If it Looks Like Sjogren’s and Feels Like Sjogren’s, then?
When I was diagnosed with primary Sjogren’s Syndrome by Dr A-, some 12 years after I first became ill in 1990, I was relieved to have a name for the … Read More The post If it Looks Like Sjogren’s and...
View ArticleRemember Everything
I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 11 & 12 #HAWMC – Write about your favorite health iPhone app? and If you could go back in time … Read More The post...
View ArticleWatermark
A watermark is an outline of the tide’s advance and retreat. In some ways I feel like I am part of that outline, lying at low ebb, among the beautiful … Read More The post Watermark appeared first on...
View ArticleGrasping for Answers
I have mentally begun this post for weeks, but a chronically ill life has a way of shaking loose any idea of control over one’s destiny. Anyone who has been … Read More The post Grasping for Answers...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just Me
This post discusses a medical procedure vividly, as well as memories of a suicide attempt. I do not recommend reading it if you find such descriptions triggering. Please stay responsible … Read More...
View ArticleTravelling While Ill
It was June 25th when I boarded the plane for Australia, where I had spent 30 years of my youth growing up. I hadn’t been there in 14 years. I … Read More The post Travelling While Ill appeared first...
View ArticleSeronegative and Out of Luck
On August 21st, I finally got to see my new rheumatologist – some four or so months after the referral was made. I haven’t had a rheumatologist since my first one … Read More The post Seronegative and...
View ArticleIllness and Loss
The main symptom of the disaster was the kitchen. For the past four weeks, supplies from the constantly aborted deck painting project mingled with dirty dishes, even though not much … Read More The...
View ArticleBreakdown
After so many years of battling with depression, it shouldn’t fail to surprise me that I can be so horribly wrong about its power and the lies it tells. I’d … Read More The post Breakdown appeared...
View ArticleTalking Isn’t Enough
I took part in a Twitter chat last night that debated the seemingly obvious impact of physical health issues on mental health issues, and vice versa. I say obvious, because … Read More The post Talking...
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