Did you know that HEART DISEASE and STROKES are the NUMBER ONE killer in WOMEN?? Causing nearly 1 in 3 deaths each years? That comes […]
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Tips on Surviving Flu Season 2020
The flu this year is NO JOKE!! It hit hard, fast and when you least expect it. It could definitely be compared to a sucker […]
WEGO HEALTH AWARDS | 2019 Nominations
I am excited to announce that I have been nominated for the WEGO Patient Leader Hero award and WEGO Best In Show BLOG. WEGO Health is a mission-driven company connecting healthcare with the experience, skills, and insights of patient leaders. They are the world’s largest network of patient leaders, working across virtually all health conditions and topics. Click here to learn more about their Patient Leader Network
Just My Opinon | The Rising Cost of Healthcare
Let’s discuss the cost of insurance, Medicare, and healthcare as a whole.. Every year the price consumers pay seems to go up and up, in a way that many can no longer afford. Personally, I have no problem with the fact that I have to pay for my healthcare and insurance because that’s just a part of life.
Dear Medical Provider | A Letter The Medical Community
Dear Medical Professional,
I know, it’s so easy to see a diagnosis or a medication in a chart and form judgment on someone before you ever meet them. I’ve been there, I’ve done that. I would be lying if I said I hadn’t. That being said now that I am on the other side of the bed I ask that you hold that judgement until you meet me. We aren’t all alike, just like you aren’t like your sibling or your cousin with the same last name who no one speaks of. All chronic illness patients are different. We may have the same diagnosis and take the same medications but that’s often where the similarities stop.
Focus On The Fight | Hyperhidrosis – Maria Thomas
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 | Stroke
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
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
Chronic Pain | What The Media Doesn’t Tell You
Living with a chronic Illness can be hard, plain and simple. Living with an invisible illness, one that causes chronic pain, is harder. It has become such a common practice for people to quickly judge another person based on their condition or based on their use of narcotic pain meds. It has even become true within our healthcare system and within the government. Sadly it is not uncommon for a patient to be looked upon as an “addict” simply because of a medication that they take. Much of this has happened in response to the media coverage of the Opioid Crisis and how the government is handling the crisis.
2019 | The year of STRENGTH & SELF-LOVE
My words of the year are: STRENGTH & SELF LOVE. This is going to be the year I find my STRENGTH and find a way to LOVE MYSELF. And my mantra is from Joyce Meyer. It says: ITS NEVER TOO LATE FOR A NEW BEGINNING!! That’s how I feel about 2019.