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How To Track Blog Traffic in Google Analytics | Kate the (Almost) Great, Life + Health
in Writing & Blogging &middot August 21, 2020

How To Track Blog Traffic in Google Analytics

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in Writing & Blogging &middot August 21, 2020

How To Track Blog Traffic in Google Analytics

How To Track Blog Traffic in Google Analytics | Kate the (Almost) Great, Life + Health

If you are going to apply to any sponsored blogging opportunities, you need to know some details on your blog statistics, and the go-to method of recording blog traffic is ... Read the Post...

Mental Health And COVID-19: How I've Been Managing Mine
in Health &middot August 14, 2020

Mental Health And COVID-19: How I’ve Been Managing Mine

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in Health &middot August 14, 2020

Mental Health And COVID-19: How I’ve Been Managing Mine

Mental Health And COVID-19: How I've Been Managing Mine

We are 6 months into COVID-19 being a big deal in America, or at least yesterday, August 13th, was 6 months into me putting myself in lockdown. As I have a very suppressed ... Read the Post...

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The Best Food Substitutions for Common Intolerances | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Lifestyle &middot August 11, 2020

The Best Food Substitutions for Common Intolerances

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in Lifestyle &middot August 11, 2020

The Best Food Substitutions for Common Intolerances

The Best Food Substitutions for Common Intolerances | Kate the (Almost) Great

As of this summer, it has been 9 years since I cut out gluten and dairy, and over 5 since I cut out corn, eggs, and soy. When I first cut out gluten and dairy, there were so ... Read the Post...

Summer Blog Traffic Tips: July Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging &middot August 7, 2020

Summer Blog Traffic Tips: July Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot August 7, 2020

Summer Blog Traffic Tips: July Blog Traffic Report

Summer Blog Traffic Tips: July Blog Traffic Report

Basically every blogger sees their traffic drop during the summer. This is an odd summer, and hopefully people are being careful with COVID-19, but plenty of people are still ... Read the Post...

Optum Perks: A Tool To Save You Money on Prescriptions
in Health &middot July 31, 2020

A Tool To Save You Money on Prescriptions

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in Health &middot July 31, 2020

A Tool To Save You Money on Prescriptions

Optum Perks: A Tool To Save You Money on Prescriptions

This is a sponsored post. Thank you for supporting Kate the (Almost) Great! Friends, I'm excited to introduce you today to a great company that is helping people pay for ... Read the Post...

2020 Recent Reads: April-June | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Lifestyle &middot July 24, 2020

2020 Recent Reads: April-June

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in Lifestyle &middot July 24, 2020

2020 Recent Reads: April-June

2020 Recent Reads: April-June | Kate the (Almost) Great

I have continued what started at the beginning of the year - being way ahead of my reading goal! My reading goal for 2020 was 30 books. I have currently read 26 books ... Read the Post...

Why You Must Track Symptoms of Your Chronic Illness + Freebie To Help
in Health &middot July 21, 2020

Why You Must Track Symptoms of Your Chronic Illness + Freebie To Help

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in Health &middot July 21, 2020

Why You Must Track Symptoms of Your Chronic Illness + Freebie To Help

Why You Must Track Symptoms of Your Chronic Illness + Freebie To Help

Hi, friends! I'm excited to be back with a new post today after 2 weeks in between posts due to my infusion. Thinking about my infusion and how I'm on half the dose that I was ... Read the Post...

How To Boost Blog Traffic in 2020: June Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging &middot July 7, 2020

How To Boost Blog Traffic in 2020: June Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot July 7, 2020

How To Boost Blog Traffic in 2020: June Blog Traffic Report

How To Boost Blog Traffic in 2020: June Blog Traffic Report

I don't know about you, but I'm so glad to be officially in the 2nd half of 2020. Which also means that it's time to look at June's blog traffic! In this post, I'm sharing not ... Read the Post...

What To Do When Chronic Pain Becomes Too Much | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Health &middot June 30, 2020

What To Do When Chronic Pain Becomes Too Much

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in Health &middot June 30, 2020

What To Do When Chronic Pain Becomes Too Much

What To Do When Chronic Pain Becomes Too Much | Kate the (Almost) Great

Living with chronic pain is so damn difficult. I know that that doesn't sound surprising, but if you live with it, you know that it's a good deal worse than it sounds. And at ... Read the Post...

A Day in the Life | Kate the (Almost) Great, Life + Health
in Lifestyle &middot June 26, 2020

A Day in the Life

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in Lifestyle &middot June 26, 2020

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life | Kate the (Almost) Great, Life + Health

Nearly 3 years ago (what?) I wrote a post about a day in the life of an arthritis patient. While my health hasn't changed much since then, my life has. When I wrote that post, ... Read the Post...

The Impact of Chronic Illness on an Individual | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Health &middot June 19, 2020

The Impact of Chronic Illness on an Individual

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in Health &middot June 19, 2020

The Impact of Chronic Illness on an Individual

The Impact of Chronic Illness on an Individual | Kate the (Almost) Great

The CDC says that 6 in 10 Americans have a chronic disease, and 4 in 10 have two or more (x). That's approximately 196,920,000 people with a chronic disease, and 131,280,000 ... Read the Post...

in Writing & Blogging &middot June 11, 2020

Grow Your Website with This Book

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in Writing & Blogging &middot June 11, 2020

Grow Your Website with This Book

This is a sponsored post. Thank you for supporting Kate the (Almost) Great! As you guys know, I'm a big fan of being open about growing my blog. For years, I've published ... Read the Post...

Why You Need To Buy Universal Thread Brand This Summer
in Lifestyle &middot June 9, 2020

Why You Need To Buy This Brand This Summer

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in Lifestyle &middot June 9, 2020

Why You Need To Buy This Brand This Summer

Why You Need To Buy Universal Thread Brand This Summer

If you're not buying Universal Thread Brand from Target, you're missing you. Extremely missing out. I don't have many pairs of shorts because I usually work in an office. But ... Read the Post...

Blog Traffic in 2020: May Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging &middot June 5, 2020

Blog Traffic in 2020: May Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot June 5, 2020

Blog Traffic in 2020: May Blog Traffic Report

Blog Traffic in 2020: May Blog Traffic Report

Before we get into our regular blog traffic report, I want to address the social unrest across the United States and my opinions on them. First and foremost, I support Black ... Read the Post...

Beginner's Guide: Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Up | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Health &middot May 29, 2020

Beginner’s Guide: Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Up

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in Health &middot May 29, 2020

Beginner’s Guide: Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Up

Beginner's Guide: Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Up | Kate the (Almost) Great

This post is 100% inspired by the fact that I'm currently experiencing a rheumatoid arthritis flare up! A lot of people don't know what it means what I say that I'm having a ... Read the Post...

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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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I don’t know the exact date of my RA diagnosis, bu I don’t know the exact date of my RA diagnosis, but this is from right around then in July 2010. ⁣
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When I was diagnosed, I had been having symptoms for 9 years. ⁣
- 9 years of foot pain (partially from tarsal coalition)⁣
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I was finally diagnosed because I woke up one morning and was unable to open my jaw more than 8 mm. It turned out that I had horrible arthritic damage to my TMJs, which got me off the waiting list at MGH rheumatology. I left that appointment with an autoimmune arthritis diagnosis. ⁣
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The fact that July is not only my diagnosis anniversary but also Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month has always seemed right. I may not have been diagnosed with JA, but given the amount of arthritis I had along with my many years of symptoms, it's generally accepted that I had it. ⁣
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This year marks 16 years since diagnosis and this fall marks 25 years since my symptoms started. It's pretty weird that so much time has already passed!⁣
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Dos and don'ts for when someone in your life is di Dos and don'ts for when someone in your life is diagnosed with autoimmune arthritis! What are some that you would add?⁣
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ID: "So someone you know was diagnosed with Autoimmune Arthritis". Under the Do column (indicated with a green checkmark) is:⁣
"As how they feel about it⁣
Offer specific ways to help⁣
Treat them normally⁣
Ask follow-up questions⁣
Wear a mask around them when sick."⁣
Under the don't don't column (indicated with an x in a red circle) is:⁣
"Say “At least it’s not xyz!”⁣
Say that and not follow through⁣
Assume nothing about their lives has changed⁣
Conflate autoimmune arthritis with osteoarthritis⁣
Pass your cold to an immunosuppressed person".⁣
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#AutoimmuneDisease #RheumatoidArthritis #PsoriaticArthritis #AnkylosingSpondylitis #JuvenileArthritis
Weekj 26 of 2026 Weekly Scenes of a summer week Weekj 26 of 2026 Weekly 

Scenes of a summer week in Maine! So glad I work from home, which means I can work from my real home (Maine, if that wasn’t clear)

1️⃣ Lots of Harley time
2️⃣ Working from home means saving my PTO for fun things!
3️⃣ Lots of duck families (📸 my dad)
4️⃣ What a lot of my days look like - Harley and my current project (needlepoint). And, yes, I’m still in a cast.
5️⃣ Learned how to play Mahjong, which my parents love
6️⃣ Lake views on the 4th

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1️⃣ Harley the golden retriever on a deck as seen through some plants
2️⃣ Kate takes a selfie
3️⃣ A duck with little ducklings following on a lake
4️⃣ Harley coming up to Kate. Her legs are out on an ottoman, 1 foot in a walking cast, and an in-progress needlepoint project
5️⃣ Looking down at a Mahjong table with the game set up
6️⃣ A kayak on the shore of a lake 

#MaineTheWay #MaineSummer #Needlepoint #MaineLife
Living with chronic pain is really hard. You’re wi Living with chronic pain is really hard. You’re winning every day you’re still here.⁣
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I've been spending a fair amount of time at my foo I've been spending a fair amount of time at my foot surgeon's office this year, and boy has it been messing with my head. ⁣
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I spent a lot of time from 2001-2010 dealing with my left foot. Long story short, it took until this foot surgeon saw me in 2010 after fixing this foot for me to be diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. But I spent those 9 years going from doctor to doctor, having surgery after surgery, trying to figure out what was causing my pain and to fix it. ⁣
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Was it the tarsal coalition? Did I have another chronic health issue? Etc. ⁣
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I spent from age 10 to 19 unsure what exactly was wrong with me and in huge amounts of pain. We thought we figured it out, and then something else happened. ⁣
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We know exactly what is wrong with this foot this time around: in 2024, I got 3 stress fractures, and no one put me in a boot. They almost fully healed before breaking in 2025, and then the same thing happened in 2026. ⁣
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This is a different part of the foot than I used to deal with, but any problems with my feet and especially my left foot messes with me. While this doctor eventually fixed the problems and even got me diagnosed with RA, every time I go back to his office, I have to fight not to become 17 again. ⁣
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PTSD is a bitch.⁣
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Week 25 of #2026Weekly Happy to be in Maine for Week 25 of #2026Weekly 

Happy to be in Maine for a few weeks! I didn’t get up to a lot, so another week of very few pictures

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2️⃣ Lots of beautiful birds have been coming to my mom’s bird feeder!

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1️⃣ Looking at Kate’s lap. Tubes are coming out from under her shirt and there’s a Kindle
2️⃣ Birds arriving at a bird feeder as seen through a window

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What do you have to do every day for your chronic What do you have to do every day for your chronic illnesses? ⁣
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For context, I have rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, POTS, heart disease, osteoporosis, and more. ⁣
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Things I Do Every Day for My Chronic Illnesses⁣
Take pills at least 4 times a day⁣
Don’t eat gluten, dairy, corn, soy, or eggs⁣
Sleep 7+ hours a night⁣
Consume 80-100 grams of protein, 120 mg of calcium, 5-10 grams of sodium⁣
Wear a mask whenever I leave the house⁣
Do pilates 4+ days a week⁣
Work from home⁣
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Filmed this back in April (hence the sweater) but Filmed this back in April (hence the sweater) but it applies to whenever I have appointments! 

Video: Kate talks to the camera while holding a purse. She holds up individual items mentioned in the video before putting them in the bag. There are captions. 

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