When a nutritionist told this foodie to go on an elimination diet to treat my Rheumatoid Arthritis a few years ago, I was devastated but determined to find delicious dairy, refined sugar and gluten free recipes that I would actually ENJOY eating! Note: This post contains affiliate links as indicated by an asterisk. Purchases…
I’m happy to have Brandi from Being Fibro Mom as our guest blogger today to share with us her ideas about Enjoying the Holidays with Fibromyalgia and 10 Ways to Reduce Flares and Stress. Brandi endures fibromyalgia, a chronic illness that causes chronic pain, is a mom of 4 beautiful kids and has…
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis or other joint or mobility problems can be a real challenge. Seemingly simple tasks are suddenly painful, frustrating or downright impossible. Luckily, there are plenty of great products on the market that can make living with Rheumatoid Arthritis more tolerable. And with the holidays just around the corner, I thought I…
One of my dearest friends has Type 1 Diabetes and truth be told, it scares me. Lori-Anne, an IRL friend and blogger behind Typecasted Diabetes, taught me that Type 1 Diabetes is the lesser known autoimmune version of diabetes, much like the Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) I have is the lesser known autoimmune version of arthritis. She’s taught me…
What started as the fulfillment of my dream of becoming a mother ended with a painful and surprising chronic illness diagnosis 7 months later. It was a very scary time dealing with a newborn and a disease I did not understand. It took me 14 years to figure out how to live with Rheumatoid…