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Text reads: What's chronic pain? What you should know if you love someone with it (end text). You can’t know what it’s like living with chronic pain unless you have it, and understanding what it’s like living with chronic pain dramatically affects how you treat someone who lives with it. I hope this post helps you!
Text reads: What's chronic pain? What you should know if you love someone with it (end text). You can’t know what it’s like living with chronic pain unless you have it, and understanding what it’s like living with chronic pain dramatically affects how you treat someone who lives with it. I hope this post helps you!
in Health &middot May 17, 2022

What’s Chronic Pain? What You Should Know If You Love Someone with It

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What’s Chronic Pain? What You Should Know If You Love Someone with It

Text reads: What is considered a chronic illness? And other chronic illness basics (end text). When it comes to chronic illness, there's a lot to learn. Maybe you have a chronic illness, maybe someone in your life has one. I've talked a lot about specific elements to chronic illness over the years, but I thought I would go into some chronic illness basics today, such as the question, "What is considered a chronic illness?"  
Text reads: What is considered a chronic illness? And other chronic illness basics (end text). When it comes to chronic illness, there's a lot to learn. Maybe you have a chronic illness, maybe someone in your life has one. I've talked a lot about specific elements to chronic illness over the years, but I thought I would go into some chronic illness basics today, such as the question, "What is considered a chronic illness?"  
in Health &middot May 3, 2022

What Is Considered a Chronic Illness? And Other Chronic Illness Basics

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What Is Considered a Chronic Illness? And Other Chronic Illness Basics

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: 9 Ways To Advocate for Disability Rights (end text). I absolutely love the disability community and am a vocal advocate for disability rights, so I thought it was a good idea to help any of you who want to be an advocate or be a better one. We’re going to talk about what the disability rights movement is, as well as 9 ways that you can advocate for disabled people and our rights.
Text reads: 9 Ways To Advocate for Disability Rights (end text). I absolutely love the disability community and am a vocal advocate for disability rights, so I thought it was a good idea to help any of you who want to be an advocate or be a better one. We’re going to talk about what the disability rights movement is, as well as 9 ways that you can advocate for disabled people and our rights.
in Health &middot April 5, 2022

9 Ways To Advocate for Disability Rights

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9 Ways To Advocate for Disability Rights

Text reads: 8 essential tips for living with POTS (end text). If you live with POTS, you know that spring tends to bring with it increased POTS symptoms. As we gear up for warmer weather, I thought I was should share some of my tips for living with POTS to help you be as prepared as possible.
Text reads: 8 essential tips for living with POTS (end text). If you live with POTS, you know that spring tends to bring with it increased POTS symptoms. As we gear up for warmer weather, I thought I was should share some of my tips for living with POTS to help you be as prepared as possible.
in Health &middot March 1, 2022

8 Essential Tips for Living with POTS

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8 Essential Tips for Living with POTS

Text reads - Alike: The Best Way To Feel Less Alone & Better Manage Your Chronic Illness Journey (text ends).
Text reads - Alike: The Best Way To Feel Less Alone & Better Manage Your Chronic Illness Journey (text ends).
in Health &middot February 11, 2022

Alike: The Best Way To Feel Less Alone & Better Manage Your Chronic Illness Journey

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Alike: The Best Way To Feel Less Alone & Better Manage Your Chronic Illness Journey

Text reads: 14 amazing simple healthy dinner recipes (end text). In advance of moving, I compiled a list of simple healthy recipes for dinner that I made previously and liked. I figured I would share them in case you’re looking for recipes that are delicious, healthy, and easy to make if you're like me and you have chronic illnesses, especially arthritis in your hands. 
Text reads: 14 amazing simple healthy dinner recipes (end text). In advance of moving, I compiled a list of simple healthy recipes for dinner that I made previously and liked. I figured I would share them in case you’re looking for recipes that are delicious, healthy, and easy to make if you're like me and you have chronic illnesses, especially arthritis in your hands. 
in Health, Lifestyle &middot February 8, 2022

14 Amazing Simple Healthy Recipes for Dinner

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14 Amazing Simple Healthy Recipes for Dinner

Text reads: 6 tips for how to accept your chronic illness (end text). I personally think that the hardest part is accepting you have a chronic illness. To make that easier, I thought I would share my tips for how to accept a chronic illness, as well as what that means.
Text reads: 6 tips for how to accept your chronic illness (end text). I personally think that the hardest part is accepting you have a chronic illness. To make that easier, I thought I would share my tips for how to accept a chronic illness, as well as what that means.
in Health &middot January 11, 2022

6 Tips for How To Accept a Chronic Illness

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6 Tips for How To Accept a Chronic Illness

Text reads: 10 ways to find fibromyalgia relief (end text). One of America's 4 million people with fibromyalgia shares 10 ways to find fibromyalgia relief, including 5 ways that help her personally.
Text reads: 10 ways to find fibromyalgia relief (end text). One of America's 4 million people with fibromyalgia shares 10 ways to find fibromyalgia relief, including 5 ways that help her personally.
in Health &middot December 10, 2021

10 Ways To Find Fibromyalgia Relief

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10 Ways To Find Fibromyalgia Relief

Text reads: Holiday gift ideas, chronic illness patients (end text). This post has the best gifts for someone with chronic pain or a chronic illness. I’m serious! Read on to see these 58 chronic illness gifts.
Text reads: Holiday gift ideas, chronic illness patients (end text). This post has the best gifts for someone with chronic pain or a chronic illness. I’m serious! Read on to see these 58 chronic illness gifts.
in Health, Lifestyle &middot December 3, 2021

Holiday Gift Ideas: Best Gifts for Someone with Chronic Pain & Illness

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Holiday Gift Ideas: Best Gifts for Someone with Chronic Pain & Illness

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There are a lot of medical advancements that I'm g There are a lot of medical advancements that I'm grateful for, but one of them is the ability to do IVIG at home. ⁣
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I'm on IVIG - or, in my case, subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy - because I have to kill the better part of my immune system. There are, in fact, some parts of my immune system that don't attack me, which is why we add them back in. This helps reduce my chance of serious infection and also made my rheumatologist feel comfortable enough to increase my Rituxan dose. ⁣
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This is a weekly treatment that I do, but it's so much better that I can do it at home than going into the hospital. It takes around 2.5 hours from taking my pre-meds to tossing my needles into a Sharps container. While it's another thing that I have to do, because I do it at home, I don't have to risk exposure to infections at the hospital or deal with Boston traffic, which would add another hour to the process. ⁣
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I can finish my treatment and then go about my day, which I'm very grateful for.⁣
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ID: A Kindle on Kate's legs. There are tubes for an infusion coming out of her shirt.⁣
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#IVIG #ChronicallyIll #RheumatoidArthritis #Autoimmune #AutoimmuneDisease
Weeks 23 and 24 of 2026 Weekly! The last two wee Weeks 23 and 24 of 2026 Weekly! 

The last two weeks were prepping for my infusion, having/recovering from my infusion, and getting caught up after. This meant things were very busy but also I don’t have a lot to show for them. 

1️⃣ New glasses! I really like having multiple pairs so I can switch them as I want.
2️⃣ One of my current projects. I got this standing hoop for my birthday and I’m working on an alphabet (uppercase and lower, although I’m still working on the lower) with extra floss.
3️⃣ Infusion time! I got my higher dose so hopefully my symptoms improve a lot in the upcoming weeks🤞🏻

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1️⃣ Kate takes a selfie. Her new glasses are thin silver circles
2️⃣ An in-progress cross-stitched alphabet in a special hoop stand that Kate is sitting on.
3️⃣ Kate takes a selfie in an infusion chair.

#ChronicallyIll #RheumatoidArthritis #AutoimmuneDisease #CrossStitcher
Week 22 of 2026 Weekly 1️⃣ Off to see my foot doc Week 22 of 2026 Weekly

1️⃣ Off to see my foot doc … and my foot is healing! Yay!
2️⃣ A very cool notification to get!
3️⃣ This is 35 🎂
4️⃣ Featuring Harley snuggles 
5️⃣ And then it was my mom’s birthday! 
6️⃣ With Harley again 

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1️⃣ Kate takes a mirror selfie 
2️⃣ a notification from WordPress saying “Receive views from 150+ counties. The United Nations has nothing on you!”
3️⃣ Kate smiles for the camera in a cafe 
4️⃣ Kate in the same outfit with Harley the golden retriever on her lap. 
5️⃣ Kate’s mom smiling in a restaurant 
6️⃣ Kate with Harley again 

#GoldenRetrieversOfInstagram #ChronicallyIll #ChronicPain #InvisibleIllness
Lifestyle Changes I Made for My Rheumatoid Arthrit Lifestyle Changes I Made for My Rheumatoid Arthritis⁣
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While these are not my treatments, they have made my life better in some ways. ⁣
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What lifestyle changes have you made, for RA or another condition?⁣
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A series of pictures. Each has a text box on them related to the picture. ⁣
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1️⃣ Lifestyle changes I made for my rheumatoid arthritis⁣
2️⃣ Wearing a mask⁣
3️⃣ Using a cane⁣
4️⃣ Changing my diet⁣
5️⃣ Working from home⁣
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#ChronicIllness #RheumatoidArthritis #AutoimmuneDisease #Arthritis #ChronicallyIll
What helps you mentally get through a tough time?⁣ What helps you mentally get through a tough time?⁣
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I'm struggling right now with my broken foot, which brings back a lot of tough memories. That plus being due for Rituxan and the heat starting up has made things hard. ⁣
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Here are somethings I do: ⁣
▪ Stick with my routine⁣
▪ Make recipes that I really enjoy⁣
▪ Work on embroidery projects so I can do something productive that involves stabbing fabric⁣
▪ Cut myself slack ⁣
▪ Get Harley hugs⁣
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ID: Kate and Harley the golden retriever hugging. Kate is a redheaded white woman wearing a black dress, pink sweater, and round pink glasses.⁣
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#GoldenRetrievers #RheumatoidArthritis #Fibromyalgia #POTS #SjogrensSyndrome
Week 21 of 2026 Weekly 1️⃣ First real cross-stit Week 21 of 2026 Weekly 

1️⃣ First real cross-stitch project: done! 
2️⃣ The magic machine that is hopefully healing my broken foot 
3️⃣ When your 2 refrigerated medications are delivered on the same day

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1️⃣ A completed cross-stitch project, which shows 2 bears walking past a lake, trees, and mountains.
2️⃣ An Exogen machine showing use 13 days in a row
3️⃣ A couple of styrofoam refridgerated containers for medication

#ChronicallyIll #CrossStitch #RheumatoidArthritis #SjogrensSyndrome #IVIG
You guessed it, I'm one of that 25%. ⁣ ⁣ May is Ar You guessed it, I'm one of that 25%. ⁣
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May is Arthritis Awareness Month. Like, comment, and share to spread awareness 💖⁣
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ID: Fact or Fiction? Let's Check! ⁣
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You only have rheumatoid arthritis if your rheumatoid factor tests positive.⁣
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As many as 25% of RA patients test negative, which is called being seronegative.⁣
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Things are tough (all over pain, heat with POTS, i Things are tough (all over pain, heat with POTS, in a walking cast waiting to see if I need my 6th foot surgery), but so am I.⁣
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ID: Kate takes a selfie. She's a white woman with auburn hair wearing a navy-based floral dress, green glasses, and silver Celtic knot necklace.⁣
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#RheumatoidArthritis #POTS #POTSie #AutoimmuneDisease #ChronicallyIll
Week 20 of #2026Weekly 1️⃣ IVIG + Kindle reading Week 20 of #2026Weekly 

1️⃣ IVIG + Kindle reading 
2️⃣ Almost done!!!!!

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I’m Kate, a chronic illness patient and advocate sharing what my life is like with 10+ chronic illnesses. Follow me for more and check out my blog at katethealmostgreat.com⁣⁣.

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1️⃣ Infusion tubes coming out from under her shirt. There’s a Kindle on her lap.
2️⃣ An almost-finished cross-stitch project

#IVIG #ChronicallyIll #CrossStitcher #CrossStitchersOfInstagram
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