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How To Stay Healthy in Flu Season

2019 Recent Reads: July-September

Why Isn’t My Blog Getting Traffic?

Things To Do in Ireland for First-Time Visitors

How To Be a Hero for Chronic Illness Patients

September 2019 Blog Traffic Report

How I Prepared My Blog for Vacation

How To Make Baseball Pancakes

Chronic Illness Advice: Resources for the Newly-Diagnosed Patient

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POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 3

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Kate the (Almost) Great

Chronic health lifestyle blog

Fun fact! Being even more chronically ill makes my

Fun fact! Being even more chronically ill makes my life more boring

The last few weeks have been: leave Maine, work, have symptoms.

Living with lots of chronic pain and fatigue is incredibly boring, except when things are bad, in which case they are way too interesting. I’m just trying to keep my head above water!

#RheumatoidArthritis #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness

Weeks 29 and 30 of #2026Weekly! The last few wee

Weeks 29 and 30 of #2026Weekly!

The last few weeks I’ve been in Maine!

1️⃣ Making progress on my needlepoint, which Harley was curious about
2️⃣ My parents’ beautiful mahjong set
3️⃣ Mitchell Family Reunion, which I had so much fun at that I barely took any pictures

#Needlepoint #MaineSummer #207 #TheWayLifeShouldBe

July is: ⁣ - Disability Pride Month ⁣ - Juvenile A

July is: ⁣
- Disability Pride Month ⁣
- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month ⁣
- the anniversary of when I was diagnosed with autoimmune arthritis at age 19 after 9 years of symptoms ⁣
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As you can imagine, that makes me very aware of my disability via juvenile arthritis⁣
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#DisabilityPride #JuvenileArthritis #RheumatoidArthritis #AutoimmuneDisease

There are a lot of reasons why you shouldn't doubt

There are a lot of reasons why you shouldn't doubt someone's chronic illness, but this is one of them. ⁣
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I'm always amazed by how people can have the exact same illness or set of illnesses and still have different experiences. Sure, there will be similarities, but which symptoms are the worst, what medications you respond to, and your quality of life can vary significantly. ⁣
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It doesn't mean that one person is necessarily worse off than another; they're just different.⁣
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ID: Kate takes a selfie. A white text box reads "Chronic Illness Looks Different in Each Person"⁣
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#ChronicallyIll #RheumatoidArthritis #Endometriosis #Fibromyalgia #POTS

This basically sums up my summer so far: Harley, a

This basically sums up my summer so far: Harley, a sewing project, and my foot in a cast⁣
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ID: Harley the golden retriever has his head on Kate's lap. Also on her lap is an in-progress needlepoint project and Kate's leg (in a walking cast) is elevated.⁣
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#Osteoporosis #RheumatoidArthritis #GoldenRetrievers #Needlepoint #Needlework

Week 28 of 2026 Weekly A very busy week! 1️⃣ Foo

Week 28 of 2026 Weekly

A very busy week!

1️⃣ Foot checkup! Walking boot is on occasionally from now until September
2️⃣ Boston
3️⃣ IVIG
4️⃣ Dentist 🦷 All good!
5️⃣ Not a filter - this was the Boston area the second half of the week
6️⃣ Physical time!

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1️⃣ Kate takes a selfie in a doctor’s office
2️⃣ Looking at TD Garden, the bear statue for the Bruins, and Zakim Bridge in the background
3️⃣ Looking at tubes coming out from under Kate’s clothes. There’s a Kindle on her stomach
4️⃣ Kate takes a mirror selfie before leaving
5️⃣ Medford Square looking like there’s a yellow filter over it
6️⃣ Kate takes a selfie in a doctor’s office

#ChronicallyIll #InvisibleIllness #AutoimmuneDisease #Bostonian #IVIG

Also, if this is how you’re finding out, I’m sorry

Also, if this is how you’re finding out, I’m sorry. I’m fortunate enough to have a lot of people who care about me and this is the fastest way to tell everyone.

Video: Kate talks to the camera while putting on makeup. There are captions.

#RheumatoidArthritis #AutoimnuneDisease #ChronicIllness #Arthritis #ChronicPain

Week 27 of 2026 Weekly (Delayed because last Sund

Week 27 of 2026 Weekly

(Delayed because last Sunday was baaaaad)

1️⃣ Due airport difficulties, we got a few more days with Emma. Harley was THRILLED!
2️⃣ Beautiful bird/squirrel visitors
3️⃣ A beautiful Maine summer day

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1️⃣ Harley the golden retriever putting his front legs up on Emma’s legs to demand hugs.
2️⃣ A bird feeder and hummingbird feeder on a deck. There is a hummingbird at one and squirrel at the other.
3️⃣ A barn, a pond, and the Maine woods

#207 #MaineLife #MaineTheWay #NewEnglandSummer #IGMaine

Reminder: you can be proud of your disability comm

Reminder: you can be proud of your disability community while wishing your body cooperated more⁣
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#DisabilityPride #ChronicallyIll #InvisibleIllness #Disabled #Disability

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