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Tips To Help Manage Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain is defined by the Cleveland Clinic as pain that last months or years and happens in all parts of the body. It interferes with daily life and can lead to depression and anxiety. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone with chronic pain that depression and anxiety get thrown into the mix.…
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7 Tips For Improving Your Mental Health
1. Make Time For Yourself Taking time out for yourself is one both one of the most obvious as well as one of the most complicated ways to improve your mental health. As a society, we are such a go, go, go culture that slowing down and taking time for you is hard. Try taking…
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Hysterectomy Recovery
My hysterectomy was 8 weeks ago and I’m happy to report I’m feeling well! I had my post operation appointments 2 weeks ago with both surgeons. I’ve been cleared by my doctors to resume normal activities and can begin exercising again etc. I do have some minor issues going on but nothing that is preventing…
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Why I’m Having A Hysterectomy
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had pelvic pain and horrendous menstrual cycles. Even at young age, the go to was to be on birth control pills to try to lessen the severity of my periods. Newsflash – it didn’t work! It was a band-aid fix, if that. From ruptured ovarian cysts in…
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5 Ways You Can Still Volunteer For Your Favorite Cause With A Chronic Illness
This post was originally posted on Instagram in May 2020. It has been slightly modified. Do you have a cause that is near and dear to your heart? Something you feel strongly about and want to support? It can be very challenging to feel like you have enough energy (spoons) to give any of your…
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5 Ways to Cope with Chronic Pain
I first wrote this in May 2020 for my Instagram. I updated it a bit to post on my blog. Before I give a few tips that help me, I want to give a little background on how my journey with chronic pain started. I was diagnosed with Endometriosis at age 19. I had been…
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