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2019: New Year, New Me, New Focus & Goals

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on January 23, 2019

How I plan to kick ass in 2019 with my chronic illness

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People Don't Want To Talk About Arthritis: The Truth Behind The Disease

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on January 9, 2019

Arthritis is a serious disease, not just your grandmother’s aches and pains either.

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How I Explain Rheumatoid Arthritis To Those Who Don't Have It & Don't Get It

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on January 7, 2019

This is how I explain my confusing and invisible debilitating autoimmune disease Rheumatoid Arthritis.

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2018; A Year Of Growing Pains

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on December 31, 2018

2018 has been one of the most monumental years of my 32 rotations around the sun. It’s only been 3 years since chronic illness made its impact on my life and also when I started to feel as if I was living in an entirely different world with how the diagnosis impacted my life.

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All I Want For Christmas Is A Cure For Arthritis

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on December 19, 2018

For Christmas I wish I didn’t have limitations and adversity in life. I wish there was a cure for arthritis.

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Creating My Own Arthritis Awareness

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on July 23, 2018

Sometimes you jut gotta take things into your own arthritic hands.

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The Importance of Arthritis Advocacy in Canada

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on May 4, 2018

April three years ago my life was torn apart by a triple diagnosis of arthritis, this year my triple diagnosis is making me thrive.

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Building A Trusting Health Care Team With Arthritis

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on May 3, 2018

How to get the support you need

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Healing My Voice With HealtheVoices

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on May 2, 2018

How do you heal from an incurable disease?

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This has been my struggle lately and it's become even more difficult with the covid restrictions. I feel like I waste money booking the gym some days to not be able to go because my health has something pop up. I miss the freedom of exercise when my body felt right, that's so important when living with rheumatoid arthritis. I have two exercise routines, one for the good days and one for the bad days. I prefer the good day work outs where I get a real good sweat out but those haven't been possible as often as they used to be.
Being sassy in the sauna!
Friendly reminder. It's ok to feel how you feel.
I did something really cool the other day! It was a huge honor to be asked to present at the Canadian Arthritis Research Conference #CARC2021 and to get such a response!! I've included a link in my bio to a blog post I created for those that were not able to see my presentation.
Thank you @risingabovera and @creaky_joints for putting together this campaign to create awareness over how #arthritis affects our hands. I have a love and hate relationship with my hands now because of #RheumatoidArthritis and #Osteoarthritis. Sure my hands look pretty but looks are deceiving.
Once a week I feel like I am in a #retrowave music video as I take my @soliusinc #VitaminDLightTherapy. But I also feel a slight bit of mental clarity, increase in energy and mood. I like it too because I feel warm and relaxed, pleasant in the cold winter months with rheumatoid arthritis . However the treatment isn't necessarily about how I feel bit what vitamin d does for the body over all since it has a systematic effect. I decided to take the vitamin d light therapy weekly to also protect myself against the Canadian winters and season for infection. In a few weeks I will be having my blood work done to test my serum levels. After 4 months of weekly treatments during the winter I am excited to see the comparison. Hold tight.

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