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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
My Health Demon
Hi, my name is Chants. I’m 28 years old and I have a chronic illness that makes me feel like I’m an OAP (Old Age Pensioner). And what is the name of this evil thing, I hear you ask? My demon is called Fibromyalgia, and there is no known cure, and it only gets worse.
By chants richards7 years ago in Longevity
How Cancer Changed My Life
Cancer. It's a big ugly word that we hear more and more often as time progresses. We hear cancer and think of chemo and radiation, losing hair and nausea. We think about the effect of cancer on the person fighting it, forgetting about how it affects those that surround that person. When I was 31, my mom was diagnosed with esophageal/stomach cancer. Thankfully, they caught it early and she never had to go through chemo or radiation. Still, her having cancer completely changed my life. Not necessarily negatively, just changed.
By Kristen Lee7 years ago in Longevity
5 Tips on How to Cope With Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is one of those "hidden diseases" where you usually can't physically see what's going on, but it's still there. Because of this, doctors tend to write it off as something else or just outright say there's nothing wrong with you. What do you do when people say it's all in your head, and you genuinely feel like you're going crazy? Or when this illness is taking over and ruining your life?
By Savana Verret7 years ago in Longevity
Living With CP & Embracing Life as an Artist and Disability Advocate
My name is Emily Beatrice Goss and I am a disabled artist. The last year has been an incredible journey. The summer of 2016 began a new chapter of my life once I received my BA in Performing Arts at Boise State University. I officially became the first college graduate in my family, which became a HUGE milestone I will always be grateful for after the years of hard work and countless sleepless nights packed in a dark theatre for hours on end. On top of juggling back-to-back shows and an overwhelmingly packed school schedule, I continued living my life with Mild Cerebral Palsy. Professors, colleagues, peers, and close friends would constantly see me darting across the quad, running to auditions or production meetings or classes in my bright red motorized scooter with my production binders and scripts in tow. The whole process became a routine that I grew to love, and an experience I will never forget. The road certainly has not been easy, but I feel it's time to tell my story...
By Emily Goss7 years ago in Longevity