Category Archives: Local Resources

Disability: The Chronic Illness version of the Fork in the Road

If you were unable to attend last Saturday’s presentation by MLWT Guest Writer Cheryl Coon on the nuts and bolts of disability insurance inOregon, it was a great success.  She not only offered u......

Arthritis Road Show Free Education Presentations

This traveling community presentation offering will be available beginning this Saturday and provide speakers, e-advocacy opportunities and more information about theOregon’s Arthritis Foundatio......

Quick note about this Saturday’s Beaverton-area Fibro/CFS Support Group Meeting

Positive Lifestyle Coach, MLWT Guest and overall great gal, Andréa Crisp, will be presenting on Laughter Yoga.  It will be a great opportunity to learn a little more about this wonderful breathi......

Something new from Cheryl Coon, Attorney and MLWT Guest writer

Hello again~ Have you ever wondered how a lawyer analyzes a social security disability case and figures out whether a case can be won ?  How do the facts in a particular case add up — or n......

Whatcha’ doing today at 5pm, Oregon and SW Washington?

A quick note about our LFA Pacific NW Chapter’s webinar today~ “Living With Lupus” featuring Philip Moberg, MD out of Seattle.  He will be offering an overview of the disease and its many form......

Integrative Care and Autoimmune Disease~ A Community presentation

Here’s a note from the Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation regarding their upcoming Portland-area support group meeting on November 13th: “Guest speaker at the next Scleroderma Support ......

Fear and Healing~ Guest Sarah Nuxoll

  I got a wake-up call this summer with regard to my health. I have cystic fibrosis, which entails a whole routine of treatments and medications that basically manage my disease.  But this summ......

World Arthritis Day~ Do Blue!

Today, the internet is all abuzz over anything regarding Arthritis.  If you are on Twitter,  there is a “Twitter Party” going on where you can submit questions to the Arthritis Foun......

Got Headaches?

Our MLWT Book discussion group is taking on “All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure An Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache” by Paula Kamen (Da Capo Press, 2......

Lupus makes the TV lineup tomorrow

Have any of you noticed the increase in lupus talk happening in the media?  Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg’s daughter, and John Stewart comparing lupus to the FOX News Network?  You don’t only have to s......

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