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The ‘Spoonie’ Spirit of Christmas…

  Christmas - it's often known as the 'most wonderful time of the year'. It is also however, a stressful time of year, with all the preparations that need to be made - the presents, food, decorating the home and so on.  Add living with a chronic illness to the mix and the stress is exponentially increased.  The fatigue that often accompanies many different chronic conditions makes it very difficult to plan for Christmas, or even to feel the joyfulness of...

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HAWMC 2013 Day 9: Carers, How to Treat Those You Care For

  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: Patients, what advice or tips do you have caregivers out there - professional or otherwise! To be a patient can be exceptionally difficult - it can be lonely, isolating and...

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