MY AUTOIMMUNE JOURNEY Archives

by Laura

What to bring to your specialist appointments if you have a chronic illness

Having a chronic illness means frequent attendance at doctor and specialist appointments. Often you feel like most of your days are spent meeting with them while trying to keep on top of all of your other commitments. Specialist appointments can ...

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by Laura

HEALTH MY AUTOIMMUNE JOURNEY

8 questions I asked myself after my chronic illness diagnosis

If you like, you can read about my story with autoimmunity here. Prior to my diagnosis, doctors would tell me my symptoms were due to stress. So when my specialists figured out the conditions I had (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, undifferentiated connective ...

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by Laura

LIFESTYLE MY AUTOIMMUNE JOURNEY

Tips for managing symptoms of painsomnia

Painsomnia is an inability to sleep (insomnia) due to chronic pain. And when cyclical, can exacerbate symptoms of chronic illness. When dealing with an entire night of pain, I feel exhausted and my heart tends to work harder the next ...

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by Laura

HEALTH MY AUTOIMMUNE JOURNEY

4 ways to effectively monitor your chronic illness

Specialist appointments started to become overwhelming, I was tired of taking supplements multiple times a day, and I was over having my blood drawn. I just wanted to feel normal. So I shifted my health issues to the back of ...

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by Laura

HEALTH MY AUTOIMMUNE JOURNEY

Tips for balancing college with chronic illness

I was worried about whether or not I would have the physical and mental stamina to make it through a semester. I contemplated whether it was worth spending money on a degree that I may not be able to finish. ...

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by Laura

HEALTH MY AUTOIMMUNE JOURNEY

11 early warning signs pointing to my autoimmune disease

It’s a common assumption that any bodily changes are just a result of getting older. I know I thought that way. Whenever a new issue arose, I’d push it in the back of my head not wanting to come across as ...

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by Laura

MY AUTOIMMUNE JOURNEY

My autoimmune journey – Part 2

In 2015 I thought I had everything going according to plan. I had a great career that I had worked really hard to progress in. I had worked my way up in a company for nearly six years to become General Manager of ...

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by Laura

MY AUTOIMMUNE JOURNEY

My autoimmune journey – Part 1

I'll never forget the day I woke up feeling as though I was experiencing a heart attack. My clothes were drenched all the way through with sweat and I had tremors down the right side of my body. I called ...

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