Tag: autoimmune disease
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Rib Pain and Autoimmune Disease: Causes You Need to Know
Three common causes of rib pain in autoimmune diseases.
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What Sjogren’s Patients Need to Know About Trichiasis
Trichiasis happens when an eyelash grows inward toward the eyeball rather than outward.
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How to Find Your “Unicorn” Healthcare Provider
The information shared in this post reflects my personal experience as a patient and board-certified patient advocate. It is not intended as medical advice and should not replace guidance from your own healthcare team. My last post about the “if I just” spiral is about the bargaining that happens when a doctor recommends treatment escalation.…
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The “If I Just” Spiral: How to Handle Emotions Around Treatment Escalation
The information shared in this post reflects my personal experience as a patient and board-certified patient advocate. It is not intended as medical advice and should not replace guidance from your own healthcare team. Through a thoughtful conversation with my amazing rheumatologist (they do exist!), it was decided that it was time for a biologic…
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What I Learned About Getting a Colonoscopy as a Patient with Chronic Illness
The information shared in this post reflects my personal experience as a chronic illness patient and board-certified patient advocate. It is not intended as medical advice and should not replace guidance from your own healthcare team. Always consult your doctor before making any decisions about your care. As someone with Sjogren’s disease, non-radiographical axial spondyloarthritis,…
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The Energy Account Checklist: 5 Steps to Protect Your Energy
Publishing has many moving parts, and occasionally one of those parts eats a paragraph. In my case, an editing issue (aka, autoimmune brain fog) caused a portion of the “Learn to be an Energy Account” section in Chapter 3 of Chronically Ill, Wildly Capable to disappear from the final version. By the time I caught…
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Building a Flexible Career with a Chronic Illness
I left “corporate America” to start my own business a couple of years before I got smacked over the head with multiple autoimmune diseases. I went from juggling four or five clients and working 50-60 hours a week to barely handling one or two clients and working 15 hours a week. I had to learn…
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How to Build a Flexible Career With a Chronic Illness: Introducing Chronically Ill, Wildly Capable
I was running a successful digital marketing business before I got sick with multiple autoimmune diseases. Before fatigue knocked me to the ground. Before the pain was a gnawing distraction. Before my brain felt my runny scrambled eggs. I had to learn how to pivot my career while still being able to pay my bills,…
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20-Seconds to Improve your Doctor Appointments
https://resources.littleenginepatientadvocacy.com/20-second-appointment-opener-worksheet
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide for the Chronic Illness Community
Ho, ho, ho and mistletoe, my friends. If you’re like me, then you have two goals for holiday shopping this year: sticking to a budget and supporting small businesses. And bonus points if it comes from small businesses and creators living with chronic illness. Because helping each other is the best kind of gift. Every…
