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Absent But Remaining Optimistic!

Absent But Remaining Optimistic! Back to lend a somewhat crooked helping-hand (if I can) to those with scleroderma and other chronic illnesses.

You can decorate absence however you want- but your still gonna feel what’s missing.”Siobhan Vivian, Same Difference It is extremely difficult to believe that it has been more than a year since my last blog entry! The decision to halt my blogging was intentional, but I did not delete the blog should I decide at some point to return to the platform. Those of you who follow my social media will…

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#autoimmunedisease #Chronic Illness #help #optimism #scleroderma

November Raynaud's Hack: Vinyl Food Prep Gloves

November #Raynauds Hack: Vinyl Food Prep Gloves! Looks a little silly, but you may want to give this a try next time you are in a freezing cold supermarket. #RaynaudsHacks #Scleroderma #RaynaudsFreeWorld

You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others .”

Wilson kanadi (aka wilzkanadi)

Brrr, November has been so cold already, I recently decided to experiment with glove layering to protect my hands from a Raynaud’s attack and it led me to a discovery that helped me out with a year-long problem of Raynaud’s episodes while shopping in supermarkets. Looks a little silly, but…

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#food prep gloves #vinyl gloves

Could There Be Some Point to Suffering?

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”

helen keller

The other night I woke from a sound sleep in pain, a nondescript, full-body pain radiating from my legs; I am not sure if I groaned when I awoke or if I awoke from the sound of my own whimpering but in the moment I became conscious a thought flashed through my mind, “What is the point of this…

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#Suffering

Chronic Illness: Missing Things and Making the Best of It

Chronic Illness: FOMO and Making the Best of It

Don’t worry, and don’t kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.”

albert brooks

As I am writing this post one of my younger cousins is getting married. Yes, literally the ceremony is taking place right now! I am not there, but I am making the best of it.

FOMO Due to Chronic Illness

I had been planning for months to go to the wedding, and very much looking…

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Invisible Disabilities Week 2019

Invisible Disabilities Week 2019 Let's spread awareness and understanding! #InvisibleDisabilitiesWeek

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.”

Phaedrus

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The Invisible Disabilities Association (IDA)has declared October 13th to 19th as Invisible Disabilities Awareness Week 2019. The IDA, a U.S.-based non-profit, is attempting to raise awareness of the fact that not all disabilities are visible, and therefore, head-off…

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#invisible disability #invisible disability week

5 Things You NEED to Know About Raynaud's Disease

5 Things You NEED to Know About Raynaud's Disease-a common disorder that may not seem serious, but could be an important early warning sign of #autimmunedisease #RaynaudsAware #RaynaudsFreeWorld @raynaudsorg @WeAreSRUK @RaynaudsRf @IrishRaynauds

The failures you beat yourself up over are the ones where you experienced warning signs and connect the dots back after the fact.”

Caroline ghosn

5 Things You Need to Know About Raynaud’s Disease October Is Raynaud’s Awareness Month

Oh, beautiful October! The Autumn has long been my favourite time of year in Canada, however, since being diagnosed with Raynaud’s the cooler temperatures…

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#autoimmuneawareness #raynaud&039;s phenomenon #raynauds #Raynauds disease #raynaudsawareness

Practical Spring and Fall Gloves for Raynaud's Protection

Practical Spring and Fall Gloves for #Raynauds Protection - an unsolicited product review for fellow #Frosties of Head Ultrafit running gloves #scleroderma @raynaudsorg @spinsclero @WeAreSRUK

Product Review: Head Ultrafit Running Gloves

As you grow older, you will discover you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

audrey hepburn

Disclaimer: This is an unsolicited product review, I have received no compensation for writing this review nor any compensation for products sold. I am writing this purely to share my experience with a product I have…

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#frosties #gloves #HEAD #raynaud&039;s phenomenon #raynauds #raynaudsawareness

Apheresis: Access, Dogs and Perspective - or What I Did Last Summer Part III

#Apheresis: Access, Dogs and Perspective - or What I Did Last Summer Part III; A new post on the Sick With Optimism Blog, please check it out! #PlasmaExchange #Scleroderma #ApheresisDay2019 #autoimmunedisease #chronicillness

WARNING: Some of the images in this post show medical procedures and implanted devices. I have made the images smaller than in other posts so that you can scroll by quickly without seeing anything too graphic, please use discretion if you find images such as this disturbing.

Well, according to the calendar, summer is soon coming to a close. Back into the autumn routine since Labour Day, it…

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#access #Apheresis #autoimmunedisease #awareness #central line #dogs #plasma exchange #reslience #scleroderma #vascath #venous

Three Good, Diverse Reads or What I Did Last Summer Part II

Three Good, Diverse Reads or What I Did Last Summer Part II: "Pardon My French" "Educated" & "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" #ThursdayThoughts #BookReviews #ChronicIllness

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.”

David viscott

Three Diverse Book Recommendations from This Summer’s Reading

While my brain fog seems to be clearing enough to actually read full books again, over the summer I took the opportunity to read three very diverse books, primarily to pass the time…

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#7 Habits of Highly Effective People #book review #books #Covey #educated #McWood #pardon my french #reads #Westover

Chronic Illness and Post-Traumatic Growth: Bittersweet Reflections

#ChronicIllness and #Post-TraumaticGrowth: Bittersweet Reflections on an article by Carolyn Thomas' Heart Sisters blog.

I am happier because I had to face what all of us try not to face: that we are going to die. It’s a Fact.”

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Life has a sweetness to it and a beauty and a power that I wanted to celebrate.”

Valerie Harper (August 20, 1940 – august 30, 2019)

For those of you who have been following the Sick With Optimism blog, you may have noticed a distinct lack of communication over the past couple of…

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#Chronic Illness #gratitude #kidney failure #optimism #plasma exchange #Post-Traumatic Growth #scleroderma

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