Autoimmune diseases come with enough side effects. One you might not expect is guilt. Read tips to simplify guilt you might face with chronic illness.
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Let me tell ya ’bout my best friends! If you haven’t discovered Autoimmune Sisters yet, what are you waiting for!?
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Category: Autoimmune Arthritis, Chronic Illness, Patient AdvocacyTags: advocacy, autoimmune arthritis, autoimmune disease, autoimmune sisters, autoimmunity, blogs, chronic bloggers network, chronic diseases, chronic pain, Chronically Kristin, community, followers, recommendations, social media, women
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
Throughout the years of being diagnosed with numerous autoimmune/chronic diseases, I’ve learned that it can be a complete mind-fuck. Sorry for the bluntness, but it’s really the only way to describe it. What you think is good news is bad news; what should be… Continue Reading “When Bad News Is Good News”
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Category: Chronic Illness, Rheumatoid Arthritis, TreatmentsTags: #chroniclife, autoimmune, autoimmune disease, autoimmune diseases, autoimmunity, chronic disease, chronic diseases, chronic illness, chronic life, chronic pain, Chronically Kristin, disease, health, health update, invisibile illness, medical, medications, pain, patient, patients, rheumatoid arthritis, symptoms
This is a little bit of a tough blog post for me to write: I am not the most successful at workplace or professional self-care (full disclaimer: that’s probably putting it lightly). I love my job, and I love my career even more. I feel so grateful for so many things that have to do with my professional life. I’m grateful to have a stable job; I’m grateful for my wonderful health insurance; I’m grateful for flexibility and understanding leaders and coworkers; I’m grateful to be able to do what I love every day.
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Category: Life AdviceTags: #chroniclife, #selfcaremvmt, advice, autoimmune disease, autoimmunity, career, chronic illness, Chronically Kristin, digital communications, digital detox, health, healthcare, life, professional, professional life, professional self-care, self care catalysts, self care movement, self-care, social media, spectrum health, work, workplace self-care
It’s been a long time since I’ve written a true health update here. However, while a great deal has happened, there are still no answers or conclusions to share with everyone. Maybe that’s why I’ve been avoiding writing about this–I still have so many unanswered questions. But for my own benefit of recording my health status accurately, and to catch us all up to at least where we stand today, it’s important that I share what I know thus far.
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Category: Chronic IllnessTags: ankylosing spondylitis, autoimmune disease, autoimmunity, chronic disease, chronic diseases, chronic illness, chronic life, chronic pain, Chronically Kristin, depression, fibromyalgia, health, healthcare, Invisible Illness, life, medications, second opinion, strength, UofM
Happy Wednesday, friends! It’s time for another guest blog! As I stated in the first guest blog, if you are interested in guest blogging on Chronically Kristin, please email me here: kristin.coppens@gmail.com.
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Category: Guest BlogsTags: autoimmunity, blog series, blogger, chronic bloggers network, chronic diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic illness, Chronically Kristin, guest blog, guest bloggers, health, Invisible Illness, life, living with ME, patient advocacy
This blog post is a tad overdue; to be honest, I think I have been apprehensive to talk about getting a second opinion, what that means, potential outcomes, and everything else that has been happening surrounding the appointment. It almost didn’t feel real that… Continue Reading “One Step Forward, Four Years Back”
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Category: Chronic IllnessTags: ankylosing spondylitis, autoimmune disease, autoimmunity, chronic illness, Chronically Kristin, epatient, healthcare, Invisible Illness, lab tests, results, rheumatologist, rheumatology, second opinion, Treatments, University of Michigan, UofM, xrays