Health

35 Gifts for Someone with Rheumatoid Arthritis To Help Them Cope with Daily Life
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35 Gifts for Someone with Rheumatoid Arthritis To Help Them Cope with Daily Life

35 thoughtful gifts for someone with Rheumatoid Arthritis to help them cope with the stress and pain of daily living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis or other joint or mobility problems can be a real challenge. Seemingly simple tasks are suddenly painful, frustrating or downright impossible. Luckily, there are plenty of great products…

Dairy, Refined Sugar and Gluten Free Recipes that Will Make Your Tastebuds Sing!
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Dairy, Refined Sugar and Gluten Free Recipes that Will Make Your Tastebuds Sing!

When a nutritionist told this foodie to go on an elimination diet to treat my Rheumatoid Arthritis a few years ago, I was devastated but determined to find delicious dairy, refined sugar and gluten free recipes that I would actually ENJOY eating!  Note: This post contains affiliate links as indicated by an asterisk. Purchases from…

Enjoying the Holidays with Fibromyalgia: 10 Ways to Reduce Flares and Stress by Being Fibro Mom, guest post for Mom's Small Victories. Don't let your chronic illness like Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis, stop you from celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year with your family and friends. These 10 simple tips can help you reduce stress, prevent flares and enjoy the holidays!
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Enjoying the Holidays with Fibromyalgia Guest Post by Being Fibro Mom

    I’m happy to have Brandi from Being Fibro Mom as our guest blogger today to share with us her ideas about Enjoying the Holidays with Fibromyalgia and 10 Ways to Reduce Flares and Stress. Brandi endures fibromyalgia, a chronic illness that causes chronic pain, is a mom of 4 beautiful kids and has…

What Parents Need to Know about Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms by Guest Blogger The Hallway Initiative. Learning the less common symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes can make a difference in a patient's life.
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What Parents Need to Know About Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms from The Hallway Initiative

One of my dearest friends has Type 1 Diabetes and truth be told, it scares me. Lori-Anne,  an IRL friend and blogger behind Typecasted Diabetes, taught me that Type 1 Diabetes is the lesser known autoimmune version of diabetes, much like the Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) I have is the lesser known autoimmune version of arthritis. She’s taught me…

5 Essential Tips to Understanding Chronic Illness. Understanding YOUR body makes all the difference between surviving and THRIVING with chronic illness. Here are 5 steps I took to improve my health and you can too!
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5 Essential Steps to Understanding Chronic Illness – How I Did It & You Can Too

  What started as the fulfillment of my dream of becoming a mother ended with a painful and surprising chronic illness diagnosis 7 months later. It was a very scary time dealing with a newborn and a disease I did not understand. It took me 14 years to figure out how to live with Rheumatoid…