Category Archives: Behaviors and Patterns
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 en......
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 a......
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......
A friend of mine recently reacted to a pneumonia vaccination and that led me to confirm my decision to NOT get the H1N1 and flu vaccines this year. Her reaction may have less to do with her R.A......
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 ......
2009/06/14
Behaviors and Patterns, Challenge and Opportunity, Chronic Illness, Communication, Community, Coping, Local Resources, Lupus, Oregon, Research, Social Support, Washington
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“Should I stay or should I go now?
Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go there will be trouble
An’ if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know” (The Clash, alb......
2009/03/12
Advocacy, Behaviors and Patterns, Coping, Education and Skill Building, Health, Local Resources, Oregon, Resources, Self-Care, Social Support, Targets, Washington
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Yesterday was my birthday and a tangent into reflection. All day, I updated my Facebook status with little snippets of my life so far that covered the spectrum from my twenties and “healt......
I had a post ready to put up here, but then I checked my inbox and, boy am I glad I did.
A member and friend of the MLWT community here sent me this wonderful 2006 video – a beautiful remi......
2009/03/04
Behaviors and Patterns, Challenge and Opportunity, Chronic Illness, Coping, Humor, Lupus, Oregon, Self-Care, Social Support, Sports & Fitness, Strategies, Washington
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I seem to always have the ideas and best intentions about managing my daily health, but living with illness is like that comedy skit done by Abbott & Costello. As it is with managing lupus, ......
We are focusing a great deal these days on quantity – the number of foreclosures, stock market fluctuations, billions spent to help businesses who have not managed their practices by looki......
