Tag: arthritis
A sort of love letter to pain — my gratitude to learning strength, grace, and humility.
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Category: Chronic Illness, Life AdviceTags: #chroniclife, advice, arthritis, autoimmune arthritis, autoimmune disease, autoimmune diseases, autoimmunity, chronic diseases, chronic illness, chronic illness bloggers, chronic life, chronic pain, Chronically Kristin, depression, health, Invisible Illness, life, mental state, pain, reality, strength, support, symptoms, truth
The one where I talk about the AIP “diet” and ask for your advice, experience, and tips and tricks on transitioning into this lifestyle.
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Category: Autoimmune Arthritis, Chronic Illness, TreatmentsTags: #chroniclife, advice, AIP, arthritis, autoimmune, autoimmune disease, autoimmune diseases, autoimmune protocol, autoimmunity, chronic disease, chronic diseases, chronic illness, chronic life, chronic pain, diet, education, health, invisibile illness, Invisible Illness, research, rheumatoid arthritis, symptoms
Posted on February 1, 2016
by Kristin M. Johnston
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I mentioned back in October, that I was in one of the worst flares I have ever had while I was doing all of that travel and conference experience (#MedX and #TXFM). The flare continued when I got home. And added lovely symptoms of fatigue,… Continue Reading “A Confused Health Update”
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Category: Chronic IllnessTags: ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, autoimmune disease, autoimmune diseases, autoimmunity, chronic illness, chronic pain, Chronically Kristin, depression, fibromyalgia, health, health update, Invisible Illness, MRI, pain, second opinion, University of Michigan, UofM
Posted on November 9, 2015
by Kristin M. Johnston
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This post is a little overdue.. I think I might have been procrastinating it because there are many things to update with regards to my health. So I apologize that it’s a little lengthy. As per usual, it’s one step forward, three steps back,… Continue Reading ““You Don’t Have Cancer, But You Should Take Chemo””
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Category: TreatmentsTags: ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, autoimmune, autoimmune disease, autoimmune diseases, autoimmunity, chemotherapy, chronic, chronic disease, chronic diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic illness, chronic life, chronic pain, Chronically Kristin, costochondritis, depression, disease, drugs, fibromyalgia, methotrexate
Posted on September 26, 2015
by Kristin M. Johnston
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I’m currently out in Palo Alto, CA attending the Stanford Medicine X #MedX conference. A few hours into Day 2, and I know I need to get some thoughts down and try to dissemble the jumble of words floating around my head right now. Also,… Continue Reading “Home Is Wherever I’m With You”
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Category: Patient AdvocacyTags: ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, autoimmune disease, autoimmunity, blogger, chronic disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic illness, chronic pain, Chronically Kristin, conference, costochondritis, depression, disease, education, epatient, fibromyalgia, health, health system, healthcare, invisible illnesses, medx, palo alto, patient advocacy, patient forward, rhinitis, stanford medicine, stanford medicine x, stanford university, technology
Posted on September 13, 2015
by Kristin M. Johnston
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Whoa! So sorry everyone. I have been seriously MIA lately. I can claim being busy, and tired, and stressed (all of which are pretty much always true), however I think I just fell out of a routine. I will try my best to get… Continue Reading “Decisions Right Now, Decisions For Life”
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Category: Chronic IllnessTags: ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, autoimmune, autoimmune disease, autoimmunity, blogger, chats, chronic diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic illness, chronic pain, Chronically Kristin, costochondritis, depression, disease, drugs, fibromyalgia, mary free bed, mary free bed rehabilitation hospital, pacemaker, pain center, rhinitis, spinal cord stimulator, spine
Yikes! I apologize for my big gap in posts here; I’ve been caught up in working a lot lately and my little blog has fallen by the wayside in the past month. I vow to be much better moving forward! Anyway! You can have… Continue Reading “Naysayers and Misunderstandings”
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Category: Chronic IllnessTags: arthritis, autoimmune, autoimmune disease, chats, chronic, chronic illness, disease, fibromyalgia, life, livestreaming, meerkat, my invisible life, naysayers, pain, patients, Q&A, sick, Spoonie, strength, The Spoon Theory, tweet chat
Hello, hello! It’s been just a hot second, but I have been swamped with work and utterly exhausted any other moment. But here I am! Another reason I haven’t written a large amount lately is because I’ve been in pain. I’ve had about 8-10… Continue Reading “When the Unexpected Lingers”
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Category: Chronic IllnessTags: ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, autoimmune disease, autoimmune diseases, autoimmunity, chronic illness, chronic pain, flare up, pain, sleep, strength, symptoms
I found this blogger survey about invisible illnesses on But You Don’t Look Sick. I thought it would be a different way to share some truths about invisible illnesses and, hopefully, raise awareness for these chronic conditions that many of us suffer with, while… Continue Reading “30 Things About My Invisible Illnesses You May Not Know”
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Category: Chronic IllnessTags: ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, autoimmune disease, autoimmune diseases, autoimmunity, Christine Miserandino, chronic illness, chronic pain, education, facts, fibromyalgia, health, Spoon Theory, spoons, survey
Posted on April 27, 2015
by Kristin M. Johnston
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I’m just a little bit over two years into my diagnoses of chronic diseases. Who knows how long I’ve actually had them, or at the very least had the beginning symptoms. But March 3, 2013 feels like it was a mix between my D-Day… Continue Reading “The Invisibility of Invisible Illness”
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Category: Life AdviceTags: arthritis, autoimmune disease, chronic illness, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, invisible, Invisible Illness, loneliness, lonely, social media, support
