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Confessions of an American RA Warrior
“Laughter remains one of the best tools I’ve had for dealing with RA, both physically and mentally.” Matt Iseman CONFESSION #1: The featured image is “FAKE NEWS.” CONFESSION #2: I secretly would love to be a co-host on American Ninja Warrior or definitely try the course out myself. Although, I would do anything to be…
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No Crying Over a Flat Tire
“A negative attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t go anywhere without changing it” ~ Anonymous This quote takes on multiple meanings for me and it just so happens it was literally and figuratively this past week. I have seen two different rheumatologists in my hometown over the past thirteen years growing up. When…
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#AdvocateForArthritis and #RacinForACure
WOW! After last post, I can’t get over all of you who commented, liked or sent me personal messages. I can’t thank you enough and express how much I appreciate the responses. I had people all across the United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom and South Africa view my blog and reach out to me.…
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Knowledge + Action = POWER
Week 1 √ What a coincidence and yet perfect way to kick off my elimination diet with entering into March, which is Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month. I definitely want to share with you how the first week went, but want to give tribute to the month and share two key points about Rheumatoid Arthritis to…
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3 P’s: Planning, Prepping and Phase 1
Reason 1 + Reason 2 + Reason 3 = Elimination Diet. I have committed and decided that I needed to try something different. I knew I couldn’t just go on being in continuous daily pain with no medication. I had to take matters into my own hands and find a way to be stronger than…
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Why I chose to do the “Elimination Diet”
I can’t just pinpoint the why I am doing the elimination diet to one reason. There are a culmination of reasons that play a factor into the why. REASON #1: I am surrounded by so many support systems; my husband, family, friends, co-workers. All who I am so lucky to have in my life that…