May 11, 2016 | christine | Featured, Spoon Lady Speaks | 45 Comments
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 her in pain both emotionally and physically.
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May 10, 2016 | christine | Articles, Featured, Personal Essays | 20 Comments
If you ask my dad about Lupus he will give you a very seemingly odd answer. He will always say “Getting a grip on Lupus is like trying to tie up Jello with a string” Most people laugh, look confused, or even attempt to think of how one would even begin to tie up Jello with a string. It's one
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May 9, 2016 | christine | Featured, Spoon Lady Speaks | 6 Comments
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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I recently attended an amazing fundraiser for Lupus Awareness called "Christine's Un- Birthday Party for Lupus". I received a gift basket with some VitaCoco Coconut Water in it. I have heard a lot of things about coconut water but thus far had not joined the craze. Coconut water is a gluten fr
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I recently had the pleasure of attending a Lupus Awareness Fundraiser in Long Island, NY held by Christine Miserandino and received a package of Kind Bars as part of a gift basket. I have to say, I had never heard of them before, but they looked pretty good. I decided to take a few along one da
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Joining hands to help patients cope: improving the quality of life of patients and their families. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) offers the most comprehensive array of services to patients and families touched by blood cancers. A diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma brings many
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It is expected that over 21,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 15,000 women will lose their lives from the disease this year alone in the United States. Women usually do not talk about gynecological issues, but we need to stop the silence. Ask questions. Get informed. Talk to you do
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Families, caregivers, charities and research groups across the United States are observing September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. In the U.S., over 12,000 children under the age of 21 are diagnosed with cancer every year, approximately 3,000 of them will not survive the disease. A diagnosis
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Please note: we are aware that some of you have received unusual or "spammy" daily newsletters. As you know from 9 years of newsletters this is not my normal way of doing things. This is not my "voice". Our email newsfeed was hacked/ spam into. We are working on the problem and it should be fixed s
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The Latin and English abbreviations on prescription slips are “shorthand” directions for how and when a medication is to be used, and other special directions for use (for example, at bedtime, the number of times a day, orally or topically, and so on) that are put on the container’s label prep
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Help wish Christine a Very Happy Birthday!!!! July 27th is my birthday so this year to start off my lupus fundrasing efforts, and to kick start our team efforts I am asking all my family, friends, "spoonies" and facebook family for just one gift. I do not need a cute outfit, a day at the spa or
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Okay, I know they have a "celebration month" for everything nowadays, but I will take any excuse to have some ice cream. Hey, it is our duty to have a scoop and celebrate! What is your favorite flavor? -Christine
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I am one of those unlucky women that have been plagued by adult acne for my entire life. I have joked with my dermatologist that I will soon be his oldest living acne patient. Although I am a mom, I sometimes feel like I have the skin of a teenager. When will it end? Through the years I have tried e
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