Showing posts with label Chronic disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chronic disease. Show all posts
Saturday, 26 September 2015

Two Inspiring Moms Day 7

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At the heart of the experience of chronic disease, including caregivers as well as patients, there are more similarities than difference...
Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Chronic Diseases: More the Same Than Different

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In September I wrote a guest post called "A Day In The Life" that appeared on HealthiVibe . Jeri Burtchell is doing a series of pa...
Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Validation and Online Communities

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I have read many blog posts and consistently hear stories about patients who are not believed when they report symptoms. From doctors to f...
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Saturday, 9 November 2013

Taking RA On The Road

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Sometimes it seems chronic disease takes more care and maintenance than a delicate exotic animal. Going away from home needs careful plannin...
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Saturday, 19 October 2013

Give the bird a carrot

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A s many countries try to control healthcare costs  we will see more support for self-management, especially in patients with chronic dis...
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Saturday, 7 September 2013

How To Develop Chronic Patient Syndrome

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There are many stories about waste in healthcare. Some are ridiculous and some are based on misunderstandings and lack of knowledge. Here...
Saturday, 10 August 2013

Chronic Games

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It's unlikely there will ever be a prize for any of these "sports". Sometimes though you have to laugh at all we go through fo...
Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Does Suing Corporations Improve Healthycare?

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People are talking about our need to improve our  approach to non-communicable diseases  (including chronic disease).  The main suggestion i...
Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Blogging For Health

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What do you think the best health strategy would be?  A bowl of fruit daily, a blog post at regular intervals or a multivitamin? Some may...
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Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Volunteering With Chronic Illness

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Many people diagnosed with a chronic disease become very knowledgeable about their health problems.  Some like Kelly Young turn their expert...
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Sunday, 28 October 2012

Things you lose

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No doubt about the fact that chronic disease takes a toll on the plans that we have for the future. How much does that matter?  If you ...