Archive for September, 2012
Glitter in our Hearts Forever
Yesterday I heard the devastating news that Monique Millender AKA MoMo, @Messyhappiness, @LoveHopeHeels, @gummiebearpixie had passed away. From what I hear, at the age of 33 she had a heart attack and died the next morning. Her life story is one of endurance and happiness. She faced many challenges, including having fibromyalgia, lupus, reoccurring seizures, [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2012 under Miscellaneous.
Tags: @gummiebearpixie, @LoveHopeHeels, @Messyhappiness, Monique Millender
Comments: 10
Fibro Feelings – Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
What is Fibro Feelings? It’s National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week once again and I’m excited to hear quite a few of the speakers at their virtual conference. All of the talks will be archived, so there is no worrying about making sure I’m at a computer at any certain time. Some of the talk [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2012 under Fibro Feelings.
Tags: Headache, National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week, Pho
Comments: none
Health Advocacy
Three times this week conversations about advocacy came up in completely different ares of my life. This inspired me to write about it today. One of the toughest things about chronic illness is that you quickly need to learn how to be your own personal, health advocate. This improves the quality of your care and [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2012 under Advice.
Tags: Advocacy, Doctor, My Philosophy
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Fibro Feelings – Back in the Day
What is Fibro Feelings? First of all, let me apologize for not getting an informative post up on Thursday. Between headaches and fatigue my brain just wasn’t working well enough to write a coherent post. I tried to get one up on Friday or Saturday, but I still had most of the same issues plus [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2012 under Fibro Feelings.
Tags: Arthritis Foundation, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Research
Comments: 4