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Talking Mental Health…

Welcome to the twentieth-first day of the National Health Blog Post Month Challenge hosted by WEGO Health.   Every day during the month of November I will be writing a new blog post related to health and living with a chronic illness based on given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's post reads: Mental Health Meld: Mental health issues can affect many other conditions.  Write about mental health, emotions, and challenges as they relate to your condition. How does your mental health affect your overall...

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Hospital appointments met with relief or trepidation?

Well, have finally received my appointment to see a neurological consultant - all set for August 20th!!  After a long 28 weeks the appointment has come through, and all set for another hospital appointment.   [caption id="attachment_1734" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Hospital appointment finally![/caption]   It's funny though isn't it when symptoms associated with your chronic illness, such as pain, dizziness, headaches, and so on are getting worse; becoming so troublesome that there is nothing to do but to visit the doctor, and get the referral...

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth

Growth can be defined as an increase in some quantity over time.  The quantity can be physical (e.g. growth in height, growth in the amount of money possessed).  However it can also be abstract or metaphorical (e.g. a growth in one's personality or psychological development.  And it is the former that has based the inspiration for this week's photograph:     This was a picture taken at the recent 'Life 4 Living' Party and the subject of a recent post entitled 'How Do...

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