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Focus On The Fight | Hyperhidrosis – Maria Thomas

By Amber Blackburn 5 years ago 2

Welcome to Focus On The Fight, a series of interviews that will be posted every Friday, focusing on a blogger and their health.

This week we will meet Maria Thomas, she has a multitude of chronic condition including the condition we will highlight this week: HYPERHIDROSIS

Before we dive into the heavy stuff, please tell us all a little about yourself outside of your health! About your family or your hobbies!! I’m a bookworm, writer, editor, and a hyperhidrosis trailblazer and patient advocate. I work full-time in marketing, and my side hustle is my advocacy work. When I’m not going 90 miles an hour, I enjoy reading (obviously), handwriting letters to my pen pals, spending time in nature and playing with my Pug, Maya.

Focus On The Fight |Rapid Cycling Cyclothymia

By Amber Blackburn 5 years ago

Welcome to Focus On The Fight, a series of interviews that will be posted every Friday, focusing on a blogger and their health.

This week we will meet Maya Augelli. She has a multitude of chronic condition including the condition we will highlight this week: Rapid Cycling Cyclothymia.

Focus On The Fight | Stroke

By Amber Blackburn 5 years ago

Welcome to Focus On The Fight, a series of interviews that will be posted every Friday, focusing on a blogger and their health.

This week we will meet Lisa Deck. She has a multitude of chronic condition including the condition we will highlight this week: STROKE

Focus On The Fight | Myositis

By Amber Blackburn 5 years ago

Welcome to Focus On The Fight, a series of interviews that will be posted every Friday, focusing on a blogger and their unique health conditions.
This week we will meet Amy Nora. Amy has a multitude of chronic condition including the condition we will highlight this week: Myositis

Focus On The Fight | Endometriosis

By Amber Blackburn 5 years ago

Welcome to this weeks Spoonie Spotlight. A new series where writers with different chronic conditions will be featured. Along with a brief discussion of what their condition is and what some generic signs and symptoms are for their condition.

This weeks post will highlight: ENDOMETRIOSIS

Focus On The Fight | Celiac Disease

By Amber Blackburn 5 years ago

Welcome to this weeks Spoonie Spotlight. A new series where writers with different chronic conditions will be featured. Along with a brief discussion of their condition and a few generic signs and symptoms are for their condition.

This weeks post will highlight:

CELIAC DISEASE.

Filing Disability | What Its Really Like

By Amber Blackburn 5 years ago

Disability……Has almost become a dirty world for those who are trying to gain disability due to some life altering condition and have been denied. Filing for disability is a long and arduous process at best

Validation. Your Problem or Mine

By Amber Blackburn 5 years ago 3

How many times have you felt the need to validate yourself and/or your condition this week? Or even this month? How many times have you found yourself explaining your health to someone who probably has no reason to know what’s really going on? Or found yourself explaining why you can or can’t do something or go somewhere? Now let me ask another question….. Why do you feel like you have to validate yourself and your condition?

Tips To Help The Chronically Ill Survive The Holidays

By Amber 5 years ago

When a person is dealing with a chronic illness holidays can almost be more work than they are worth. That being said there are ways to make the holidays easier for spoonies and I would like to share a few ways that this can happen. This is not geared toward one condition or another and can be tailored to fit just about any condition.