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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
Spectres @ 2013 Jane Waterman

Breakdown

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After so many years of battling with depression, it shouldn’t fail to surprise me that I can be so horribly wrong about its power and the lies it tells. I’d like to think that after so many years of fighting … Read More

compassion, depression, dissociation, medical practitioners, medications, top posts
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
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
Biography © 2002 Jane Waterman

Remember Everything

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I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 11 & 12 #HAWMC – Write about your favorite health iPhone app? and If you could go back in time and talk to yourself (or your loved one) on the … Read More

authenticity, depression, medical practitioners, medications, side-effects, Sjogren's syndrome
This is What Is © 2012 Jane Waterman

Chronic Pain and Catastrophic Medicine

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This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time. Having been through a somewhat hectic week, and feeling rather strung out by recent pain levels, I thought I’d try to jot down some of my thoughts … Read More

chronic pain, depression, medical practitioners, medications, sensitivity, Sjogren's syndrome, top posts
Shame © 2012 Jane Waterman

Shame

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I come to writing today wrung out, hollowed, disappointed, ashamed. I can forgive myself the days that lapsed since my last entry. I sank into the recesses of a cave, and there I went through the motions of life in … Read More

artrage, chronic pain, compassion, darkness, depression, digital art, medical practitioners, medications, present moment

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  • Care Package for People with Sjogren's and Depression
    Care Package for People with Sjogren's and Depression

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