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The Unchanging Existence of Life with Chronic Illness

"But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same" - Keane Well, Christmas has now been and gone.  The presents have been enthusiastically ripped opened.  We've overindulged ourselves with turkey and all the other delicious trimmings that adorn our plates (as well as all the chocolates that someone has inevitably bought you!).  Sick of turkey yet anyone? Now as we enter the last week of 2016 however, it is a time to reflect on the year that has passed and the journey that...

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The Evolution of a Patient

Welcome to the thirteenth day of the National Health Blog Post Month Challenge.  Every day during the month of November I will be writing a new blog post related to health and living with a chronic illness based on given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's prompt reads: Evolution: Write about how being a patient or caregiver has changed you.  How have your goals changed?  Have your values changed? Patience; as a patient I have developed far more patience than I had before being a...

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“I think I can” and “I know I can” – Life with Illness causes doubts and a battle to remain positive

Welcome to the second day of the National Health Blog Post Month hosted by WEGO Health.  Every day during the month of November I will be writing a new blog post related to health and living with a chronic illness based upon given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's prompt reads: Little Engine Post: Write 3 lines that start with "I think I can...

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NHBPM Day Twenty-Two: Changes…

It's Day 22 of 'National Health Blog Post Month'.  One of today's prompt asks us to write about we are thankful for - as I have already done this in a recent post (Day 5: Giving Thanks!) I have decided to use the second prompt.  The second prompt asks us to write about change. Well, my life at the moment are going through some changes.  The biggest change is that I am going out more, and to new places, thanks to...

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