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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 15, 2015

Feel Good Playlist

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 15, 2015

Feel Good Playlist

I listen to all different types of music: pop, country, indie, alternative, classical ... But when it comes to music that gets me pumped up and excited about life, I like it ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 13, 2015

How To Live At Home in Your Twenties

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 13, 2015

How To Live At Home in Your Twenties

I don't really talk about this on the regular - more because it just hasn't come up than that I'm hiding it - but I'm 23 years old and I live with my parents. For those of you ... Read the Post...

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot January 12, 2015

The 8 Things a Millennial with Arthritis Wants You To Know

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot January 12, 2015

The 8 Things a Millennial with Arthritis Wants You To Know

Happy Monday! I thought I would take a bit of a different approach to talk about arthritis today. Here are 8 things I, a millennial with arthritis, want to tell you! 1. I'm ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 9, 2015

3 Healthy Fruit Smoothie Recipes

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 9, 2015

3 Healthy Fruit Smoothie Recipes

I'M ALIVE. I have survived the stomach flu of death. It has been going around my family and since I'm on medication that shuts down my immune system because, you know, the ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 7, 2015

How To Choose The Right Party Dress

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 7, 2015

How To Choose The Right Party Dress

So many party dresses and never enough parties! It can be hard to find the right dress, and perhaps even harder to choose which of your "right" dresses to wear for a given ... Read the Post...

in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot January 6, 2015

How To Use Apostrophes Correctly

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in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot January 6, 2015

How To Use Apostrophes Correctly

Oh, apostrophes. They can be the bane of my existence sometimes because (I will fully admit this) I sometimes forget their correct grammar use. So I thought that if I am ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 5, 2015

101 Things in 1001 Days: 368 Days In

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot January 5, 2015

101 Things in 1001 Days: 368 Days In

Just about a year ago, I started my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. Some of them are serious, some are silly, but all are items I want to accomplish. I was inspired by ... Read the Post...

in Health, Uncategorized &middot January 4, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Leanne

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot January 4, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Leanne

Woohoo! Happy 2015! I'm back today with the first Spoonie Spotlight of the new year. Spoonie Spotlight is my way to use my platform to share the stories of others living with ... Read the Post...

in Health, Uncategorized &middot January 2, 2015

Leaky Gut and Anemia

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot January 2, 2015

Leaky Gut and Anemia

Hey, guess what? I'm leaking. Literally. Let me back up a bit. As you probably know if you've been following me on this blog or on social media, you know that I have ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 30, 2014

Either I Will Find A Way, Or I Will Make One

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 30, 2014

Either I Will Find A Way, Or I Will Make One

As 2014 ends, I looked back at what I did this year yesterday and today I'm looking at how far I have come on my Project Kate plans. The Plan / Update 1 / Update 2 / Update ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 29, 2014

Looking Back at 2014

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 29, 2014

Looking Back at 2014

Happy Monday! I'm (obviously) back from my Christmas vacation, and today I'm looking back at the past year. January I started the new year off with a new blog design ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 23, 2014

On Vacation

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 23, 2014

On Vacation

Hi, all! Happy Tuesday! This is just a post letting you know that I'm taking a blogging vacation for the rest of the week. I'll probably be back next week! I have social ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 22, 2014

Fall Brunch and Flowers

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 22, 2014

Fall Brunch and Flowers

Back in November - the weekend before Thanksgiving, in fact - my parents threw a brunch at our house for people they and I knew who are in their twenties who live in Boston. ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 19, 2014

Gift Guide: Blogger

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 19, 2014

Gift Guide: Blogger

Can you believe that Christmas is less than a week away?! If you're trying to get some last-minute gifts for Christmas or Hanukkah and one of the people you're shopping for is ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 18, 2014

Intangible Christmas List

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot December 18, 2014

Intangible Christmas List

One of my favorite parts of the holidays is finding the perfect gift for someone and seeing their face when they open it. But for so many, the gifts they want can't be placed ... Read the Post...

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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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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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#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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ID: Kate takes a selfie. A white text box reads "Chronic Illness Looks Different in Each Person"⁣
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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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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 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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When I was diagnosed, I had been having symptoms for 9 years. ⁣
- 9 years of foot pain (partially from tarsal coalition)⁣
- Arthritic damage in said food⁣
- Carpal tunnel off and on for several years⁣
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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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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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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
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