the Ice on Sex, Intimacy & Chronic Illness

I was diagnosed with SLE in my teens, long before I'd become sexually active. When sex became a part of my identity, instead of being a glorious whirlwind of sloppy kisses and knock-your-socks off orgasms, I viewed it as yet another physical activity, I had to worry about! My bones popped so often,

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Breaking the Ice on Sex, Intimacy & Chronic Illness

I was diagnosed with SLE in my teens, long before I'd become sexually active. When sex became a part of my identity, instead of being a glorious whirlwind of sloppy kisses and knock-your-socks off orgasms, I viewed it as yet another physical activity, I had to worry about! My bones popped so often,

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Breaking the Ice on Sex, Intimacy & Chronic Illness

I was diagnosed with SLE in my teens, long before I'd become sexually active. When sex became a part of my identity, instead of being a glorious whirlwind of sloppy kisses and knock-your-socks off orgasms, I viewed it as yet another physical activity, I had to worry about! My bones popped so often,

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Everything I thought I knew about going to the hospital. ( also known as do what you gotta do)

Unfortunately when you have a child with a chronic illness, you come to think of yourself as some sort of expert on the subject. It's not exactly a specialty that you dreamt of having, but one nonetheless that you take ownership of with some sense of pride. My daughter Christine has had Lupus f

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Everything I thought I knew about going to the hospital. ( also known as do what you gotta do)

Unfortunately when you have a child with a chronic illness, you come to think of yourself as some sort of expert on the subject. It's not exactly a specialty that you dreamt of having, but one nonetheless that you take ownership of with some sense of pride. My daughter Christine has had Lupus f

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Everything I thought I knew about going to the hospital. ( also known as do what you gotta do)

Unfortunately when you have a child with a chronic illness, you come to think of yourself as some sort of expert on the subject. It's not exactly a specialty that you dreamt of having, but one nonetheless that you take ownership of with some sense of pride. My daughter Christine has had Lupus f

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Everything I thought I knew about going to the hospital. ( also known as do what you gotta do)

Unfortunately when you have a child with a chronic illness, you come to think of yourself as some sort of expert on the subject. It's not exactly a specialty that you dreamt of having, but one nonetheless that you take ownership of with some sense of pride. My daughter Christine has had Lupus f

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