Exercise and Chronic Pain | Fitness Friday
Living with chronic pain can be incredibly limiting when it comes to getting enough exercise. On our worst days, simply getting up to use the bathroom may be a daunting […]
Tag Archives: NHBPM
I Bet You Didn’t Know Where the Word Lupus Came From… | NHBPM Day 27
Simply, the word Lupus comes from the Latin word for wolf. That part, most people are aware of. But why would this disease be associated so closely with the wolf […]
Lupus Lags Behind in Terms of Awareness | NHBPM Day 26
Lupus is a very serious illness, one that affects over 5 million people worldwide and can kill. Still, the disease is widely misunderstood and unknown to the public. Research is […]
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That’s So Lupus | NHBPM Day 24
To be honest, a show featuring a character with Lupus would be so amazing for me to see. Lupus is so misunderstood, so unknown, that really the only pop-culture reference […]
Skepticism and Fact Checking | NHBPM Day 23
I know this post was for yesterday, but I encountered some connectivity issues. Sorry! I could write about a whole month of posts about the things my doctor taught me. […]
Acupuncture and Other Alternative Medicines | NHBPM Day 20
Acupuncture is one of the few areas of natural medicine that has me significantly torn. Typically, in terms of evidence, treatments either have ZERO credibility (homeopathy, crystals) or TONS of […]
A Culture of Emergency Over Prevention | NHBPM Day 18
Day 18 of National Health Blog Post Month is to talk about how I’d like to see the future of health care. I know I have some readers in other […]
Religiosity and Superstition in the Chronic Illness Community | NHBPM Day 13
So, today’s prompt for National Health Blog Post Month is to write about a controversy. This is something I haven’t really written about, but frequently think about. There is an […]
Homeopathy vs. Natural Medicine | NHBPM Day 12
***My friends and readers with Fibromyalgia: PLEASE READ THIS. You are currently one of the top groups of people being targeted for Homeopathic scams due to the difficulty involved with […]
Life and Death | NHBPM Day 19
As much as we try to stay positive, occasionally the grim and morbid truths about living with Chronic Illness have to be discussed and faced. Lupus is still an often […]
