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Successful Blogging Tips: How My Blog Traffic Grew by 32% in 1 Month
in Writing & Blogging &middot February 7, 2020

Successful Blogging Tips: The Simple Strategy that Grew My Blog by 32% in 1 Month

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in Writing & Blogging &middot February 7, 2020

Successful Blogging Tips: The Simple Strategy that Grew My Blog by 32% in 1 Month

Successful Blogging Tips: How My Blog Traffic Grew by 32% in 1 Month

You know that we're officially in a new year when I have a new blog traffic report! Blogging-wise, 2020 is off to a great start. As you can see from the title of this post, my ... Read the Post...

Why Exactly Dental Health Is Important + How To Find a Dentist Easily
in Health &middot February 4, 2020

Why Exactly Dental Health Is Important + How To Find a Dentist Easily

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in Health &middot February 4, 2020

Why Exactly Dental Health Is Important + How To Find a Dentist Easily

Why Exactly Dental Health Is Important + How To Find a Dentist Easily

This post was sponsored by Chewsi as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. We all know that one reason ... Read the Post...

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How To Promote a Blog Post in 2020 | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Writing & Blogging &middot January 28, 2020

How To Promote a Blog Post: 2021

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in Writing & Blogging &middot January 28, 2020

How To Promote a Blog Post: 2021

How To Promote a Blog Post in 2020 | Kate the (Almost) Great

It can be hard to see changes in blogging day-to-day, but, like with most things, you can see the differences over the years. I started blogging in 2013, and the industry (if ... Read the Post...

How Arthritis Affects the Body | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog
in Health &middot January 24, 2020

How Arthritis Affects the Body

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in Health &middot January 24, 2020

How Arthritis Affects the Body

How Arthritis Affects the Body | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog

Most people know that arthritis involves the joints, but fewer know that that isn't the only part of the body affected. In fact, I've had people tell me, an arthritis patient, ... Read the Post...

11 Tools To Grow Blog Traffic: 2020
in Writing & Blogging &middot January 21, 2020

11 Tools To Grow Blog Traffic: 2020

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in Writing & Blogging &middot January 21, 2020

11 Tools To Grow Blog Traffic: 2020

11 Tools To Grow Blog Traffic: 2020

Several years ago, I started focusing on one "big" thing a month to try and grow my blog traffic. I did this because doing something once isn't going to do anything for your ... Read the Post...

2019 Recent Reads: October-December
in Lifestyle &middot January 14, 2020

2019 Recent Reads: October-December

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in Lifestyle &middot January 14, 2020

2019 Recent Reads: October-December

2019 Recent Reads: October-December

If I had to pick a theme of the books I read in Q4 of 2019, I think it would have to be "badass women." This wasn't intentional, but it is undeniable when looking at the books ... Read the Post...

Beginner's Guide: Infusion for Arthritis
in Health &middot January 10, 2020

Beginner’s Guide: Infusion for Arthritis

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in Health &middot January 10, 2020

Beginner’s Guide: Infusion for Arthritis

Beginner's Guide: Infusion for Arthritis

Like many autoimmune arthritis patients, I am on a variety of medications. Some are pills, but my main treatment is an infusion. When I explain that I am on an infusion for ... Read the Post...

How To Make Old Blog Posts More Interesting: December Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging &middot January 7, 2020

How To Make Old Blog Posts More Interesting: December Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot January 7, 2020

How To Make Old Blog Posts More Interesting: December Blog Traffic Report

How To Make Old Blog Posts More Interesting: December Blog Traffic Report

It may be 2020, but I have one or two more posts about 2019 coming out this month, counting this one. It's the last blog traffic report of 2019 and the decade, which is ... Read the Post...

Looking Back at 2019 | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Lifestyle &middot December 31, 2019

A Look Back at 2019

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in Lifestyle &middot December 31, 2019

A Look Back at 2019

Looking Back at 2019 | Kate the (Almost) Great

Well, we've (almost) made it through the year! The new year and decade are coming this week. But before I look ahead at 2020, I want to look back at 2019. It was a roller ... Read the Post...

1,000 Blog Posts | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blogs
in Writing & Blogging &middot December 17, 2019

1000 Blog Posts!

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in Writing & Blogging &middot December 17, 2019

1000 Blog Posts!

1,000 Blog Posts | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blogs

I can't believe I am saying this, but last week, I published my one thousandth blog post. I have been blogging since 2013, and my life has changed a lot since then. Since I ... Read the Post...

Chronic Illness and the Holidays: 10 Rules for a Great Season
in Health &middot December 13, 2019

Chronic Illness and the Holidays: 10 Rules for a Great Season

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in Health &middot December 13, 2019

Chronic Illness and the Holidays: 10 Rules for a Great Season

Chronic Illness and the Holidays: 10 Rules for a Great Season

Full disclosure: I had a hard time coming up with a gift guide for today, so I decided to do another holiday topic. In this post, I'm discussing chronic illness and the ... Read the Post...

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 4
in Health &middot December 10, 2019

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 4

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in Health &middot December 10, 2019

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 4

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 4

It's December and I'm finally getting this post up! I finished month 4 the week of Thanksgiving, but I was bad about actually keeping up with my entries, so I put off posting ... Read the Post...

Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Chronically Ill People
in Health, Lifestyle &middot December 6, 2019

Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Chronically Ill People

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in Health, Lifestyle &middot December 6, 2019

Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Chronically Ill People

Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Chronically Ill People

This post contains affiliate links and sponsored content. Thank you for supporting Kate the (Almost) Great! Friends, I love pulling together gift ideas for chronically ill ... Read the Post...

Why My Blog Traffic Dropped in November
in Writing & Blogging &middot December 3, 2019

Why My Blog Traffic Dropped in November

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in Writing & Blogging &middot December 3, 2019

Why My Blog Traffic Dropped in November

Why My Blog Traffic Dropped in November

Years ago, I committed to being honest with you guys about my blog traffic. About when it decreased and not just when it increased. About when I did something that contributed ... Read the Post...

Gift Guide: Cyber Monday Deals 2019 | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Lifestyle &middot November 29, 2019

Gift Guide: Cyber Monday Deals 2019

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in Lifestyle &middot November 29, 2019

Gift Guide: Cyber Monday Deals 2019

Gift Guide: Cyber Monday Deals 2019 | Kate the (Almost) Great

This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Kate the (Almost) Great! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are ready to crush your holiday shopping! ... Read the Post...

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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:⁣
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Treat them normally⁣
Ask follow-up questions⁣
Wear a mask around them when sick."⁣
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"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! 

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