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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"The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane." Thus begins the most anticipated work of young adult fiction in my lifetime. Even though I am an adult, no longer considered young, I purchased a copy of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" for myself. I am not
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Sometimes I think those of us with Fibromyalgia are considered a special brand of crazy, among invisible diseases. People can understand a food allergy, auto-immune specific issues, even something that they may not have heard of, but is well documented like SLE. People with Fibro seem to have a repu
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Sometimes you just gotta have a sense of humor! The top ten worst suggestions commonly given to someone with a chronic illness: 1)Have you tried holistic options? (many. I'll bring it back up with my doctor on my next visit, thanks.) 2) Could it be your stress? (My opinion is, it is my illness. I
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Product Review: Country Meadow Creations Soaps I recently had the chance to try out Simplicity Unscented All Natural Soaps from Country Meadow Creations. This bar is a totally unscented bar of soap with no additives, just skin-loving oils good for all skin types. This soap is made with Olive Oil,
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-- Sponsored Post -- VisionDirect is the first company to break the monopoly on contact lenses by selling direct to the customer in 1998. By doing so prices are up to 70% cheaper on most leading contact lens brand names when compared to opticians. Why would you shop anywhere else, when you can sho
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Butyoudontlooksick.com is proud to announce it's one of HealthCentral's 2007 Top Sites! We, at butyoudontlooksick.com are excited to inform you that we have been chosen as a recipient of HealthCentral.com's "First Annual Top Site Award"! The Top Site Awards are awarded to the web's very best smal
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So many people have asked how they can help promote/ support this site. We are so thankful for everyone's support and encouragement. If have you found the information on this site useful, please see the information listed below of how to support this site. Here, we have listed the top 10 easy ways y
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The other day my mother had a medical emergency and I was totally unprepared. I had always prided myself on the fact that since my daughter Christine had Lupus, I was pretty good at handling emergency hospital visits. But this time it was my 82 year old mom and I did not have the situation or myself
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a poem submitted by one of our members. You distort the being that was once within me Coming in and out of my days Draining, Staining, Forever released of you, I wish to be How demented your fury Evermore cursing my life with this agony Torturing, Suffering, This makes all that remains dreary Atta
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I was fortunate enough to go to the theater recently and see "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". I attended with one friend who had read the Harry Potter books and another who hadn't read the books, but had seen the previous films. Caution: it is possible that those not familiar with the bo
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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 ...
More: May 12 is International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day!
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 ...
More: May 10th is Lupus Awareness Day! Have you loved someone with Lupus lately?
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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