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Having a book to read is never a problem and I have the bookshelves to prove it.  My biggest dilemma is in deciding which book to read.  I immediately head to the library when I get stuck choosing from my ‘shelves of best intentions’.  There, I feel pressured (through shame) to walk out of there ...

For this next edition of Patients For a Moment (July 28th), hosted by Queen of Optimism on her blog, she presents the question: "What is the nicest thing (or things) anyone has done for you since you became ill?" I believe the nicest things that I’ve received from people since my health challenges hit me have been to ...

I'm working down my catch up list of posts and have reached this trailer for a new movie that addresses living with illness (lupus) and learning to love right along with it. Check out Love Simple

On Tuesday night, July 6th, I watched the PBS NewsHour (on OPB Channel 10 ) segment (reported by correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and funded by  Robert Wood Johnson   Foundation ) about the new health coverage option for high-risk patients with preexisting conditions .  Living without any health coverage myself, I was eager to learn a little ...

I will apparently go to great lengths to avoid exercising on purpose.  This Wednesday, July 7th, was to be a Target Practice gathering at Cooper Mountain.  It has to be postponed, but I still encourage you to take some time and walk their trails.  Although, the heat is on its way, too, so I may ...

  I received a note from the Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation that they will once again be on our own KATU Channel 2 AM Northwest morning show!  This Thursday,July 1st, AM Northwest will generously offer program time for the chapter's scleroderma awareness team to introduce information about living with scleroderma and to present the upcoming "Stepping Out To Cure Scleroderma" benefit ...

Today, BloggersUnite is hosting an online event entitled People First: Empowering People With Disabilities . I’ve been having unusually prominent symptoms from my lupus.  I always anticipate a little trouble once the sunshine finally arrives here in Oregon, but these are symptoms that I haven’t had or remember having for quite a few years.  Naturally, my ...

  Last month, I went on a hike through Tryon State Park with my new friend, MLWT Guest Blogger and Acupuncturist, Becca Seitz .  Despite my constant and intense headaches weeks prior, I felt the need to get outside and move.  Preferably with someone to talk to and in beautiful surroundings, which Becca and Tryon Creek ...

Monday was a day set aside to reflect on personal sacrifice, dedication to values, making commitments to those we share our lives with and things to believe in.  It was a day when we said “Thank You” to all those who have, and continue to be, on the frontlines for us all.   As I prepped my ...

My good friend, and fellow blogging buddy, Leslie, who authors Getting Closer To Myself   recently posted about a topic that is at the core of my work here in our Pacific Northwest lupus and chronic illness communities.  It is the topic on the love-hate relationship with participation in a support group when living with illness.  ...