Category Archives: Education and Skill Building
2010/05/18
Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Chronic Illness, Community, Coping, Education and Skill Building, Local Resources, MLWT, Oregon, Portland Metro, Research, Self-Care, Social Support, Strategies, Support Groups, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Washington
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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 chr......
2010/05/03
Community, Education and Skill Building, Fibromyalgia, Health, Local Resources, Lupus, Oregon, Scleroderma, Self-Care, Sports & Fitness, Support Groups, Washington
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Our Oregon Scleroderma Foundation Chapter will be holding their monthly support group meeting this Saturday, May 8th. As always, their support groups are open to all (even if you don’t ha......
2010/03/09
Chronic Illness, Community, Coping, Diagnosis, Education and Skill Building, Events, Local Resources, Oregon, Scleroderma, Support Groups, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Treatments and Drug Trials, Washington
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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......
I recently heard from Kathy Casey, Executive Director of our Pacific NW Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America regarding the confirmation of a lupus breakout session at the next CNE (Continu......
2010/01/11
Challenge and Opportunity, Community, Education and Skill Building, Events, Fibromyalgia, Friends, Health, Lifestyle, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Networking, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Portland Metro, Resources, Self-Care, Social Support, Sports & Fitness, Targets, Washington
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It seemed like a good idea at the time.
I picked out a beautiful 2000 piece puzzle of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany for my mom this year for Christmas. It has been years since I did one and......
2009/12/27
Advocacy, Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Education and Skill Building, Lifestyle, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Resources, Self-Care, Social Support, Targets, Washington
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I’ve been off the radar for too long here and plan on getting back into writing in January. It’s tough to keep putting up posts when there are so many amazing people to be connecting with perso......
2009/11/05
Announcements, Books, Chronic Illness, Communication, Coping, Diagnosis, Education and Skill Building, Events, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Social Support, Strategies, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Washington
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“My life has a great set of characters; I just haven’t figured out the plot.”
~Ashleigh Brilli......
2009/08/28
Advocacy, Announcements, Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Coping, Education and Skill Building, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Research, Resources, Social Support, Targets, Washington
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So you are probably groaning right now and understandably so – lame title, I know. However, it fits what has been going on here and I will explain a little about the silence in my postin......
2009/08/10
Challenge and Opportunity, Chronic Illness, Communication, Education and Skill Building, Lupus, Oregon, Personal Stories, Relationship-focused, Social Support, Stress Mgmt, Travel, Washington
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“Failure To Communicate“ – spoken by “The Captain“, the domineering prison warden played by Strother Martin in the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke.
During my visit to Ge......
2009/06/23
Announcements, Behaviors and Patterns, Books, Chronic Illness, Coping, Diagnosis, Education and Skill Building, Events, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Social Support, Stress Mgmt, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Washington
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When facing my lupus diagnosis, I sought out many books covering medical terms, confusing symptoms, current and potential treatment options – all to quench my thirst for conquering this ......
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