Tag Archives: Pacific Northwest

Incognito No More

For my contributions for Invisible Illness Awareness Week  this year, Leslie  at Getting Closer To Myself and I are collaborating on a fun little project with our goal being to make the invisibl......

So Much to Learn — So Little Time

“What advice would you give, or what would you want non-chronically ill people to know about your illness and your life?” This question brought up something I hadn’t thought about in years.  Alt......

A Picture Worth a Thousand Flares

I’ve been around the block a bit when it comes to knowing what I should and should not do because of my lupus. (Note: the lower case “l”)  For over a decade, I have managed my living with illnes......

Scleroderma Foundation OR Chapter on AM Northwest This Thursday

  I received a note from the Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation that they will once again be on our own KATU Channel 2 AM Northwest morning show!  This Thursday,July 1st, AM Northwest ......

People First!

Today, BloggersUnite is hosting an online event entitled People First: Empowering People With Disabilities . I’ve been having unusually prominent symptoms from my lupus.  I always anticipate a ......

Becoming a Tree Hugger

  Last month, I went on a hike through Tryon State Park with my new friend, MLWT Guest Blogger and Acupuncturist, Becca Seitz .  Despite my constant and intense headaches weeks prior, I felt th......

Playing the matching game

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......

A Day of Empowerment

After about three weeks of the most painful headaches I’ve ever had, I’ve been a little overwhelmed with trying to make up all that time off.  I don’t know what brought them on......

Local Arthritis Events to Join in on!

I want to mention a couple of great things going on through the PNW Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation and our own local branch here in Oregon~ There will be a free Public Education Seminar off......

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.”  (......

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