August 11th, 2010

Flare And Back Again

Healing My Rheumatoid Arthritis with Functional Medicine
I am a 32-year-old mother of three children (ages 12, 9, and 7).  I am happily married and a teacher by profession, although I don’t work in the system currently because I am educating my own children at home.   My mother and my paternal grandmother both have or have [...]

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A sick girl’s quest for normalcy.
About
Sometimes the blog will be about nothing.
Sometimes it will be about heavy stuff.
Sometimes it will be a true story I made up.
Stick around and find out.
The blog’s URL comes from a Ray Bradbury quote:
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves [...]

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I am originally from a very small town in the Midwest, but moved out to Los Angeles six years ago. Recently diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, my wonderful husband and our little zoo of a home keep me going while I deal with the difficulties of a chronic illness and endeavor [...]

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May 9th, 2010

More RA Blogs

Learning To Live
Weak. Stiff. Hot. Pain. These are some of the words I’d use to describe my arthritis. If you had told me seven years ago that I would be diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis within a year, I think I would have looked at you like you were off your rocker. I was a child [...]

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April 19th, 2010

Living With RA

RA has affected me as a person but didn’t change who I was. I learned to live with RA on a daily basis. The medicine is finally working. I also learned to cope with the pain.
Hello everyone. My name is Morris and student at artevelde hogeschool. This blog is a tool to channel my emotions [...]

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The effect that chronic illness has on our lives, and the lives of those we love, is life altering to say the least. It can be confusing and you never know what to expect. The only thing that we ever learn is that the path we choose will influence the quality of our life and [...]

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April 12th, 2010

Project Jennifer

A girl, her hubby, 2 boston pups, and new hips…..
“Jenn, you’ve just received two brand spanking new hips….what are you going to do next?”
Read More: http://project-jennifer.blogspot.com/

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A Detailed Account of a Young Persons Battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis
At the age of 22 I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I did not know much about the disease but it seemed my life would never be the same again. After months of despair, loosing a loved one and giving up my dream job I [...]

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