LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
Prompt: A comment as a blog post. Pick someone else’s post (from the past or from today) and write a comment to them. Write that comment as your blog post for today. Link back to them to let them know you were inspired. I want to dedicate this post to a new friend of mine,…
Prompt: “What’s something that bothers you or weighs on you? Let it go. Talk out the letting go process and how you’re going to be better to yourself for it.” Something that often weighs on me is the uncertainty of the future with chronic illness. I have a fear of the unknown to begin with,…
Let me start out with some back information. I recently noticed that there’s a 30-Day Challenge being put out by WegoHealth to write 30 health-related blog posts in 30 days throughout the month of November — with them providing a prompt for each day. I had just seen a few snippets about it the past couple…
I’m going to bring you back in time a bit here. Step back with me to the year 1998. Remember Jewel, the singer? She had a song on her second album titled “Hands”. It’s on my ipod along with other select songs from the “Top 200 Hits from the 90s” and every time I hear…
This past weekend I had the chance to be a part of something great. Every year, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) holds a Scientific Meeting where doctors and professionals in the health fields come from around the world to share and learn about the latest research and innovation in the field of rheumatology. This…
They say that laughter is the best medicine, and sometimes I really believe it. That’s why I’ve started this collection of jokes and humor relating to rheumatoid arthritis. If you have anything you’d like to add, send it my way via blog comment or Twitter. Enjoy! **Note: Since I’m mostly involved in the RA community…
Since discovering the online RA and #rheum community, I’ve come across some very witty people who are constantly making me smile and laugh, and who have come up with some pretty creative humor surrounding our ailments. They say laughter is the best medicine, and I say we put that to the test! I’d like to…
Tonight I am prepping for my very first week-long backpacking trip coming up in just a few days! We leave on Saturday to drive to Copper Harbor, at the tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. From there, we take a ferry on Sunday morning to Isle Royale National Park. Once we land on the island, we…
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? It’s unfortunate, but if you don’t know, you are among the vast majority. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by an overactive immune system that begins to attack the body’s own healthy cells. The disease often affects the joints, causing pain, inflammation, and permanent damage or deformity. It is…