Today I was on the radio for National Invisible Illness Week talking about Organizing Tips & Parenting When Ill

Today I was on the radio for National Invisible Illness Week talking about Organizing Tips & Parenting When Ill

Today I was on the radio for National Invisible Illness Week talking about Organizing Tips & Parenting When Ill. The first half of the show was organizing tips (I def need to go re-listen to that one!). The 2nd half of the show Jill Hart joined Lisa Copen to talk about parenting. Lisa and Jill

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Many Times Mental Illness Can Carry Stigma

Many Times Mental Illness Can Carry Stigma

If meeting 54-year-old Rita Dinquel in public, you likely would see her as confident, intelligent, and articulate. She would look “normal.” Yet doctors over the years have diagnosed her with major depressive disorder and borderline personality disorder, conditions significantly impairing her abi

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Leslie Hunt talks Lyrics, Life, and Lupus with ButYouDontLookSick.com

May is Lupus Awareness Month! How Will You Spread Awareness? Leslie Hunt talks Lyrics, Life, and Lupus with ButYouDontLookSick.com Leslie Hunt has been performing as a musician since childhood. By the age of thirteen, Leslie had starred in productions of “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Music Man�

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Interview: Jenni from ChronicBabe.com

Jenni Prokopy is founder and editrix of ChronicBabe.com, an online resource for young women with chronic illness. An award-winning writer, speaker, and expert on healthy living, she shares her personal experience - and rallies the expertise of hundreds of others - to help women live beyond their ill

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Interview: Kerri Morrone from SixUntilMe.com

During my pregnancy I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. After getting a glimpse of what life would be like having diabetes, I found Kerri Morrone's website. Kerri is a fellow health blogger that I admire and respect. She has a great attitude towards living with diabetes, and a writing style t

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Interview: Dr. Nicholas Genes MD, PhD

After recently getting involved with "Grand Rounds" (The weekly round up of the best medical blogs on the web) I wanted to take the opportunity to get to know Dr. Nicholas Genes, the founder and maintainer of Grand rounds and Blogborygmi a bit more. Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD, is a resident in the Eme

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Interview: Daniel J. Vance, writer of the weekly column “Disabilities”

Christine from butyoudontlooksick.com had the pleasure of interviewing Daniel J. Vance, writer of the weekly column "Disabilities". I had the chance to first talk with Daniel when he interviewed me in March of 2006 for his column. Since this year celebrates his fifth year of writing the column, I fi

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Interview: ButYouDontLookSick.com Message Board Administrator – Wendy aka “Beautifulbigblonde”

We at ButYouDontLookSick.com have been blessed to have so many wonderful, helpful and dedicated volunteers. One of our first and best volunteers is Wendy aka "Beautifulbigblonde" on our message boards. She has helped us build a friendly community and a safe place to chat and post. We could not have

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