Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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I am a published writer who suffers from depression and MS
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Five Minutes Can Change Your Life: Initiating Change Despite Depression

Five minutes.   Who has five minutes to spare?   On some days you may feel that you don't even have this amount of time to do something outside of your schedule.  Everyone is busy.  Between responsibilities, chores, doctor's appointments, maybe taking caring of others, work, etc....you may feel that there is no time left... Read moreChevron
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Musician, Patient Advocate, Author of 'Brass and Ivory' blog, and Founder of the 'Carnival of MS Bloggers'
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Financial Incentives to Choose One Medication Over Another: The Nuvigil Copay Program

There I was this morning at the pharmacy with my mouth gaping open.  The pharmacist had said, “You just need to sign here.  There is no copay.”  What?!  I didn’t owe anything?  That can’t be right.   I knew that I needed to fulfill my insurance’s $100 deductible for prescription... Read moreChevron
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Writer, Advocate, Photographer
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Preventative Health Screening: RA and Heart Health

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease. That means it causes inflammation in not just the joints, but also in other parts of your body such as your internal organs. The organ that commonly get most affected by systemic aspect of RA is your heart. In fact, cardiovascular disease contributes to people with RA on average having a lower life... Read moreChevron
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Patient Blogger, wife, advocate, and caregiver
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Heart Disease and Osteoporosis Have Common Link!

February is National Heart Awareness Month, so we'd like to tell you about the connection between heart disease and bone loss.   If you have heart disease you've probably had many chest x-rays to monitor your heart, and sometimes during these tests compression fractures of the spine are found.   New studies show that there is a... Read moreChevron
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I have had MS for 25+ years and am a trained Peer Resource for Shared Solutions for Copaxone. I am a recent graduate of the Alfus Patient Advocate Certificate Program from The University of Miami. My mission is to "pay it forward" by helping others with MS and other autoimmune diseases.
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MS, Love and De-Stressing: Question of the Week

  Valentine’s Day. A day to express our love to those in our life we feel are special.  The Hallmark store is filled with cards to help us.  We can buy a card to say I love you to our husband, wife, companion, child, grandchild, sweetheart, aunt, uncle, friend, teacher, co-worker, or even our pet.  Do you remember... Read moreChevron
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