Category Archives: Sports & Fitness
2011/10/25
Chronic Illness, Fibromyalgia, Guest Blogger, Lifestyle, MLWT, Oregon, Pain management, Resources, Self-Care, Sports & Fitness, Washington
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I would like to introduce a new MLWT Guest writer, Eric Suarez, who is a fitness trainer and author of a new book focusing on living healthy with fibromyalgia. As I have been working on buildin......
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......
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......
2010/01/11
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......
2009/10/06
Advocacy, Books, Community, Events, Local Resources, Lupus, Outdoor Fun, Portland Metro, Resources, Social Support, Sports & Fitness, Washington, Western
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A quick note for all of you who will be in the Seattle area on October 17th :
The LFA Pacific NW Chapter will be hosting their annual Mad Hatter Walk N Roll for Lupus event on that day at Magnus......
2009/09/01
Announcements, Books, Challenge and Opportunity, Chronic Illness, Events, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Problem-focused, Self-Care, Social Support, Sports & Fitness, Targets, Washington
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We are beginning a group chat today about the book by Tina Vindum (2009) entitled Outdoor Fitness. You might wonder why, especially for us Oregonians, we are going to cover a book like this as......
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, ......
2009/02/24
Advocacy, Community, Education and Skill Building, Fibromyalgia, Health, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Self-Care, Sports & Fitness
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After a brief absence, the OR Branch of the Arthritis Foundation returned to the area a few years ago and offers some valuable resources to everyone living with a chronic illness. I wanted to ......
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......
2009/02/04
Advocacy, Behaviors and Patterns, Chronic Illness, Community, Education and Skill Building, Health, Holistic, Lifestyle, Local Resources, Lupus, Nutrition, Oregon, Resources, Self-Care, Social Support, Sports & Fitness, Targets
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Yesterday I attended my second week of the Living Well with Chronic Conditions workshop presented through Tuality Healthcare (in Hillsboro). This is one of the many locations and groups offerin......
