Chronic Illness

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• 10 Ways to Bring Christmas Cheer to a Friend in the Hospital for the Holidays

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 564
  Disease and trauma do not take a holiday. Many of us have loved ones in the hospital for all kinds of reasons. We want to do what we can for them, our brothers, sisters, friends, parents, children, who find themselves in strange surroundings during this supposedly most joyous of times. Fifteen years ago, a few weeks ...
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• Finally A Stress Free Christmas

  
  Beelieve You Can - Michele's Morsels — Authority: 112
  "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." --Matthew 6:34 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more ...
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• What should you pay for end-of-life care?

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 121
  Treating those with a terminal illness is never easy. In the healthcare arena there are different opinions on how much to spend on end-of-life care and how to approach the patient.   A recent article in The New York Times describes these vast differences. The reporter explains that “the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical ...
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• 10 Ways to Bring Christmas Cheer to Your Loved One In the Hospital for the Holidays

  
  Explore What's Next — Authority: 120
  Disease and trauma do not take a holiday. Many of us have loved ones in the hospital was all kinds of reasons. We want to do what we can for our children, brothers, sisters, friends, who find themselves in strange surroundings during this supposedly most  joyous of times. Fifteen years ago, a few weeks before ...
  2 days ago

• Life with Chronic Illness: Who to Tell, When, and How Much

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 571
  You have been diagnosed with a chronic illness. Perhaps the diagnosis was months, or even years in the making. Tremendous relief at finding the answer is followed by a myriad of questions. One of the first is who should be told… and when… and how much.This is an intensely personal decision, and one which should ...
  3 days ago

• Winter

  
  ChronicHealing.com — Authority: 120
  Here is a piece of magic sent to me by a dear friend. This 1992 classic was re-recorded two days ago. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.“Winter” by Tori Amos, played live at SIRIUS satellite radio. See HERE for information on how to hear additional songs that were [...]
  4 days ago

• Is Chronic Illness A Kind of chroKarma?

  
  Sick Momma — Authority: 122
  Im not sure why, but since I got sick, I keep coming up with theories as to why my health went bad.  Not, you know, real theories about the source of my illness. But theories as to why I "deserve" to be sick (i.e. I wasnt understanding enough of someone elses invisible chronic illness), or the lessons Im supposed ...
  5 days ago

• Is Neem Oil Good For Your Teeth? – The Renegade Health Show Episode #464

  
  The Renegade Health Show Fun and Educational TV on Raw Food, Vegan Diet, Healthy Living — Authority: 125
  111 Friday is Q and A day…. So today, I’m going to address if neem oil is really good for your teeth (since many raw fooders want to know what is the best way to care for your teeth), how to find a conscious MD or health practitioner in any state, what’s more important than the food you eat and more. I also ...
  6 days ago

• Preventable heart conditions will cost the U.S. more than $500 billion next year, says group

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 140
  Reports Reuters: Cardiovascular disease and stroke will cost the United States an estimated $503.2 billion in 2010, an increase of nearly 6 percent, and many cases could have been prevented, the American Heart Association said on Thursday. The figure includes both health care costs and lost productivity due to ...
  6 days ago

• Dysautonomia Series Re-post

  
  ChronicHealing.com — Authority: 120
  Here is a Dysautonomia Information Network trailer for their documentary, “Changes: Living with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome:”My dysautonomia series has been one of the most highly visited groups of posts here. So, I’ve decided to re-post it. I am unaware of whether endometriosis and dysautonomia ...
  1 week ago

• Thyoliday Blues and Truths

  
  A Chronic Dose | A blog about chronic illness, healthcare, and writing. — Authority: 109
  Thyroid diseases and thyroid cancers are fun, right ? Unfortunately not; they deeply affect us as patients and our families, indelibly leaving an imprint on our minds, bodies and souls. None of it is easy. If we’re going to bring awareness to this disease, we have to come together as a family . Our collective ...
  1 week ago

• COPD Support and Holiday Blues

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 131
  An article by the President of COPD Support, Inc - Carolyn KrallThe Holidays are looming closer, things are not looking up at least in some of our minds. Finances and Health are not what they used to be and believe it or not we are our own worst enemy when it comes to expectations.Here is [...]
  1 week ago

• Wayback Wednesday: Diab-entity Crisis

  
  DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog — Authority: 421
  As a sort of addendum to this Monday’s post, I can’t believe I wrote the following testimonial four whole years ago. Ever more confirmation that the more things change, the more they stay the same:Diab-entity CrisisSometime in the middle of last week, as I was gazing at my blog banner and mulling over my next [...]
  1 week ago

• Are you feeling that hang-dog look?

  
  Working With Chronic Illness — Authority: 493
  Holidays and a New Year.  It can  be a time of reflection – if you’re not too busy just getting by. Or maybe, the problem is you don’t know what to reflect on?   It’s all so overwhelming. You might start here.  Ask yourself, “What can I do for myself, right now so I can manage it all:  my ...
  1 week ago

• Glitter Snowflakes

  
  LEMON-AIDE — Authority: 99
  Sometimes I think I should have named her Noel or Holly, this daughter of mine who loves Christmas.  We first discovered her Christmas passion when she was just shy of two and able to hang ornaments on the tree for the first time.  It was a Saturday evening, her eight o’clock bedtime arrived.  She was decorating ...
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• Healthy Holiday Expectations: A How To Guide

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 571
  Tis the season for celebration… and angst; for hustle and bustle… and unrealistic expectations.Whatever you do, don’t let Norman Rockwell’s homey visions and Martha Stewart’s superior homemaking be the catalyst for your own anxiety. Your Christmas holiday may not rival that of a sentimental old black and ...
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• From Cranky Fibro Girl With Love

  
  Using My Powers For Good — Authority: 117
  So if you’ve spent any time looking around here at Cranky Fibro Girl, you  may have noticed a page titled, “How Not To Be A Dumbass”. This page is the collection of all the wisdom and experience I have gained as a patient over the past few years, and is basically an open letter to doctors, letting them know how ...
  1 week ago

• Long term disability coverage stirring health care debate

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 137
  By Robert Pear in the New York Times:A proposal to provide long-term coverage to people with disabilities and chronic illness is roiling debate in Congress. The measure was included in health care legislation passed by the House.Advocates say the proposal, drafted several years ago by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, is long ...
  1 week ago

• Long term disability coverage stirring health care debate

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 137
  By Robert Pear in the New York Times:A proposal to provide long-term coverage to people with disabilities and chronic illness is roiling debate in Congress. The measure was included in health care legislation passed by the House.Advocates say the proposal, drafted several years ago by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, is long ...
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• Inertia

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 612
  Asking for help is something I have never been good at. It’s rather like standing in front of a car hurdling toward you, intending to push it in the opposite direction. It requires an enormous amount of resistance. And I’m almost certain to come away with some sort of injury. Lying in bed the other night, I had a ...
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