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    Graceful Agony Living your best life in spite of having chronic pain

    “Hi everyone! My name is Jolene, and I am a 36 year old mother to my precocious and brilliant 8-year-old boy Aidan. I have been a chronic pain patient for years now, and struggle to live my very best life in spite of having many...

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    MY RA FIT KIT – A personalized exercise plan

    “Your fitness program should be different too. Introducing My RA Fit Kit, a free exercise program you can personalize. Your free RA Fit Kit enables you to: Design your own fitness program around the joints your RA affects Choose from three levels of exercise intensity...

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  • A Chronic Dose - blog about chronic illness, healthcare & writing - Laurie Edwards

    A Chronic Dose – A blog about chronic illness, health care & writing

    by Laurie Edwards Laurie is a 29-year-old writer trying to balance multiple chronic illnesses (PCD, bronchiectasis, celiac disease, etc) with the rest of her life. Her first book, Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties (Walker), was named one of...

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    Look Back Plan Forward

    About Person Centered Planning Look Back, Plan Forward was created to support individuals with disabilities and people who are aging; along with their family caregivers and service providers, by offering a resource to capture their personal stories. The tool is designed to help you capture...

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    Five Areas You Must Cover When Looking For Disability Insurance

    Even if you don’t have a disability, disability insurance is something that you should consider looking into. Statistics show that many Americans, at one point or another, will be out of work due to an injury. You may think because you work in an office,...

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    MS World

    Why MSWorld Is Different “All volunteers who manage the MSWorld website are living with MS. “We understand what it means to live with this disease.” MSWorld is unique because it has been a “Patients Helping Patients” organization from its inception in 1996.” We are committed...

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    Managing Worry and Tension

    Positive Coping with Health Conditions (PCHC) is a workbook designed for people dealing with health conditions along with stress problems like low mood, worry & tension, anger or social isolation. This handout is taken from the PCHC workbook — it teaches skills for dealing with...

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    Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Multiple Sclerosis

    “This website provides detailed information about many different forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). This information is meant to assist people in evaluating CAM therapies. “Several ideas and precautions must be kept in mind when reviewing this information: The information on this website is...

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    Living with chronic illness during the holiday season

    By Toni Bernhard, JD Soon, people around the world will turn their attention to the holiday season. Chronic health problems can take a toll on relationships any time of the year. Most people have to experience unrelenting pain or illness themselves before they understand how...

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    5 Rules for Living Well with a Chronic Illness

    by Carolyn Thomas Dr. Elvira Aletta is a clinical psychologist with a unique perspective on what it’s like to live with a chronic illness. In her early twenties, she was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome, a rare kidney disease that usually affects young boys. Then in...

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