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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......

Today is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

I am pleased to introduce author and pain archeologist, Sue Ingebretson, as our guest for today.  You may already know her from her website Rebuilding Wellness and/or from her book, FibroWHYalg......

April Book for MLWT Discussion Group

Just a quick note~  Today begins our April MLWT book group discussion on Shelfari.com   and we are featuring Carla Ulbrich’s  How Can You NOT Laugh At A Time Like This? .  In fact, Carla has jo......

Irish Blessings to you all~

I love proverbs~ especially the cut-to-the-chase Irish variety.   I sat and read several on the  Irish Abroad  website, which is where I always seem to end up for anything Irish, while planning......

MLWT Guest Sarah Nuxoll: Frustration & Acceptance

   Hello again, dear MLWT readers. It has been over a month now since my introductory blog entry here. I have been busy attending to life – I’m sure you can identify. And the truth is, juggling ......

Making our strength visible to ourselves and others

“What we call a symbol is a term, a name, or even a picture that may be familiar in daily life, yet that possesses specific connotations in addition to its conventional and obvious meaning.”  (......

Unexpected Blessings and Reassuring Connections (Part 1)

This month in the MLWT Shelfari.com group , and continuing through March, we are discussing the book Unexpected Blessings: Stories of Hope and Healing (Penguin Group, 2009) written by Roxanne B......

Drinking Games

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......

Another Version of WWJD?

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......

Calling All PNW Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners!

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......

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