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Tuesdays With Tyler: Halloween!
For the first time ever, I’d be willing to bet, school was closed on Halloween. Due to the storm, some schools still didn’t have power and roads were still closed. I’d also bet that it was the first time the … Continue reading
Another Birthday…At Least I’m Still Here??
Today is my birthday and it just happens that it looks like we are going to set a record in NJ for we are expecting up to three inches of snow, which never happens here and is never happened on … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, Birthday, chronic pain, Costochondritis, DSW Shoe Warehouse, endocrinology, flare, flaring, Lupus, New Jersey, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatologist, undiagnosed
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At the Endocrinologist’s: Confusion Reigns
Before you read this post you may want to read The Walking Dead in which I describe my first trip to the endocrinologist. I am so confused I find this a very difficult post to write! Earlier this week I … Continue reading
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Tagged blood sugar, cortisol, cortisol level, diabetes, diabetic diet, diet, dietician, endocrinologist, excessive fatigue, excessive tiredness, Gestational Diabetes, Halloween, holidays, lab tests, nausea, sweating, the holidays, thyroid, thyroid nodule, weight gain, weight loss
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Tuesdays With Tyler: The Fall Festival!
One of the things I love about living where we do is that you can be in New York City one weekend and down on the farm the next. All of you people who make fun of New Jersey think about … Continue reading
The School Called
Yesterday afternoon I woke up from my nap about half an hour before Tyler gets home from school. Grant was just sitting on the couch. “You better sit down”, he said. I didn’t get my disability, someone has died, are … Continue reading
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Tagged child psychologist, Consumer Advocate, disabilities, disabled, education, Emily, fine motor skills, God, Grant, gross motor skills, kindergarten, OCD, poverty, school, special education, Tourette's Syndrome, Tyler
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The Day After the Day After
No, I did not survive a nuclear explosion, I just feel like I did. I’m talking about when a chronically ill parent decides they are going to give it their all, usually to do something stupid if not impossibly beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Chronically Ill, chronically ill parent, dinosaurs, Disability, disabled, Emily, Grant, Greenwich Village, housebound, iPhone, Jewish New Year, New York, New York City, nodules, rheumatoid nodules, SoHo, The Museum of Natural History, Tyler, wheelchair
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Results of the Social Security Doctors’ Exams – It Ain’t Pretty
Before you read this post, you might want to read my first post from last month, when I went to the Social Security doctors that the judge asked me to in the middle of my disability trial. It has been … Continue reading
You Are NOT The Only One
(As Invisible Illness Awareness Week continues, I am dedicating my posts to those with Chronic Invisible Illnesses, and to helping those who may know of someone with an Invisible Illness better understand them. It is an honor for me to … Continue reading
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Tagged blogger, blogging, But You Don't Look Sick, chronic, Chronic Babe, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, Dunkin' Donuts, Face Book, Google+, internet support groups, Invisible Illness, Invisible Illness Awareness Week, Lupus, M.S., Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Social Media, support groups, Tweeter, Twitter, Tyler
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Chronic Illness and Our Children
(In honor of Invisible Illness Awareness Week, I am dedicating my posts to those with chronic illnesses and to helping those who may know someone with a chronic illness to better understand them. It is an honor for me to … Continue reading
Take a Breath
(We interrupt our regularly scheduled Tuesdays With Tyler in honor of Invisible Illness Awareness Week. For the rest of the week, as much as I can, I hope to concentrate on comforting those who are first experiencing illness, those who … Continue reading
