When you’re on crutches for years, you learn a thing or two. 1. You need pads. These are a must… unless you like bruises under your armpits that hurt like a biotch. The best ones I’ve come across are the ones made by crutcheze. They are SO comfy and thick. You’ll actually need to make …
To my Father, Dad, Daddy, Supa Playa, King Garmo, I can always count on you to be my rock, to be my strength, to help me find a solution. You’re there to hug me, catch my tears, allow me time to grieve, but always pushing me forward. You’ve driven me hours to doctors appointments looking for …
Obviously the name of my blog is It’s just a bad day NOT a bad life (shocking, I know right?). I definitely was among the individuals who would proclaim they had the worst life when something bad happened, but then as soon as something good happened I’d change my tune. I think this yo-yo’ing mentality …
Are you still on disability? Are you back to work yet? – I get this question so many times during a week it makes my head spin. No. I’m not back to my IT consulting job. But I do have a job. An extremely important job. Probably the most important job I could ever have. …
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Tomorrow is the last day of arthritis month and the Pittsburgh Walk to Cure Arthritis will be held to celebrate. Online sign ups end today, but you can always sign up on the spot tomorrow! I’ll be working registration so I can hook you up 😉 (haha along with all the other volunteers there) This …
The first time I heard of the treatment I thought ummmmmm… Ooookkk? But before you judge, let me explain. LifeForce therapy uses a combination of light, music and vibration therapy. The first time I heard about it I wasn’t really sold. I’ll be honest – I thought it was kinda hocus pocus. The …
Have your morning coffee with me! Positivity is something that’s hard to keep up when you’re a chronic patient. Between the doctors appointments, the fatigue, canceling plans and disappointing friends/family it’s SO easy to sink into negative thoughts. No one can blame you. Hell, I’ve been there, done that. Everyone has negative thoughts, the …
Today is a really exciting day in my world! Today kicks off an awesome 2 day online conference for autoimmune arthritis and my new site is live! Of course for my launch I had to wear my curearthritis.com shirt. My site now features new pages which I’ve accumulated a lot of information for. Now there …
No matter how I’m feeling my group therapy sessions always put a smile on my face. I love meeting with the women who attend and always leave with positivity tools I can practice in my everyday life. Walking out of group therapy one day I noticed there was a note on my windshield. I had stayed …
Happy Mother’s Day to all the beautiful Mother’s out there. Without you this world would be a crazy, chaotic, sad, pathetic place. Every Mother’s Day you see Facebook posts about how ‘my mother’s the best’ or ‘I have the best mom in the whole world’ and I know I’m always biased, but I truly believe …