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POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1
in Health &middot June 7, 2019

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1

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in Health &middot June 7, 2019

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1

As I've talked about on Instagram and Twitter, I am trying a POTS exercise program. It is designed to help POTS patients reduce symptoms and maybe even retrain the heart to ... Read the Post...

How To Get More Traffic to Your Website: May Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging &middot June 4, 2019

How To Get More Traffic to Your Website: May Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot June 4, 2019

How To Get More Traffic to Your Website: May Blog Traffic Report

How To Get More Traffic to Your Website: May Blog Traffic Report

Amazingly, it is already June, which means that it's time for the May blog traffic report. I'm pretty pleased with my analytics from May, so read below to see how to get more ... Read the Post...

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".
A Bostonian's Favorite South End Boston Restaurants
in Lifestyle &middot May 28, 2019

A Bostonian’s Favorite South End Boston Restaurants

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in Lifestyle &middot May 28, 2019

A Bostonian’s Favorite South End Boston Restaurants

A Bostonian's Favorite South End Boston Restaurants

I have lived in Boston's South End neighborhood for nearly five years now, and it seems like both an eternity and a blink of the eye. In that time, I've applied for, gotten ... Read the Post...

Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Doesn't Believe You
in Health &middot May 24, 2019

Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Isn’t Listening to You

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in Health &middot May 24, 2019

Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Isn’t Listening to You

Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Doesn't Believe You

I have been in pain since 2010 and diagnosed with chronic illnesses since 2010 and man oh man have I spent a lot of time in medical offices and managing chronic illness. ... Read the Post...

How To Support the Blogger in Your Life
in Writing & Blogging &middot May 21, 2019

How To Support the Blogger in Your Life

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in Writing & Blogging &middot May 21, 2019

How To Support the Blogger in Your Life

How To Support the Blogger in Your Life

A few years ago, I did a Twitter thread of all sorts of different ways you can support bloggers. In that thread, I just listed ways to help and didn't really give any extra ... Read the Post...

My Current Daily Makeup Routine | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Lifestyle &middot May 14, 2019

Current Daily Makeup Routine

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in Lifestyle &middot May 14, 2019

Current Daily Makeup Routine

My Current Daily Makeup Routine | Kate the (Almost) Great

I recently realized that it has been a while since my last beauty/makeup post on here (and Instagram), so it felt like the right time to share my current daily makeup routine! ... Read the Post...

Arthritis Awareness Month | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Health &middot May 10, 2019

Arthritis Awareness Month

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in Health &middot May 10, 2019

Arthritis Awareness Month

Arthritis Awareness Month | Kate the (Almost) Great

Every month is Arthritis Awareness Month if you live with a form of arthritis, but for everyone else, May is the month for talking about different forms of arthritis, ... Read the Post...

My Journey to Growing Blog Traffic: April Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging &middot May 7, 2019

My Journey to Growing Blog Traffic: April Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot May 7, 2019

My Journey to Growing Blog Traffic: April Blog Traffic Report

My Journey to Growing Blog Traffic: April Blog Traffic Report

As you guys know, I have been on a journey to growing blog traffic for several years now. 2019 has been an interesting one in this journey. I started the year recovering from ... Read the Post...

What I've Been Up To | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Lifestyle &middot May 3, 2019

What I’ve Been Up To

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in Lifestyle &middot May 3, 2019

What I’ve Been Up To

What I've Been Up To | Kate the (Almost) Great

Oh boy. So much has happened in my life in the last 2 months. In fact, this past weekend was the first one in five weeks that I was home in Boston! That's how wild things have ... Read the Post...

How To Get Followers on Pinterest
in Writing & Blogging &middot April 30, 2019

How To Get Followers on Pinterest

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in Writing & Blogging &middot April 30, 2019

How To Get Followers on Pinterest

How To Get Followers on Pinterest

Over the last year, a great chunk of my blog traffic has come from Pinterest. I've written before about how to use Pinterest for blog traffic, but today I want to write about ... Read the Post...

Reviewing the HealtheVoices19 Conference
in Health &middot April 23, 2019

HealtheVoices 2019

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in Health &middot April 23, 2019

HealtheVoices 2019

Reviewing the HealtheVoices19 Conference

Janssen Pharmaceuticals paid for my travel and hotel. All opinions are my own. They did not ask me to write a blog post about my time at the conference. For the second year ... Read the Post...

2019 Recent Reads: January-March
in Lifestyle &middot April 19, 2019

2019 Recent Reads: January-March

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in Lifestyle &middot April 19, 2019

2019 Recent Reads: January-March

2019 Recent Reads: January-March

This is the third year that I've done [Year] Recent Reads - 2017, 2018, and now 2019 - and, despite how difficult it can be as I keep reading more every year, I really enjoy ... Read the Post...

March Blog Traffic Report: My March Blog Traffic Statistics
in Writing & Blogging &middot April 12, 2019

March Blog Traffic Report: My March Blog Traffic Statistics

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in Writing & Blogging &middot April 12, 2019

March Blog Traffic Report: My March Blog Traffic Statistics

March Blog Traffic Report: My March Blog Traffic Statistics

Hello, friends! Long time no blog. I took a little break due to a variety of reasons - which I'll actually get into later in this post - so this is my first post in a few ... Read the Post...

in Writing & Blogging &middot March 19, 2019

How I Manage Social Media for My Blog

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in Writing & Blogging &middot March 19, 2019

How I Manage Social Media for My Blog

One part of blogging that is super important but that isn't talked about a ton is social media. I spend just as much time trying to manage social media for my blog as I do ... Read the Post...

7 Yummy Crockpot Recipes | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog
in Lifestyle &middot March 15, 2019

7 Yummy Crockpot Recipes

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in Lifestyle &middot March 15, 2019

7 Yummy Crockpot Recipes

7 Yummy Crockpot Recipes | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog

With my chronic illnesses, I feel best in the morning and usually feel pretty crappy by the end of the day. This means that if I'm going to cook dinner, it's probably going to ... Read the Post...

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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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#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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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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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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