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HAWMC 2013 Day 5: My Future Aspirations as a Health Activist

      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: "If I could do anything as a Health Activist...

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NHBPM Day Eleven: My Favourite Thing….

Another day, and that means a brand new post as part of the WEGO Health 'National Health Blog Post Month'.  Today, is a diversion from discussing life with a chronic illness and health, as the prompt that I have chosen (as we get a choice between 2 prompts) asks us to discuss our favourite thing that is not health related nut likely improves our life. For me, my favourite thing, and one which improves my life is my brand new iMac....

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A problem shared…

Welcome to another blog post from 'My Brain Lesion and Me'! This month, the folks at WEGO Health are concentrating on 'Health Activism in Real Life'.  So, instead of the focus on being on online support groups or on those like me who blog regarding a particular health condition or cause the focus is instead on those organisations or even on specific people who use the more face-to-face approach to health activism.  This could include any of the following: Non-Profit Organisations, i.e. charitable...

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One Voice…

Hello, readers new and old - hope you are all well. Or much better than I have been lately anyway - it really hasn't been a great time for me, with legs giving way much more, becoming weaker, even leaving me in bed for a whole day a couple of weekends ago.  Whenever I attempted to stand, my legs would just collapse from under me...

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The role of support and health communities for people living with chronic and long-term conditions…

Hey Everyone Sorry, I have not posted for a bit but I have been unwell as my Dad has kindly given me his cold - which has made me feel very unwell and extremely lethargic. Today, I would like to discuss the role of support groups and other health communities out there for people, like myself who have chronic and long-term health conditions.  These online support groups and communities, for me, has been a god send - as I find myself feeling...

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