Christine is on Twitter @bydls and if you use the hashtag #spoonie you can connect with over 11,200 followers!

Christine is on Twitter @bydls and if you use the hashtag #spoonie you can connect with over 11,200 followers!

  There is a amazing growing community of our readers who have been using twitter to connect by using the hashtag #spoonie at the end of every post. These people are all fans of butyoudontlooksick.com and are all somehow connected to "The spoon theory".  I personally (Christine) use t

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We have reached OVER 135,000 likes on our facebook page! Come join our #spoonie community!

We have reached OVER 135,000 likes on our facebook page! Come join our #spoonie community!

    WHoooo HHhhoooo!!!  Do a happy Dance! We have reached OVER 135,000 fans/ likes on our ButYouDontLookSick.com facebook fanpage! Thank you to all our readers, friends, and "spoonies" for making every part of our online community as supportive as it is. You guys are amazing!

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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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Please note: we are aware that the message boards are down and we are working on getting them up and running as soon as possible

Please note: we are aware that the message boards are down and we are working on getting them up and running as soon as possible

Please note: we are aware that the message boards are down and we are working on getting them up and running as soon as possible. We have had some major technical issues and hosting issues, and we are working to resolve them. We know that the holidays can be an especially hard time for us "spooni

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Wil Wheaton and John Scalzi are holding a fan-fiction contest to benefit the Lupus Alliance of America.

Wil Wheaton and John Scalzi are holding a fan-fiction contest to benefit the Lupus Alliance of America.

 This contest is super easy and proceeds will go to a great cause! Simply explain the picture, win the contest, get paid, and help people! I must say the picture is pretty crazy! INFO: For the benefit of the Lupus Alliance of America, John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton and Subterranean Press are runnin

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National US Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 25 – 31)

Hurricane Hazards The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins on June 1 and ends on November 30. Hurricanes threaten health and safety in several ways -- storm surges, high winds, tornadoes, and flooding. Knowing your risks before, during and after a storm, and what actions you should take, you reduce th

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Yoga “Off the Mat”

I started doing yoga eight years ago as a way of staying strong and limber while coping with a chronic pain condition. Doing "yoga off the mat" is an expression I have heard frequently since then. It means carrying the lessons of your yoga practice into your daily life. Until recently, the only me

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Grand Rounds Vol. 4 No. 18 – The All Too Common Cold

Grand Rounds is the weekly rotating carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere. Each week, a doctor, nurse, patient or healthcare professional hosts Grand Rounds and compiles links to noteworthy posts about medicine. I learned allot this week, while stuck in bed with a yucky, exhausting cold. I

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I am hosting Grand Rounds this week!

Nicholas from Grand Rounds just wrote me a friendly reminder email about my hosting this week and I was happy to receive the reminder, but overwhelmed to have received the email from my laptop under my sheets. I am bogged down with a horrible, never ending cold...and for those of you who know A col

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Lupus Walk 2007 Update Team Miserandino (with pics)

14th Annual Walk-Along for Lupus was on Sunday October 21, 2007. It was a sunny and breezy beautiful day. As of November 2, 2007, The Lupus Alliance has received over $246,000.00!!!! Every day there is more money coming in! (You can still donate to our team) I was happy to hear that our team - Th

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