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Feminism is ...
in Lifestyle &middot October 5, 2015

The One Thing Every Woman Must Do

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in Lifestyle &middot October 5, 2015

The One Thing Every Woman Must Do

Feminism is ...

I'm usually against the idea of speaking to women as an entire group. There are so many different groups of women - and very few only belong to one group - and the only issues ... Read the Post...

September Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging &middot October 2, 2015

September Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot October 2, 2015

September Blog Traffic Report

September Blog Traffic Report

I knew that school starting would cause some problems for my blog traffic. First of all, school comes first, work comes second, and blogging comes third. This means less time ... 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".
September Favorites Beauty
in Lifestyle &middot September 30, 2015

September Favorites

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in Lifestyle &middot September 30, 2015

September Favorites

September Favorites Beauty

Anyone else having trouble believing that today is the last day of September? This month flew by so quickly. It probably didn't help that grad school started! I spent this ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot September 28, 2015

Fall Essentials

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in Lifestyle &middot September 28, 2015

Fall Essentials

Fall is finally showing its face around Boston and we are approaching October, which is just awesome because of Halloween and fall weather and, well, you can probably figure ... Read the Post...

Spoonie Spotlight
in Health &middot September 27, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Heather

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in Health &middot September 27, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Heather

Spoonie Spotlight

Spoonie Spotlight is my way to use my platform to share the stories of others living with arthritis or an arthritis-related condition. The point is to share the realities of ... Read the Post...

in Writing & Blogging &middot September 25, 2015

(More) Blogging Tips for Intermediate Bloggers

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in Writing & Blogging &middot September 25, 2015

(More) Blogging Tips for Intermediate Bloggers

You're not a beginner blogger, but you still have a long way to go before being an advanced one. How will you improve? By using one or all of these blogging tips for ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot September 23, 2015

How The Internet Helps Spoonies

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in Health &middot September 23, 2015

How The Internet Helps Spoonies

As you could probably gather from my list of resources for arthritis patients and their families, there are a lot of things on the Internet that can help spoonies. But there ... Read the Post...

6 Historical Fiction Books Reviewed
in Lifestyle &middot September 21, 2015

6 Historical Fiction Books Reviewed

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in Lifestyle &middot September 21, 2015

6 Historical Fiction Books Reviewed

6 Historical Fiction Books Reviewed

I've been sharing the books I read every month in my monthly favorites posts, but I don't really review them other than saying if I loved or hated them. So today I thought it ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot September 18, 2015

Take Action: Email the CDC

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in Health &middot September 18, 2015

Take Action: Email the CDC

It has come to my attention that the CDC is discussing the adoption of new guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain patients. Adopting these guidelines could hurt ... Read the Post...

Natural Hair Products That Work
in Lifestyle &middot September 16, 2015

Holistic Hair Products That Work

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in Lifestyle &middot September 16, 2015

Holistic Hair Products That Work

Natural Hair Products That Work

  Like the vast majority of women, I have problems with my hair. Sometimes it's as simple as it doesn't do what I want it to, but usually it's more like I deal with ... Read the Post...

How To Market Your Book
in Writing & Blogging &middot September 14, 2015

Marketing Your Book as You Write It

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in Writing & Blogging &middot September 14, 2015

Marketing Your Book as You Write It

How To Market Your Book

Before I started graduate school, I received my syllabi and saw how much work I was going to have. I knew it would be manageable, but that it would probably take me a little ... Read the Post...

Take Better Notes
in Lifestyle &middot September 10, 2015

Take Better Notes on Your Readings

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in Lifestyle &middot September 10, 2015

Take Better Notes on Your Readings

Take Better Notes

No matter what you're studying, or at what level, you'll have readings to do for homework and you'll be expected to master that content to a certain degree. Since I have ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot September 8, 2015

This Is Grad School

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in Lifestyle &middot September 8, 2015

This Is Grad School

If you've thought that things have been a little quiet over in this neck of the Internet, it's because grad school started and I have been swamped. Starting from August 27, I ... Read the Post...

Is Arthritis a Big Deal?
in Health &middot September 4, 2015

Is Arthritis a Big Deal?

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in Health &middot September 4, 2015

Is Arthritis a Big Deal?

Is Arthritis a Big Deal?

Last month, when I asked for people with chronic illness to share the ridiculous things that healthy people have said to them, the one that I heard over and over again was ... Read the Post...

Increase Blog Traffic
in Writing & Blogging &middot September 2, 2015

August Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot September 2, 2015

August Blog Traffic Report

Increase Blog Traffic

The most exciting thing about today's blog traffic report is that I'm halfway to my initial goal of 20,000 monthly pageviews on Google Analytics! You can read more about ... Read the Post...

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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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▪ 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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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

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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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#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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#IVIG #ChronicallyIll #CrossStitcher #CrossStitchersOfInstagram
FAQ: Have you tried [insert supplement here]? As FAQ: Have you tried [insert supplement here]?

As with all things, what’s true for me might not be true for others. I’m sure there are plenty of RA patients who do respond well to supplements; I’m just not one of them. 

Additionally, at one point, I refer to being on chemo since 2012. As always, the chemo I’m referring to is Rituxan, which is my RA treatment. I do not have cancer nor have I ever claimed to. 

Video: Kate talks to the camera. Text at the beginning reads “FAQ: Have you tried [insert supplement here]?” and other text later reads “*24” to correct when she says “symptoms for 21 years”. There are captions. 

#RheumatoidArthritis #AutoimmuneDisease #AutoimmuneArthritis #Arthritis #ArthritisAwarenessMonth
Unfortunately, arthritis doesn't see that you have Unfortunately, arthritis doesn't see that you have one type of arthritis and go, "Darn, guess I'll have to go to someone else."⁣
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Week 19 of #2026Weekly I’m not going to lie - my Week 19 of #2026Weekly 

I’m not going to lie - my life now focuses even more on maintaining my body. Trying to avoid foot surgery + keep my bone density up so I don’t break another bone for a while on top of all the other things I do to manage my 10+ illnesses … it’s a lot of work. I did go to actual work this week lol but my camera roll is all chronic illness stuff this week. 

1️⃣ The machine that will hopefully prevent surgery!!! Every day, I do 40 minutes of this ultrasound machine (20 min on 1 fracture, 20 min on the other) and it will speed up healing 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 
2️⃣ Continuing my exercise routine per my endocrinologist. Up to 30 minutes of Pilates 4 days a week … and since I don’t do exercises requiring pressure on my feet, the cast comes off. 

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I personally have rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalg I personally have rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and Sjögren's syndrome, which makes 3 forms of arthritis.⁣
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