I am about to make a bold statement here, but bear with me: being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease has actually improved my life for the better. No, I am not…
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Your Career and Chronic Illness: Four Reasons Your Employer Should Keep You Post-Diagnosis
by The Unchargeables June 15, 2018You’ve been diagnosed with a chronic illness. Maybe you’ve known for a long time or maybe you just found out. No doubt, you have a number of questions, and one…
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My Sister Is Fighting An Invisible Monster
by The Unchargeables June 13, 2018The topic I’d like to share with The Unchargeables community is another one that hits close to home for me: Cluster Headaches. Almost 8 years ago, my sister Stephanie, now…
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Words Can Hurt: Sticks and Stones
by The Unchargeables June 11, 2018Sometimes people can be well-meaning, but their words can hurt regardless. We polled our Chargie friends in The Unchargeables community and asked… “Which things do you wish people would stop…
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What It’s Like to Have Anxiety and Cerebral Palsy
by The Unchargeables June 9, 2018When I think of the word anxiety, it brings up the feelings of worry and stress that my cerebral palsy causes in my everyday life. It’s not that I want…
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Grieving Through Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
by Unchargeables June 7, 2018The grief cycle, as in following the death of a loved one, is something that we are probably all familiar with. The same thing happens when we are hit with…
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Me
by The Unchargeables May 31, 2018Hi! My name is Dena and I have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or hEDS. There are several different forms of EDS. The most common types are hypermobile, classic, & vascular. There…
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Interview with Lara Bloom
by The Unchargeables May 23, 2018T.J.) ‘Hello’ Ms. Bloom. Thank you for agreeing to answer my Fast Five questions for our Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) awareness month article. Our community at The Unchargeables is made up…
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Chronic Illness Stole Everything? Lock Up the Great Health Thief!
by The Unchargeables May 21, 2018As I sit down to write this post, it is International Fibromyalgia Awareness Week – though the week will have likely passed by the time this is published. That’s because…
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Social Media: It’s A Stranger Thing
by The Unchargeables May 17, 2018The recent security issues on Facebook have a lot of people wondering if they should delete their accounts. I see the validity of the concern, but in no way would…
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