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5 Tips For Dealing A Chronic Illness Diagnosis

5 Tips For Dealing A Chronic Illness Diagnosis

Getting a diagnosis of something that you will have to live with for the rest of your life is scary. For most when they are ill the focus is on what they can do to push through whatever ails them with the plan of getting better. But for those diagnosed with a chronic illness that’s not always an option. The conversation changes from what can I do to get over this to what can I do (or need to…

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6 Things You Should Keep In Mind When Visiting an Emergency Room

6 Things You Should Keep In Mind When Visiting an Emergency Room

We have all had that pain or injury where you wonder….”Should I wait it out or should I visit the Emergency Room?!” And believe it or not this can actually be somewhat controversial. There are three big and very separate camps when it comes to the issue. There is the group of people who feel like unless you are bleeding to death or having a heart attack that you should never visit an ER. While…

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Tips For Surviving Halloween With Epilepsy By Amy Nora Some holidays and some chronic illnesses can cause a natural tension within the body.  

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Quick And Easy Fall Recipes

Quick And Easy Fall Recipes

I’ve recently found my love for cooking and baking again. My love for being in the kitchen goes way back to when I was a toddler. Some of my earliest memories center around being in the kitchen with my grandma cooking and baking. I loved spending time in the kitchen with her when I was a kid and even a teenager. And then as an adult she gifted me with a box of our favorite recipes for my kitchen.…

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I Need A Break

I Need A Break

Do you ever feel like you need a break? Like you have had enough!? You are done! You are waving the white flag, crying uncle?? I know I can’t be alone. But lately it just seems like it’s just one thing after another. My new saying that it seems like I say EVERY SINGLE DAY is “It’s always something!” And I really feel like that’s the case. I feel like every time I turn around I have another…

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Dating and Chronic Illness

Dating and Chronic Illness

Finding love in this world is hard. And most people out there will have had at least a few failed dates and a couple failed relationships before they find their true match. Those first few months of a new relationship are so much fun, before the “newness” wears off. You are likely spending a lot of time together and having fun just being together but also learning about one another. When you are…

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Invisible Illness Awareness Week 2018

Invisible Illness Awareness Week 2018

Invisible Illness….. What exactly is an invisible illness??!? According to the Invisible Illness Associate an invisible illness is a physical, mental or neurological condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities that is invisible to the onlooker. Basically, a condition that can’t be seen. That means essentially almost all medical conditions. Maybe not all but most conditions…

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Dear Chronic Illness - Book Review

Dear Chronic Illness – Book Review

Over the years I’ve been told by many people that writing a letter is a good way to deal with big changes in your life. For instance writing a letter to your ex after a divorce, or to a loved one who has died. Or even to your body or disease after you have been given a life changing diagnosis. Pippa Stacey did just that. She complied a book of letters authored by different individuals who penned…

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Tips To Deal With Anxiety

Tips To Deal With Anxiety

If you have never woken up from a dead sleep with your heart pounding and your chest tight drenched in sweat from anxiety. Or felt the panic rising out of no where? If you haven’t I am so happy for you. But also if you haven’t you can probably never truly relate to what panic & anxiety is like. That being said, anxiety can strike at any given moment without warning. Or it can be something that…

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The Tides of Chronic Illness

The Tides of Chronic Illness

By Guest Blogger Sam Moss

I was sitting at our local cafe this week, which is situated on a Point overlooking the Bay and beautiful Islands beyond. It really couldn’t be more idyllic and I am blessed to live so close to such a gorgeous place on Australia’s east coast.

As my husband and I were sipping our cool drinks and soaking up the gentle sea breeze, on what was a mild summer’s day, I was…

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The Opioid Crisis You Wont Hear About.......

The Opioid Crisis You Wont Hear About…….

Opioids Crisis. Opioid Crisis. Opioid Crisis. Sadly, it’s not like The Wizard of Oz and just because I clicked my heels and repeated it three times does not mean it has gone away. But much like Dorothy we aren’t in Kansas anymore. It seems everyday it gets worse and people are going further off the deep-end about the issue. There are doctors dropping patients with no warning, refusing to…

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A Closer Look At Blood Clots

A Closer Look At Blood Clots

This week I got to experience something I experienced so many times when I was working as an RN. I can’t even begin to count the number of patient I cared for who had a blood clot of one kind or another. I never thought it was something I would experience on the side, for myself. Well, now I am. Yesterday, I was diagnosed with two blood clots (DVT’s, Deep Vein Thrombosis) in my leg. As I was…

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How You Can Avoid The Colds That Come Along With Fall Temperatures

How You Can Avoid The Colds That Come Along With Fall Temperatures

It never fails that as we start to say goodbye to summer and all the fun memories we had, we not only welcome fall, football and changes in leaves. We also welcome allergies, colds and the flu. It almost seems unfair that not only are we saying goodbye to the wonderful summer temperatures and welcoming the cooler temperatures that often cause pain, that we also have to be prepared for all the…

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Words Not Required

By Bethany L. Douglas

Did You Know That In First-World Countries, Studies Have Shown That The Abortion Rates For Pre-Natally-Diagnosed Down Syndrome Babies Runs Anywhere From 50-90%? These Babies Are Killed Just Because Of The Diagnosis! (More On That Here.) It’s An Astonishing Number.

It’s A Devastating Number.

The Most Recent Data Collected In 2015 Estimated That At Best, The Population Of…

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It’s Okay To Be Me

It’s Okay To Be Me

It seems like no matter what you do these days it’s going to potentially offend somebody for some reason. It doesn’t matter if you are healthy or chronically ill. That being said when you are chronically ill it seems like everyone has an opinion on how you should be living your life. The things you are eating, how you are sleeping, what medications you are taking. And at some point it becomes…

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Life Lessons

By Bethany Sibley

When I was first diagnosed with a chronic illness, I never thought that it would amount to life lessons. How could something that caused me so much pain, frustration, and uncertainty teach me anything ..? It was in those moments of pain, frustration, and uncertainty, though, that I gained some of the most valuable life lessons. It was in those moments that I gained something I…

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Is There A Link Between Domestic Violence And Chronic Illness?

Is There A Link Between Domestic Violence And Chronic Illness?

Domestic Violence is nothing to ignore as it is an ever growing problem. A problem that is being focused on this month as the month of October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I would imagine, based on statistics, that each of you reading has been impacted by domestic violence in some way, if not you directly, than someone you know has. I say this because the National Coalition Against…