We've all had to give up many things since becoming 'professionally chronically ill'. Slinky dresses maybe? High heels? Pantyhose or Tights? Pants? But the thing out of all of the things I've missed having daily since getting sick, is my bra!! My body is too swollen & tender to be able to be
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As a patient living with lupus, I must say that the various flavors of symptoms is often the hardest to cope with. Every month I experience something completely new that leaves my doctors gaping in disbelief as to whether I'm making it all up. As if! The latest offender has been my scalp. Whene
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Pillboxie is new application (app) that offers a simple way to remember to take your medications. The design is clean and user friendly, something I’ve found lacking in a lot of otherwise useful apps. Jared Sinclair, RN, developed Pillboxie. Sinclair seems to genuinely care about people and is ver
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I am a hair accessory addict. I own every kind of hair accessory. When I was younger, I swore I would always leave the house looking “presentable”. I would not just throw my hair in a pony tail. Not that there’s anything wrong with a well-coiffed pony tail, but they were not for me. The
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Now that my hands have been giving me more problems than usual, I was finding it very hard to lace and tie my sneakers. I hated the idea of not wearing my favorite sneakers, but I didn't think I had any other option. I found speedlaces.com and saw a simple solution. This little lacing tool w
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Now that my hands have been giving me more problems than usual, I was finding it very hard to lace and tie my sneakers. I hated the idea of not wearing my favorite sneakers, but I didn't think I had any other option. I found speedlaces.com and saw a simple solution. This little lacing tool w
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Now that my hands have been giving me more problems than usual, I was finding it very hard to lace and tie my sneakers. I hated the idea of not wearing my favorite sneakers, but I didn't think I had any other option. I found speedlaces.com and saw a simple solution. This little lacing tool w
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I had a bad week. I wasn't feeling well and I felt so useless because I couldn't get the things I wanted done, accomplished. I was tired with a fever and I just didn't seem to have the energy to run errands. A friend of mine suggested I try peapod.com It is an online grocery store and they deli
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I had a bad week. I wasn't feeling well and I felt so useless because I couldn't get the things I wanted done, accomplished. I was tired with a fever and I just didn't seem to have the energy to run errands. A friend of mine suggested I try peapod.com It is an online grocery store and they deli
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“Is this gluten free?” Loaded question? You betcha, especially when posed by the smallest and most finicky person sitting at my breakfast table. My second gluten free product review is going to get a pretty high scoring from me again, but don’t start thinking that I hand out spoons too easi
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In addition to my lupus, I also have fibromyalgia. One of my best friends was recently diagnosed with it as well. I love her. I feel that although pain and fibro is something I know a bit about, I can not help her acceptance of this diagnosis. I have seen ...
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Wear orange or purple, send friends your favorite awareness websites (bydls.com ? lol) to educate, read, ask your friends to read some lupus facts, make your status a lupus support or awareness message, blog about lupus, blog about your friends with lupus, Do something nice for a person living with ...
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Paper Directions! So much paper packing In the box and such a thick instruction book. All those languages, I only speak English. I have to guess you are trying to hide the best secret in the world: that the new 550 is EASY to use. I ...
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How lucky is this? In the mail today, I received a free sample of Musselman’s Apple Sauce, just when I made a commitment to lose weight last week. The great god of internet says I can snack on ½ cup of unsweetened apple sauce for 2 points but with a ...
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