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Just a reminder about the Educational Seminar going on this Saturday, offered through the Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation.  Even if you don't have this particular disease, the information covered is offered by medical specialists, it is a disease that shares similar symptoms and challenges as lupus, and involves wonderful patients, group members and chapter ...

  If you have some time this Sunday, March 7th, stop by the PIWD event being held at Portland State University and take in some local talent, resources and entertainment.  Here are some excerpts from their media release via their website : On Sunday, March 7, from 11am to 4pm, Portland State University’s Smith Center (1825 SW Broadway) “transforms ...

Hello, dear MLWT readers. I am pleased to be invited to do some guest blogging for you now and then, and it feels like it might be nice to put first things first and introduce myself properly. To start off, here are some basics: My name is Sarah Nuxoll. I’m 35 years old, and I live in ...

This month in the MLWT Shelfari.com group , and continuing through March, we are discussing the book Unexpected Blessings: Stories of Hope and Healing (Penguin Group, 2009) written by Roxanne Black (now Black-Weisheit).  I received her book from her publishing rep last year, had just come across the LFA's book recommendation list and set it aside ...

I figured that this quote from the familiar children’s story of the “The Three Little Pigs” would be a nice segue into my post today, because it includes a chin reference, a big, bad wolf and lots of hot air from me.  The hair part, we'll just ignore, mmmkay? I recently came across an article on Chinese ...

Hi All!  I'm Becca Seitz, licensed acupuncturist and owner of Thrive Acupuncture in NE Portland.  You can read about what got me into acupuncture and Chinese medicine at the link Maria gave above.  But here, today, I think I'd like to talk about my philosophy for my practice (and my life!)  When I graduated from acupuncture ...

I’ve found that my relationship to illness has become more of one that requires me to constantly acknowledge a relationship with illness.  Realistically speaking, the days of being able to keep lupus and my Self separate are long gone.  Although there are days when I feel like there is no reason to see myself as ill, ...

One would think that living with challenged kidney function, I would probably be swilling fluids all day long in an effort to make sure they keep working.  In actuality, though, I tend to walk around pretty dehydrated due to some bad habits.  The outcomes from these habits can lead me to misunderstand what my body ...

From the Oregon Branch, Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation: Arthritis Discoveries ~ Free Public Education Seminar Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Location: Bob Chisholm Community Center 1225 Avenue A Seaside, OR 97138 This seminar will provide you with valuable information on arthritis. Common signs, symptoms and scientific basis of new treatments for arthritis will be ...

As I contemplate this month’s focus on heart health or, more accurately, the demise of my own heart health, I can’t help but ask myself: What Would Jillian [Michaels] Do if she had lupus?  This guru of the moment, I have to admit, both frightens and intrigues me.  I will occasionally get sucked into an episode ...