Body & Soul : Illness
I was compelled to write this blog with October here with a vengeance. We hear so much about breast cancer and its survivors, but to... Read more
Juliana Cochnar learned that her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer while Juliana was out traveling the world for two years. When she stopped... Read more
A Bad Day in the Life of Lupus
I have Lupus, and have had it for sixteen years. It’s been under control, mainly because of high doses of Prednisone, but my rheumatologist feels... Read more
Wedding, Hysterectomy, Heartbreak
This isn’t the way I thought it would turn out, not at all. I knew better than to jump into it with too many pre-conceived notions,... Read more
In It for the Long Haul
Why the long haul? Gaylord and I were married for twelve years when he was diagnosed with hepatitis c ... he needed chemotherapy for that... Read more
A Bad Day in the Life of Lupus
I have Lupus, and have had it for sixteen years. It’s been under control, mainly because of high doses of Prednisone, but my rheumatologist feels... Read more
Some people use journals, others run it out, and the rest find their own ways to de-stress—whatever your method for venting and unwinding, tell us what works best for you and inspire others to try it, too. Write about it here
Instead of eating a green bagel and washing it down with green beer next week,...
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