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May 2011

It's about to get all sexy up in here (5/31/2011)

ChronicBabe.com is hosting a few bloggers who want to tell their personal stories for our blog carnival about sex & illness, but want to be a little more private. So: enjoy!

On Memorial Day, we send love and respect (5/30/2011)

to all the women (and men, too) who have served and protected our country, especially those with illness and disability. XO

It's Arthritis Awareness Month...still time to win a $200 CVS gift card! (5/26/2011)

Over at MyRACentral, you still have a few days to enter a contest about what you've learned this month. Check out all the details here!

Last call for our Blog Carnival: Intimacy, Sex and Body Image (5/25/2011)

Come on, you KNOW you want in! We want to hear your stories about romance, about how your illness changed your body image and how that has changed your sex life. We want honesty. We want to hear the good and the bad. Let's get real, Babes. And let's bring sexy back. Rawr! You've got until Friday night to submit. That's right, we said SUBMIT! ;) Details. 

Are you sick? Do you read? Join the conversation! (5/25/2011)

Thursday night. 8pm CST. ChronicBabe Forum. We'll be talking about the books that inspire us, that teach us, that distract us. It's a sick chick book club moment. 

Ford partners with WellDoc to create system for monitoring health issues for drivers (5/23/2011)

The New York Times reports that Ford has partnered with WellDoc to create an app that helps drivers with conditions like diabetes, asthma and heart disease monitor their conditions while driving. The future is now, Babes!

Blogging about sex and chronic illness? Be part of our next carnival! (5/23/2011)

On Tuesday, May 31, we'll be hosting a super-sexy Chronically Babelicious blog carnival, all about sex and chronic illness. You should come! (Hee hee!) Be part of it by submitting your post, and then reading all the different perspectives and becoming part of the conversation.

Countdown to LIVE chat in the ChronicBabe forums: S E X. (5/19/2011)

You don't want to miss this. Right? RIGHT? Editrix Jenni will be talking relationships, dating and S E X once again this Thursday, May 19, at 8pm CST at the ChronicBabe forums. Don't miss it! 

Mamasick celebrates her blogiversary. How do you celebrate milestones? (5/19/2011)

We're really proud to be mentioned as one of her inspirations. It's important to celebrate milestones, especially the ones that keep you moving in a positive direction! How do you mark the positive moments in your chronic life? We'd love to know!

Join us for a LIVE chat this Thursday at 8pm CST (5/18/2011)

Editrix Jenni will be talking relationships, dating and S E X once again this Thursday, May 19, at 8pm CST at the ChronicBabe forums. Don't miss it! 

Vote for your favorite Diabetes Design! (5/18/2011)

It's time for the DiabetesMine Design Challenge, and it's incredible! You have until May 26 to cast your vote, and the winning design wins big bucks—and the chance to change people's lives. 

Mark your calendars for a LIVE chat at the forum this Sunday about S E X with chronic illness (5/13/2011)

It's gonna be feisty, ladies! Join lead moderator Rachel B at the ChronicBabe Forum for a leisurely Sunday chat at 1pm PT, 2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET, 5pm AT, 8pm GMT to talk body image and S E X with chronic illness. You know you wanna be there! 

Memorable advice on dealing with chronic illness: Patients for a Moment blog carnival (5/12/2011)

We always love this blog carnival, which has a great patient focus and strength. Thanks for hosting this time, My CFS!

e-Patient Dave hosts Grand Rounds (5/10/2011)

And it's a Tedx Maastricht - Patients Rising theme. Fun! 

Inspire Q&A talks with Kevin, M.D. (5/10/2011)

Inspire Q&A just posted a fun chat with @KevinMD, one of our fave online docs. It's a fun discussion about trends in patient awareness and we think you'll enjoy it. Get reading, Babes!

Jenni is a WEGO Health Hall of Famer! (5/5/2011)

Yay! Even though Jenni didn't do every single entry in the WEGO Health Health Activist Writers Monthly Challenge, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame as "most entertaining." Fun! 

Have you seen Pillbox? (5/4/2011)

What an interesting little search function this Pillbox is. You can identify pills by color, size, shape and other identifiers, and then get links to all kinds of info. Now when you forget what you've got, you can get help figuring out what all your mystery pills are. 

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