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Tag Archives: Chronically Ill
Prostituting Myself
After some successful Black Friday shopping, Tyler and I headed to Marc’s to do our weekly shopping. Marc’s is, to me an Ohio wonder as their groceries are about 50% less than the local Giant Eagle’s and a third of … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Birds, bankrupt, Black Friday, Christmas, Chronically Ill, Cleveland, Disability, disabled, Gatorade, Giant Eagle, holidays, homeless, Marc's, New Jersey, Ohio, Social Security, SSDI, uninsured
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My Gamble
I read The Headmaster’s Wager as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy of this book. This post is inspired by the book. Welcome to all of my fellow book club … Continue reading
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Tagged Book club, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, Cleveland, Disability, disabled, Emily, From Left to Write Book Club, Grant, New Jersey, North Chagrin Reservation, Ohio, Social Security Disability Insurance, Sponsored Tweets, SSDI, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Headmaster's Wager, Tyler, Vincent Lam
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A Post Impossible to Name
Dear friends, What I am going to write to you about, what has happened to my family, has been to me so shocking, disturbing and upsetting that to put any title on it would make it seem like it was … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, Chronically Ill, disabled, Emily, Grant, Mental Illness, Ohio, Tyler
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Tuesdays With Tyler: Losing My Religion
I am raising Tyler as a Catholic, like me. I had him christened at three months old…and that is the last time he or I have ever been in a church. For many years due to chronic illness I have … Continue reading
Someday I am Going To…
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 5. Someday I am going to…(Inspired by Marcy Writes) Someday I am going to build my blog back to where it was. The day before my last blog post on January 11, 2012, … Continue reading
Chronically Stressed During the Holidays
Every December for me is always the same. What should be the season to be jolly is looked upon as a season of dread, depression and the feeling that I am not living up to what is expected of me … Continue reading
Forgetting Everything I Knew
I read Expecting Adam as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy of this book. This post is inspired by the book. Welcome to all of my fellow book club members or anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, bankruptcy, blogger, blogging, Book clubs, Books, career, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, college fund, credit rating, Disability, disabled, Down Syndrome, Expecting Adam, Food Stamps, From Left to Write Book Club, Lupus, Lupus With RA Overlap, Martha Beck, Mental Illness, poverty, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Social Security Disability, special needs children, WIC, writer, writing
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The Day After the Day After
No, I did not survive a nuclear explosion, I just feel like I did. I’m talking about when a chronically ill parent decides they are going to give it their all, usually to do something stupid if not impossibly beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Chronically Ill, chronically ill parent, dinosaurs, Disability, disabled, Emily, Grant, Greenwich Village, housebound, iPhone, Jewish New Year, New York, New York City, nodules, rheumatoid nodules, SoHo, The Museum of Natural History, Tyler, wheelchair
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On Being Remembered
(I read Cleopatra A Life as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy of this book. This post is inspired by the book. Welcome to all of my fellow book club members … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 hour urine test, Adventure Time, blog, blogger, Book club, Cartoon Network, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, Cleopatra, Cleopatra A Life, Disability, Egyptian Queen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, Food Stamps, friend, From Life to Write book club, Gumball, illnesses, immunosuppressant, Julius Caesar, Lady GaGa, Liz Taylor, Mark Antony, Mother, parents with chronic illness, Shakespeare, special needs child, Stacy Schiff, The Regular Show, thyroid, Wife
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Mama Sick’s Handy Guide For the Healthy Person
(This will be my final contribution to Invisible Illness Awareness Week. If I have helped one new chronically ill person find strength, one chronically ill mom say “Me too!”, if I have educated just one person when it comes to … Continue reading
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Tagged But You Don't Look Sick, chronic, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, chronically ill moms, chronically ill mothers, Disability, disabled, disease, diseases, Disney World, how can you comfort a chronically ill person, How to treat people with chronic illness, Invisible Illness, Invisible Illness Awareness Week, Lupus, what do you say to a chronically person, You Look Fine
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