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Wordless Wednesday: Spoons for a Spoonie…

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. The prompt reads as given: Wordless Wednesday: We all know a picture is worth a  1.000 words.  Post/share a picture that relays a message or story to the reader.         ...

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Being your own GP! (When medicines aren’t being effective or condition is untreatable…)

My condition has not improved; at times it feels as if it is steadily getting worse and so as my condition has been significantly bad recently, it has meant that I have spent a lot of time in bed and watching television.  I have particularly been enjoying spending time watching medical dramas - Saving Hope, Grey's Anatomy, Emily Owens and M.D and notably Monday Mornings. Although, I love these types of show, as a spoonie however, I do find them to...

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WEGO Health Advocating for Another Carnival: Inside a Fishbowl Post

Welcome to the first post of the week-long carnival hosted by WEGO Health.  This special writing carnival focuses on health activists who dedicate their time advocating for someone else. Today for the first post I have decided to use one of the bonus prompts given.  The reason for this is that today’s prompt asked to provide a descriptive portrait of the health community and to provide an image.  However, as, I have mentioned before, the condition which I suffer from is...

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