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Coping Skills · General chronic conditions · Guest Post · Uncategorized

Guest Post! Covering the Cost of Cancer Care

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The guest post series continues with Scott Sanders from Cancer Well. In this helpful piece, he discusses how to deal with the financial side of a cancer diagnosis.  Ask Questions, Know Your Options: Covering the Costs of Cancer Care By: Scott Sanders Receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis is a shattering experience. At a loss for… Continue reading Guest Post! Covering the Cost of Cancer Care

Coping Skills · Disability · General chronic conditions · Guest Post

Guest Post! Community: by Robert @a30minutelife.com

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I’m on a blogging break, so I’m featuring some guest bloggers! They will be sharing their stories and experiences with chronic disease, and I’m excited to share them. First up, is Robert, over at a30minutelife.com. A wonderful writer, who does a great job raising awareness of life with chronic illness and pain! Community By: Robert… Continue reading Guest Post! Community: by Robert @a30minutelife.com

Chronic Pain · Coping Skills · Disability · General chronic conditions · Guest Post

Where is the rule book? — My Medical Musings

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I’m going to continue to take a break from writing myself, however I’m going to keep my blog going by posting some guest posts!

Sam, over at My Medical Musings, has kindly told me I can share any of her posts, and I will have some other guest pieces coming up in the next few weeks. Look out for them, as they are some excellent writers that have some really great stories to share.

 

What are the rules for living with a rare bone disease? Where can I find that rule book? That’s the question my husband and I have been contemplating over recent weeks. I want to try and get out a bit more and when I suggested this great plan of mine, you should have seen the […]

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Coping Skills · Gastroparesis · General chronic conditions · My Neck

Food, Drink, Pushy People, and Parties

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Where I live, in the UK, this week, we’ve had beautiful, warm, and sunny weather. In fact, apparently in London on the 19th, it was the hottest April day in 69 years. Which means that summer is starting here, and soon spring and summer will start elsewhere in the northern hemisphere. Warm weather typically means… Continue reading Food, Drink, Pushy People, and Parties

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Med Organisers and Apps: How I Keep My Meds Straight

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Upon arriving home from our trip from Canada, I realised that I forgot my medication organiser on the bed in my parents’ house. This was devastating. I rely on my organiser to keep me, well… organised. Every week, I put most of my meds, except my nausea ones (which aren’t pills/capsules and therefore wouldn’t fit… Continue reading Med Organisers and Apps: How I Keep My Meds Straight

Coping Skills · Disability · Uncategorized

Leaving on a Jet Plane: Using Wheelchair Assistance

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When we decided to fly to Canada to visit family and friends, I knew that traveling would be really hard on me. Not only would being up for many hours be hard, as that can make my migraines and nausea flare, but moving around physically causes extra pain, and fatigue. Because I struggle to walk… Continue reading Leaving on a Jet Plane: Using Wheelchair Assistance

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Anxiety and Meeting New Doctors

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In the next month, I am meeting a new endocrinologist, a new neurologist, and a new physiotherapist. Meeting new doctors and health care workers can be a scary thing. It’s one thing that definitely makes me feel quite anxious and nervous. Part of that is the power dynamics between health care providers and patients. Doctors… Continue reading Anxiety and Meeting New Doctors