Chronic Bits:
What advice would you give?
-Posted: 8/27/2010
The new Patients for a Moment blog carnival is full of advice for friends and loved ones who know someone with chronic illness. Great perspectives this week, Babes!
Take a fibromyalgia survey
-Posted: 8/27/2010
The Nat'l Fibromyalgia Association has a new survey designed to inform health care providers about the unique challenges faced by fibrobabes. Take the survey today and make your voice heard!
How to Cope with Pain Blog Carnival - featuring ChronicBabes!
-Posted: 8/25/2010
We are big fans of How to Cope with Pain, a terrific blog with tons of great advice and perspective. They offer a monthly blog carnival, and this month they included a couple ChronicBabe posts featuring tons of women's voices. Cheers!
Fresh Grand Rounds: It's all about the 'toons, man!
-Posted: 8/24/2010
A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor hosts Grand Rounds this week, mingling funnies with excellent posts from a wide variety of writers. Excellent!
NEW! Fun and informational fibromyalgia videos from Jenni Prokopy and HealthyWomen
-Posted: 8/24/2010
Tips for communicating with your doctor and advice for loved ones are the topics on hand for the newest installment of Editrix Jenni's fibro videos at HealthyWomen.org. Check out all 5 videos if you haven't seen them yet! (They're listed in the right hand column.)
Yes, you CAN have that: gluten-free and allergy-aware gift baskets
-Posted: 8/17/2010
A fellow ChronicBabe sent us a tip today about I Can Have That, which is a pretty sweet looking business selling gluten-free and allergy-aware gift baskets. Delish! Did we mention we LOVE tips from readers?
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For Babes, who just happen to have chronic illness...
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Forum! Podcasts! Blog Carnival! So much!
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Final days: Editrix Jenni needs your vote for her #SXSW2011 panel
Just a couple more days remain to vote for my 2011 SXSW Interactive panel. Health Communities: Superheroes Who Need a Justice League will aim to help people build better sites that truly help each other - and this is the FIRST year SXSW has included a health track, so it's extra important to be included. I can't get there without your help! Please take just one minute today to register and vote up my panel, and please spread the word by sharing the link on Facebook and Twitter.
Posted: 8/25/2010 in Announcements | View this article.
ChronicBabe Blog Carnival #11: Arts & Crafts
After reading all the submissions for this edition of the ChronicBabe blog carnival, we are in awe of how creative, crafty and clever you Babes truly are. It's impressive how you all use your own brand of art therapy as an amazing and life-affirming chronic illness coping tool.
For those of you who don't consider yourselves very crafty or
artistic, read on and get inspired by your fellow ChronicBabes. Then
we'll meet you at the fabric and crafts store afterward to help you
pick out the supplies for your very own first project.
Posted: 8/24/2010 in Blog Carnival | View this article.
Can I be honest with you? I wish you were magical. I wish you could make the pain go away.
Can I be completely honest with you? I can? Good.
I wish you could make my pain go away.
Posted: 8/18/2010 in Venting | View this article.
ChronicBabe Blog Carnival #10: How do you deal with the medical establishment?
For those of us with chronic illness, dealing with the medical establishment—whether it's doctors and nurses, or billing specialists and health insurance reps—can be a big pain in the tush. Other times, we find ourselves in positive interactions and great relationships. Here's what 15 of our fave bloggers had to say about their dealings with the medical establishment.
Posted: 8/10/2010 in Blog Carnival | View this article.
ChronicBabe Blog Carnival #9: The Big Breakdown: When everything goes to hell, what do we do?
Welcome to The Chronic Babe Carnival #9: The Big Breakdown: When Everything Goes to Hell, What Do We Do? Sixteen ChronicBabes tell you exactly how they deal when things go down. We've got some great stories and tips for you, Babes
Posted: 7/29/2010 in Blog Carnival | View this article.
It's time for some big change at ChronicBabe HQ
I had a major revelation today, poolside, sun on my back, my headphones playing a favorite tune: I have lived much of my life according to someone else's rules. And I'm sick to death of living like that. But I'm making a pledge to myself right now, and you're my witness: I'm making a big change.
Posted: 7/25/2010 in Venting | View this article.
About what Dr. Rob said: "A letter to Patients with Chronic Illness"
Doctor Rob wrote such a fantastic article today we asked if we could reprint it. Here's a hint:
"Dear Patients: You have it very hard, much harder than most people understand. Having sat for 16 years listening to the stories, seeing the tiredness in your eyes, hearing you try to describe the indescribable, I have come to understand that I too can’t understand what your lives are like.
"But I do bring something to the table that you may not know. I do have information that you can’t really understand because of your unique perspective, your battered world. There is something that you need to understand that, while it won’t undo your pain, make your fatigue go away, or lift your emotions, it will help you."
...curious? read on!
Posted: 7/15/2010 in Relationships | View this article.
