Mmmmmmmmm I haven’t had lasagna for awhile. While I was shopping at my favorite little health foods store, Sunny Bridge, a worker suggested I try the brown rice lasagna noodles. He said he didn’t eat gluten free, but he really liked them. I was sold. I picked them up, some organic, no sugar added spaghetti sauce, …
I have trust issues. I’m not talking about not trusting my boyfriend, or not trusting my family and friends, but I have issues trusting my body. I say ‘my body’ because I trust myself, the person who I am on the inside, but I don’t trust the body that I was given in this world. …
4 weeks until I’m sitting in the Medx conference. 27 days until I’m headed out to the Stanford Campus 648 hours until I’m meeting face to face with friends I’ve been talking to for almost a year. 38,880 minutes until I’m getting on a plane and traveling for my new job . . . my ePatient/advocacy …
If you follow me on Facebook, you probably noticed I’ve been posting a lot about GMOs lately. The more I’m learning about them, the angrier I’m getting. It’s no wonder that autoimmune diseases are on the rise!!! Do you have any idea what these genetically modified foods are doing to our systems? Probably not . …
#PATIENTPOWER Giveaway Alert! Become a #60minuteGameChanger and win some greeting cards. Have you completed the International Foundation for Autoimmune Arthritis’ Early Symptom study? If you have, you can enter into a giveaway! And if you haven’t, there’s still time to complete it! The raffle and the study go until August 15th! As some of you …
You never realize what you take for granted until you can’t do it anymore. Although it’s been 2+ yrs I’ve been on crutches, I still get in situations that bum me out. The yoga fest was held at point state park, which is a park at the intersection of the 3 rivers in Pittsburgh. The tents …
Monday, July 28th, 2014 – another 3 month round of lovenoxx DIZZZZONE! Done, done and done. Since my last MRI, my orthopedic doctor moved from Pittsburgh to a new practice in the DC area. She gave me the name of a new doctor who she said she’d brief on my journey. I have a doctor’s …
Ever have a day where you say to yourself, “Wow!! I’m SO proud of myself for doing that!”? I most definitely had that kind of day this past Saturday. For the past 2+ years I’ve had a pretty static life. There will be progress, but then it always seems that progress results in 2 steps …
If you could save a fellow patient from delayed diagnosis & potential disability, would you do it? Donate 60 minutes to research and you can!* I’ve teamed up with the International Foundation for Autoimmune Arthritis, Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation, Spondylitis Association of America, the International Still’s Disease Foundation and Lupus UK to help recruit patients to participate …
The past few months I’ve become pretty obsessed with Gabrielle Bernstein’s message of “Chose love over fear”. I’ve pretty much read all of her books and have been actively working to incorporate her messages into my everyday life. There are so many times I come across a lesson and think, “Wow, has she been spying on …