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Text reads: Holiday gift ideas, gift ideas for dad (end text). If you’re struggling with shopping for your dad, I’ve pulled together this list of holiday gifts for dad.
Text reads: Holiday gift ideas, gift ideas for dad (end text). If you’re struggling with shopping for your dad, I’ve pulled together this list of holiday gifts for dad.
in Lifestyle · November 19, 2021

Holiday Gift Ideas: Holiday Gifts for Dad

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Holiday Gift Ideas: Holiday Gifts for Dad

Text reads: Holiday gift ideas, personalized holiday gifts (end text). Check out these personalized holiday gift ideas, perfect for basically everyone on your list.
Text reads: Holiday gift ideas, personalized holiday gifts (end text). Check out these personalized holiday gift ideas, perfect for basically everyone on your list.
in Lifestyle · November 12, 2021

Holiday Gift Ideas: Personalized Holiday Gifts

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Holiday Gift Ideas: Personalized Holiday Gifts

Text reads: Buy my ebook for chronic health bloggers, worth $140, but buy for $10! There is also an image of the ebook cover. The ebook is named "Take Your Blog (And Income!) To The Next Level: Resources for Chronic Health Bloggers".
Text reads [start]: 2021 Recent Reads, July to September [end text] Bookworm and blogger Kate the (Almost) Great reviews the books she read in Q3 of 2021.
Text reads [start]: 2021 Recent Reads, July to September [end text] Bookworm and blogger Kate the (Almost) Great reviews the books she read in Q3 of 2021.
in Lifestyle · November 9, 2021

2021 Recent Reads: July-September

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2021 Recent Reads: July-September

Text reads: essential social media tips for bloggers (end text). While you can have social media without a blog, you really can’t have a blog without social media. Social media is how you grow your brand and how most people find your blog. But if you want to use social media for your blog, you can’t treat social media like your non-content creator friends do. Marketing with social media is a different kind of beast.
Text reads: essential social media tips for bloggers (end text). While you can have social media without a blog, you really can’t have a blog without social media. Social media is how you grow your brand and how most people find your blog. But if you want to use social media for your blog, you can’t treat social media like your non-content creator friends do. Marketing with social media is a different kind of beast.
in Writing & Blogging · November 2, 2021

Essential Social Media Tips for Bloggers

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Essential Social Media Tips for Bloggers

Text reads: Easy holiday decorating ideas for when you have a chronic illness (end text) With Halloween a few days a day, it’s time to think about decorating for the holidays! It can be especially difficult to decorate when you have a chronic illness. To make that a little bit easier, I’m sharing decorating tips and holiday decorating ideas for a variety of holidays that are coming up. 
Text reads: Easy holiday decorating ideas for when you have a chronic illness (end text) With Halloween a few days a day, it’s time to think about decorating for the holidays! It can be especially difficult to decorate when you have a chronic illness. To make that a little bit easier, I’m sharing decorating tips and holiday decorating ideas for a variety of holidays that are coming up. 
in Lifestyle · October 26, 2021

Easy Holiday Decorating Ideas for When You Have a Chronic Illness

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Easy Holiday Decorating Ideas for When You Have a Chronic Illness

Text reads: How to blog consistently (end text) A big part of having and growing a blog is blogging consistently, also known as maintaining a consistent blogging schedule. This is especially tricky (and important) if you have a chronic illness and/or a day job! So in this post, I’m going to share how to blog consistently, as well as resources that will help you do so.
Text reads: How to blog consistently (end text) A big part of having and growing a blog is blogging consistently, also known as maintaining a consistent blogging schedule. This is especially tricky (and important) if you have a chronic illness and/or a day job! So in this post, I’m going to share how to blog consistently, as well as resources that will help you do so.
in Writing & Blogging · October 19, 2021

How To Blog Consistently

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How To Blog Consistently

Text reads: 9 arthritis products that help my rheumatoid arthritis (end text) I've tried a lot of arthritis products over the years to help. my symptoms. Here are the products that have helped me!
Text reads: 9 arthritis products that help my rheumatoid arthritis (end text) I've tried a lot of arthritis products over the years to help. my symptoms. Here are the products that have helped me!
in Health · October 8, 2021

9 Arthritis Products That Help My Rheumatoid Arthritis

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9 Arthritis Products That Help My Rheumatoid Arthritis

Text reads: Maine travel guide, what to do according to a Mainer (end text) As a Mainer, I pulled together a Maine travel guide including specific things to do and places to go, as well as general things to do in Maine in October specifically.
Text reads: Maine travel guide, what to do according to a Mainer (end text) As a Mainer, I pulled together a Maine travel guide including specific things to do and places to go, as well as general things to do in Maine in October specifically.
in Lifestyle · October 5, 2021

Maine Travel Guide: What To Do According to a Mainer

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Maine Travel Guide: What To Do According to a Mainer

Text reads: What I would do if I started a blog today (end text) I want to talk about the lessons I’ve learned since I started this blog in 2013, specifically what I would do if I was starting a blog today. I tried to include things that apply to all bloggers of all niches, and not just health bloggers.
Text reads: What I would do if I started a blog today (end text) I want to talk about the lessons I’ve learned since I started this blog in 2013, specifically what I would do if I was starting a blog today. I tried to include things that apply to all bloggers of all niches, and not just health bloggers.
in Writing & Blogging · September 24, 2021

What I Would Do If I Started a Blog Today

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What I Would Do If I Started a Blog Today

Text reads: What to expect after subtalar fusion surgery, a patient's perspective (end text) I have had 2 subtalar fusions, 1 in each foot. I have tarsal coalition and rheumatoid arthritis. This is what I think you should know about the surgery recovery.
Text reads: What to expect after subtalar fusion surgery, a patient's perspective (end text) I have had 2 subtalar fusions, 1 in each foot. I have tarsal coalition and rheumatoid arthritis. This is what I think you should know about the surgery recovery.
in Health · September 21, 2021

What To Expect After Subtalar Fusion Surgery: A Patient’s Perspective

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What To Expect After Subtalar Fusion Surgery: A Patient’s Perspective

There are lots of Halloween recipes out there, but it can be hard to find some that allow for common food sensitivities. In this post, chronic illness blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares tons of recipes that don't have common intolerances.
There are lots of Halloween recipes out there, but it can be hard to find some that allow for common food sensitivities. In this post, chronic illness blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares tons of recipes that don't have common intolerances.
in Lifestyle · August 31, 2021

Halloween Recipes for Common Food Sensitivities

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Halloween Recipes for Common Food Sensitivities

Text reads: Starting a chronic illness blog, tips for blogging with fatigue and pain (end text) For those of you who want to blog but haven’t started to because you live with chronic illness, I figured I would share my tips. Starting a chronic illness blog isn’t always easy, but I hope that these tips help you succeed.
Text reads: Starting a chronic illness blog, tips for blogging with fatigue and pain (end text) For those of you who want to blog but haven’t started to because you live with chronic illness, I figured I would share my tips. Starting a chronic illness blog isn’t always easy, but I hope that these tips help you succeed.
in Writing & Blogging · August 24, 2021

Starting a Chronic Illness Blog: Tips for Blogging with Fatigue and Pain

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Starting a Chronic Illness Blog: Tips for Blogging with Fatigue and Pain

Text reads: resources for chronic illness, how organizing can make it easier (end text) If there’s one thing I love, it’s organizing. I’m a big planner person, I love planner stickers, it’s a whole thing. And that organization has helped me a lot with managing my life with chronic illness. I figured that I would share my organization tips for chronic illness life. I hope that these organizing tips and tricks help you out!
Text reads: resources for chronic illness, how organizing can make it easier (end text) If there’s one thing I love, it’s organizing. I’m a big planner person, I love planner stickers, it’s a whole thing. And that organization has helped me a lot with managing my life with chronic illness. I figured that I would share my organization tips for chronic illness life. I hope that these organizing tips and tricks help you out!
in Health, Lifestyle · August 17, 2021

Resources for Chronic Illness: How Organizing Can Make It Easier

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Resources for Chronic Illness: How Organizing Can Make It Easier

Text reads: How to be a health blogger, writing a blog post (end text) Whether you want to learn how to be a health blogger or you’re looking for tips on how to take your health blog to the next level, I hope that this post will help you succeed. I’m going to share my tips for planning your health blog post, as well as the research that you need to do when writing a post about health. 
Text reads: How to be a health blogger, writing a blog post (end text) Whether you want to learn how to be a health blogger or you’re looking for tips on how to take your health blog to the next level, I hope that this post will help you succeed. I’m going to share my tips for planning your health blog post, as well as the research that you need to do when writing a post about health. 
in Writing & Blogging · August 3, 2021

How To Be a Health Blogger: Writing Blog Posts

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How To Be a Health Blogger: Writing Blog Posts

Text reads: Arthritis Diagnosis, Diagnosis Stories + The Diagnostic Process Explained Since July marks 11 years since my arthritis diagnosis, which was 9 years since I developed symptoms, I thought I would talk about the process for getting a diagnosis of arthritis. In this post, I’m sharing how 7 different forms of arthritis are diagnosed, as well as my rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis process.
Text reads: Arthritis Diagnosis, Diagnosis Stories + The Diagnostic Process Explained Since July marks 11 years since my arthritis diagnosis, which was 9 years since I developed symptoms, I thought I would talk about the process for getting a diagnosis of arthritis. In this post, I’m sharing how 7 different forms of arthritis are diagnosed, as well as my rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis process.
in Health · July 27, 2021

Arthritis Diagnosis: Diagnosis Stories + The Diagnostic Process Explained

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Arthritis Diagnosis: Diagnosis Stories + The Diagnostic Process Explained

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And don’t forget that you’re so strong, even i And don’t forget that you’re so strong, even if you wish you didn’t have to be. 

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Video: A video of Kate typing on her computer before a series of videos of doctor’s offices. Text reads “ How To Win a Medical Appointment”, “ 1. Come prepared with notes of what’s been going on”, “ 2. Take notes in the appointment.”, “ 3. Wear clothes that make the exam easier”, “ 4. If you get emotional, explain why.”, “5. Remember that if they’re unhelpful or rude, that’s a reflection on them and not you. ”

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Week 23 of #2025Weekly ⁣ ⁣ 1️⃣ A normal-is Week 23 of #2025Weekly ⁣
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2️⃣ My nurse after I had a problematic tooth removed. Inflammation is everywhere and out to get you!⁣
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No, but seriously. A tooth that was fine in January had such a bad cavity that it was better to remove it now instead of getting a root canal this year and removing it next year. I almost definitely have periodontal disease, which is often caused by lots of long-term inflammation It was also fused to my jawbone, which is, you guessed it, often caused by inflammation.⁣
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1️⃣ Kate takes a selfie. She's a auburn-haired white woman wearing a green dress, silver Celtic knot necklace, and round tortoiseshell glasses. ⁣
2️⃣ Kate takes another selfie with a golden retriever. Her face is swollen and she looks unhappy. She's wearing a blue Patriots t-shirt and round tortoiseshell glasses.⁣
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Video: Kate looks around like she’s trying to find something. Text reads “Trying to find an eff to give when someone tells me “You shouldn’t talk about your health problems so publicly and so much”” 

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Most people who follows me have at least one illne Most people who follows me have at least one illness or love someone who does (either because that's why you followed me or just statistically). ⁣
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But if you're not the patient, you may not know just how stressful managing your illness(es) can be. ⁣
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I've been doing this for a long time, and I've got a system down pretty solidly. But that doesn't mean it isn't stressful. ⁣
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Honestly, my therapy focuses pretty equally on the emotional side of my illnesses (including PTSD) as well as the stress from just managing things. ⁣
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Managing your illnesses includes: ⁣
▪ taking all of your medications⁣
▪ keeping track of all your appointments⁣
▪ preparing for and having your appointments⁣
▪.finding the lifestyle changes that work for you and your body ⁣
▪ understanding, avoiding, and managing your symptom triggers ⁣
▪ and so much more⁣
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ID: Kate takes a selfie in an infusion chair. She is a brunette white woman wearing a Boston Red Sox shirt, blue mask, and round tortoiseshell glasses.⁣⁣ A white box reads "The Stress of Managing Illnesses".
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Video: a series of videos. They include Kate - a redheaded white woman who wears round tortoiseshell glasses - dogs, coffee, a lake, the Maine woods, doctors offices, and more. 

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Being home in Maine is always idyllic, no mater wh Being home in Maine is always idyllic, no mater what does or doesn't happen. While this past week was hectic between birthdays and my cousin's graduation, it was still really nice to just be there and take some time to rest. ⁣
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As you may or may not have noticed, I've been taking a break from blogging. I'll definitely return at some point - probably later this year - but I just need a break. Between the hecticness of normal life and going through the diagnostic process for some new conditions, I'm at my stress limit. ⁣
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On top of that, my summer is so all over the place that I don't know a single guaranteed date that I'll be in Maine. Normally, I block out my time months in advance, but I had to change those plans so often that I gave up. I have a bunch of appointments in the next few weeks, and I will absolutely have follow-ups after them that aren't scheduled yet. I also anticipate that I will have more appointments for testing, but nothing is guaranteed yet. ⁣
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I love making plans because i love knowing what is happening. But it is more stressful for me (and my family) for me to keep changing them, so I'm doing this thing called "winging it". I have vague ideas of when I'll go up and what I'll do, but I can't make those plans until I have more information. ⁣
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🎂 Week 22 of #2025Weekly 🎂 ⁣ ⁣ Birthday 🎂 Week 22 of #2025Weekly 🎂 ⁣
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1️⃣ Finished the work day and went to read on the deck with Harley ⁣
2️⃣ I did a lot of reading outdoors last week, which was lovely.⁣
3️⃣ There is a fox family living near my mom's sheep! Here is an incredible picture she tool of one of them. 📸 @healyheritagefarm ⁣
4️⃣ Birthday cupcakes for my birthday on Thursday ⁣
5️⃣ A beautiful gift from my grandma. Now to see if I can keep it alive! ⁣
6️⃣ Harley holding his blankie between his front paws will never not be adorable ⁣
7️⃣ Friday was my lovely mother’s birthday. She and my dad went on an excursion, where he snapped this picture.⁣
8️⃣ And Saturday was my cousin’s HS graduation party. Last one of our generation!⁣
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1️⃣ Kate takes a selfie with Harley the golden retriever. Kate is a redheaded white woman wearing jeans, a green shirt, a silver Celtic knot necklace, and round tortoiseshell glasses. She has a Kindle in a pink case on her lap.⁣
2️⃣ Kate's point of view from sitting on outdoor furniture. On her lap is a closed pink Kindle case and she's holding a color tumbler with a straw in it. ⁣
3️⃣ A fox on grass⁣
4️⃣ 12 chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting⁣
5️⃣ Yellow-and-purple orchids on a wood table⁣
6️⃣ Harley laying on a dog bed with a white fleece blanket between his front paws.⁣
7️⃣ A picture of Tricia taking a picture of a beautiful New England house. Tricia is a white woman with silver hair wearing a blue-and-white striped dress. ⁣
8️⃣ A picture of a poster. Top text reads “Welcome To” and the bottom text reads “The Graduation of Natalie May Healy”. In between there’s a photo of Natalie sitting on a rock in front of a pond.⁣
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Don’t give up hope. (And you’re not giving up Don’t give up hope. (And you’re not giving up hope or a faker if you need a break from trying to get answers)

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Video: a lake with music playing over it. Text reads “Just because one doctor or specialty doesn’t have the answers you need doesn’t mean they aren’t out there.” There is small closed captioning. 

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A letter to my past self 💖 (Disclaimer: I’m o A letter to my past self 💖 (Disclaimer: I’m only speaking about myself, my life, and my experiences. My birthday is tomorrow so do NOT make me deal with comments about toxic positivity) 

Video: a series of videos of Kate, pouring coffee, a lake, pill boxes, and a doctor’s office. Kate speaks in a voiceover with an intercom style and there are captions.
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