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HAWMC Day 9: Getting out of the Comfort Zone

Welcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists.  Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based upon given prompts. Thursday April 9th: Challenger  Share with readers about a time you had to overcome a daunting challenge.   What words of encouragement would you share with others who find themselves facing similar difficulties? The last daunting...

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HAWMC 2013 Day 6: A Letter to my Condition….

Welcome to the Health Activist Writer's Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health - a social network for all health activists.  Again, I am participating in the annual Writer's Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based upon prompts given. Today's prompt reads as follows: Write a letter to your condition - what do you want to get off your chest?  Unfortunately, today I am feeling particularly unwell, and am not feeling up to writing....

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NHBPM Day Sixteen: What would it be to travel with this condition?

A brand new day, and a brand new post for the WEGO Health 'National Health Blog Post Month'.  Today is the 16th day of this month-long writing challenge; and once again I have chosen to write a post based upon one of the bonus prompts provided. The topic I  have chosen as you may have guessed by the title is travel.  The prompt asks to write about what it is like to travel with your condition. Admittedly, I haven't actually been on...

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Invisible Illness Panel: Journey to Diagnosis with an Invisible Illness

Hello to all my readers I would like to take this opportunity to thank Christine Miserandino (@bydls) of 'But You Don't Look Sick' and WEGO Health for inviting me to take part in the Health Activist Roundtable yesterday as well as the other participants: Michele (@lifeaftertrauma), Andrea (@thegreatbowelmovement) and Amy (@abeeliever). Unfortunately, there were some technical difficulties on my end which prevented me from fully participating so thought I would take an opportunity to discuss my thoughts on some of the issues that...

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WEGO Health Advocating for Another Carnival: Challenge Accepted!

Welcome to the third day in the WEGO Health  Advocating for Another Blog Carnival.  The prompt given was the following: Leading a community isn't all sunshine and ice cream - it's hard.  Write a post that delves into the 3 challenges that you face as a Health Activist This is a really interesting post, one, which really makes us, reflects upon our role – probably not something that we really think about.   One challenge that I particularly face, especially when one considers it...

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