Category Archives: illness

It’s #MEAwareness Month – and please act!

Posted on May 6, 2018 by dSavannah

May is Awareness Month for a lot of illnesses, such as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) / Lou Gehrig’s disease, Lupus, and Mental Health. Last month was Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Awareness Month, which Charis Hill wrote about extensively. (And I never … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about disability insurance

Posted on March 4, 2018 by dSavannah

This is a hard topic for me to write about, but: it’s important. And it also fits in with my mission to Shine A Light Into the Dark Places, the stigmatized places, the places no one wants to look at … Continue reading →

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there’s always hope

Posted on February 8, 2018 by dSavannah

I’m starting this post at 5am. I can’t sleep because I’m in a lot of pain. I keep getting out of bed to ice the most troublesome areas – my neck, my lower back, my shoulders, and most especially that … Continue reading →

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imagining pain away (or, it don’t work that way)

Posted on January 30, 2018 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: I started this post – well, I can’t remember when – and I’ve been working on it ever since. Even if it’s not quite “ready”, and I can’t think of a better headline, I’m just gonna publish it… … Continue reading →

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Important calls to ME patients

Posted on January 23, 2018 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: Don’t know what’s come over me to be posting again in the same week, but… again, this is important. Please spread it far and wide! Numerous, numerous! Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) patients have become far worse – some now 100% … Continue reading →

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what is unrest?

Posted on January 21, 2018 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: I started this post eons ago, but my brain just hasn’t functioned enough to finish it. So, this one may be more disjointed than usual. And I’ve taken off the bits I can’t figure out how to write … Continue reading →

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#ChronicIllness: the worst job in the world

Posted on November 8, 2017 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: This is another one of them there posts I wrote a while back and am just now publishing. Didn’t do much to it, either. Just added the photo and a few words here and there. And futzed with … Continue reading →

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