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alternative therapies

A Little Rain Must Fall © 2012 Jane Waterman

A Day in the Life with Sjogren’s

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This post is part of the World Autoimmune Arthritis Day 2014 Blog Carnival. The theme of this year’s WAAD virtual conference is “A Day in the Life of an Autoimmune Arthritis Patient”. A link to the WAAD site follows this … Read More

alternative therapies, chronic fatigue, depression, invisible illnesses, medications, Sjogren's syndrome, top posts
Transformation @ 2014 Jane Waterman

Life Interrupted, Again

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I had big hopes for this year. I still do. However, the difference is those hopes have been modified from the impossible, unrealistic ones I had grasped for as I fled 2013, and have reformed as smaller, realistic, and somehow … Read More

alternative therapies, awareness, chronic pain, compassion, depression, dissociation, feelings, fibromyalgia, Sjogren's syndrome
After Munch #3 © 2012 Jane Waterman

Taking Stock of Depression

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I didn’t want to be here right now. After a year and a half of hell of dealing with a mental illness that wasn’t my own and dealing with the aftermath of that; of trying to get my abdominal pain … Read More

alternative therapies, depression, hope, medications, seronegative Sjogren's
Loss @ 2013 Jane Waterman

Illness and Loss

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The main symptom of the disaster was the kitchen. For the past four weeks, supplies from the constantly aborted deck painting project mingled with dirty dishes, even though not much food was eaten. Food was a source of rough comfort … Read More

alternative therapies, awareness, caregiving, depression, invisible illnesses, medical practitioners, suicide
Pain Study © 2013 Jane Waterman

Grasping for Answers

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I have mentally begun this post for weeks, but a chronically ill life has a way of shaking loose any idea of control over one’s destiny. Anyone who has been ill for a while will understand what I mean when … Read More

alternative therapies, Buddhist practices, change, chronic pain, depression, hope, impermanence, medical practitioners, medications, present moment, Sjogren's syndrome, suicide
Namaste © 2012 Jane Waterman

Sister, Can You Spare A Dream?

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I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 5 #HAWMC – If I could do anything as a Health Activist… Think big today! Money/time/physical limitations are no longer an issue. What is your biggest goal that … Read More

alternative therapies, awareness, compassion, invisible illnesses, loving-kindness, top posts
Behind Glass © 2003 Jane Waterman

Introduction to Sjogren’s Syndrome and Depression

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I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 2 #HAWMC – Introduce your condition(s) to other Health Activists. What are 5 things you want them to know about your condition/your activism? Sjogren’s Syndrome – Like me, you may … Read More

alternative therapies, awareness, depression, seronegative Sjogren's, Sjogren's syndrome, top posts
Tribal © 2003 Jane Waterman

Alternative Depression Treatments and Tin Foil Hats

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Day 20 – Write about alternative treatments/regimens/medicine. What do you support? What is crazy? Today’s prompt amuses me. Alternative treatments – what is crazy? What, indeed? I could wax lyrical about people in tin foil hats dancing naked under the … Read More

alternative therapies, depression, humour, top posts
Quanta #1 © 2012 Jane Waterman

30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know

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This is part of my contribution to Invisible Illness Week. What’s that you ask? Click on the graphic at the end of this entry to learn more! 1. The illness I live with is: A wily combination of things, but … Read More

alternative therapies, artrage, compassion, depression, digital art, fibromyalgia, invisible illnesses, Sjogren's syndrome

top posts & pages

  • Care Package for People with Sjogren's and Depression
    Care Package for People with Sjogren's and Depression
  • Seronegative and Out of Luck
    Seronegative and Out of Luck
  • Janet Frame - An Angel at My Table
    Janet Frame - An Angel at My Table

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  • healing toolkit
  • interior life
  • medical treatments
  • mental illness

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