Autoimmunity? Self-Educate, Self-Advocate

I believe each and every one of us has to be our own self-advocate.  Educate yourself as much as possible on your condition – and on your immune system as a whole. Learn what drives inflammation in the body, and what slows healing and repair. 

Yes, I’ll Keep Trying

I was reading an article the other day about someone lamenting the aches and pains and fatigue of growing older to their even-older and even-more-falling-apart parent.  The 88-year-old responds, “Yeah, but the alternative is worse”. The alternative. I love that, because it short-circuits that crazy part of my mind that loves to say all the…

Extra Insurance

Simple things we can add to our internal immune system arsenal to fight the virus