Happy Holidays from ButYouDontLookSick.com

Happy Holidays from ButYouDontLookSick.com

Wishing you Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year! We hope your new year is filled with friends, family, hope, happiness, good health, and most of all Spoons! (We will continue to provide you great new content daily starting in the new year!)

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Sick Humor: Why, Yes Virginia...There Really ARE Spoonies!

Sick Humor: Why, Yes Virginia…There Really ARE Spoonies!

I originally just started this article by delving right into the "Dear Santa" part, but then as I started formatting it, I realized it deserved an intro that was worthy of one of my articles.  By now you all know "me" as a writer.  My theory..."go big or go home".  So, "go big" I definitely did.�

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Diabetes, Chronic Illness and Coping with the Stresses of the Season

Diabetes, Chronic Illness and Coping with the Stresses of the Season

Don't think you can make it through another year of parties and holiday pressures? Here are seven tips for making it through the season with your sanity and blood sugar intact. 1. Shop strategically. Start planning your gift-giving list and shopping before the Thanksgiving holiday to lessen you

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'Chronic' Tips: How to Wrap Christmas Gifts Easily

‘Chronic’ Tips: How to Wrap Christmas Gifts Easily

It's fun to get gifts, but wrapping them especially if you have sore or weak hands can be hard. Here are a few tips to help you wrap Christmas gifts easily. Tip #1 Try to spread your gift wrapping over a period of time, instead of trying to get it all done in one night. This way you can wrap o

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Giving Back Would Be the Best Christmas Gift of All

Giving Back Would Be the Best Christmas Gift of All

Last week, my husband Frank, our daughter Olivia, and I started getting out our holiday decorations. We were very excited to celebrate, because last year, lupus quite simply stole our holiday. We were determined that this year was going to be different. We decided to play Christmas music, dance and

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