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Novel Patient
http://novelpatient.com
A young woman with multiple autoimmune diseases writes about life with chronic illness.
- Added on: Jul 16th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: NovelPatient
- Listed in: Health General Health
- Tags: disease chronic illness illness autoimmune sjogren's syndrome
Recent Posts
Blogiversary: A Belated Thanksgiving
When you are sick all the time you often have to (sometimes unwilling) rely on the help and support of other people. And that is something that should not be taken for granted. So today, on the one year anniversary of this blog, I feel like I rea...
Visualizing Symptoms
Appearances can be deceiving with a chronic illness. Looking at a person you usually can’t even begin to see what they are going through. Sometimes even your doctor can’t see what’s right in front of them. Sometimes you have t...
The Unexpected
Sometimes you expect one thing and get another… especially when living with multiple chronic illnesses. I finally saw the Sjogren’s specialist at yesterday. He spent a good 40 minutes pouring over my records and taking notes on them. ...
High Hopes
Tomorrow I am heading down out of town on a trip to see a Sjogren’s specialist. My appointment is on Monday. Since it is about 3 hours away we — my mom and I — will be spending two nights at my Grandma’s house which is in ...
Celebrate!
Image via Wikipedia On Friday I turned 26 years old! And I really had something to celebrate! The night before I got a call from my doctor letting me know that the lab tests were a mistake and I don’t have a blood disorder! I was s...
Taking a Stand
Sometimes in the face of adversity you just have to stand tall. Image by Ethan Hein via Flickr My doctor work me up on Sunday morning to tell me that I may have a blood disorder – Polycythemia. Unless there’s been a mistake either...
