Chronic Amusement
A girlfriend and student of mine turned me on to the Chronic Illness Cat, a sort of LOL catz for chronics. The pal has her own chronic status and we bonded over that — it’s amazing how you find the …
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Let’s Talk About Sex… and RA
A recent study found that libido is negatively impacted by rheumatoid arthritis. This by way of a site called Celebrities with Diseases, through my google alert of course. 🙂 I was a little disappointed that the site that reported on …
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Aging with Chronic Illness
It’s my birthday. Yes, there is going to be much celebrating. Yes, there will be cake, and yoga, and Ethiopian food and all the other things I love (including my fabulously supportive fella D). However, in the back of my …
The Early Bird Gets the Stiffness
My brain wakes my body up early. There’s so much to do, so many challenges to tackle, that from a logical perspective, the early bird gets the worm. My body, on the other hand, wakes up slowly. Stiff and swollen, …
Google Alert: Rheumatoid Arthritis
The other day, I realized it had been nearly a month again since I’ve written here. I don’t have a lot of RA-related epiphanies these days, I guess. In any case, to find more fodder for this blog, because I …
Finished a 30-Month Study
The other day, I received the final survey for a research study I’ve been participating in for nearly three years. My first thought was, “WAH-AT? There’s no way I’ve been in a study that long… Have I even had this …
Fatigue is Real
Being the twenty-something that I am, I tend to like to think I can push through just about anything. Teach five heated classes in a day? No problem. Cram a full day’s worth of work into a four hour span? …
Sign of Spring: Flares!
When most people think of spring, they think of flowers. Sometimes people think of allergies. For a chronic, it’s all about flares. I don’t know if it’s this way for everyone, but I have to imagine I’m not alone here. …
The Space Between
In yoga, we talk about creating space between breaths. As a chronic, I’m all about creating space between flare ups. The space between is the sweet spot. It’s what I try to remember when I’m uncomfortable in the morning. There’s …
Dental Care 4 Your Health
Shape Magazine’s February issue has a tiny article, a paragraph really, about a University of Minnesota study linking gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis (February 2010, page 81). The study found that people with gum disease are three times as likely …