Don’t want to read the whole story? Scroll down to the bottom to watch my 2016 Stanford Medicine X Ignite Talk. My health story is a long and fairly complicated story. A tale of a girl who went through most of her life undiagnosed. Suffering many different symptoms that were never connected. It wasn’t until …
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Already finished up week 3 and headed into week 4! Time flies when you’re having fun . . . BAHAHA I can’t even type that with a straight face. If you missed Day 0, Week 1 and Week 2 updates – catch up first! Otherwise, check out my update and peep my lessons learned so …
To recap thus far . . . First, I freaked out and had to come to terms with taking Otezla. (Read: Am I a Failure? A Fraud?) Then, after dragging my feet for a month, I finally decided to start it. (Peep: Starting Otezla) Post week 1, I gave you an update on the side …
Hey, Chronically Fabulous Patient. Hope you’re having a great week! As you heard here, I started the first week of the Otezla starter pack on February 12th. I filmed the following week 1 recap video on February 18th – so just shy of a week. Overall, week 1 was alright. Mostly annoying, to be honest. I …
Well, I did it. I started Otezla today. Press play to see me take my first dose – as seen on Instagram stories this morning February 12th, 2017. I have very mixed feelings, but mostly I’m hopeful that it can give me the boost I need. Honestly . . . the boost to get …
An editor at HealthCentral asked me what would be part of my psoriatic arthritis survival kit and it got me thinking. . . . Hmmmmm – WHAT WOULD make my list? It was hard to pair down my list, but it was a fun topic to think about. Click the image below to be taken …
It seems that my most personal posts are always my longest. Sorry, this is so long, but writing this was as much therapeutic for me as I hope it is helpful for anyone who reads it and deals with the daily struggles of autoimmune arthritis. This month I had my 6 month check up …
I posted this picture on Instagram with the caption: Today’s productivity brought to you by: @doterra Deep Blue, Citrus Bliss & #Turmeric! Why? Because it was a rainy, 60-degree day in January here in Pittsburgh. Julie Croner | Psoriatic Arthritis Patient Leader on Instagram: “Today’s productivity has been brought to you by: @doterra Deep Blue, …
This year has been an interesting year. I’ve had some really high highs, and then I’ve had some struggles along the way. But, when you really put it all into perspective, this year was fantastic. I became a God Mother, I experimented with raw vegan, I spent quality time with family, saw the Pens win …
Spotify creates a playlist of your top 101 songs that you played throughout the year. I listen to my Spotify during the day but find that I end up listening a lot to my yoga playlists because they’re calming and soothing. Therefore, when Spotify created my top 2016 playlist, they unknowingly created the ultimate 2016 …