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Good Days...Bad Days With Maureen Pratt
Soft, but Strong
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mpratt
It was a day like any other – except I was having a terrible flare and could barely move. I had all of my meds, food, water, a book I could barely read because holding it hurt. But, what I didn’t have was enough toilet paper and, with this particular flare, this was a really…
Lupus: Relationships and Us
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mpratt
Last week, some friends of mine participated in a lupus event, and they invited me to come with them. I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to see their caring in action. Truly, the benefit of being enveloped by people who accept and care about you is priceless! I know there are many lupus…
Chronic Illness: How to Handle the Snowball
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mpratt
Whenever someone visits or lives in a place where snow has recently fallen, I ask them to “throw a snowball for me.” It was one of my favorite things to do, when I lived in blizzard-prone places, and I still like the vicarious glee of thinking of one of those cold orbs arcing across the…
Word Play: How Do You Say ‘Comfort?’
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mpratt
Cold weather and pain are seldom a pleasant combination. For me, even when the temps dip below 50, I struggle (I also have Raynaud’s, which causes me to react to the cold in a finger-numbing way). Just thinking about it…Brrr! Alas, we cannot change the weather. So, when the air is nippy, I invariably turn…
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