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Chronic illness and the Gym: A personal trainer's guide
Exercising with chronic illness can be a bit of a minefield just working out how much to do with fatigue and pain. Maybe you want to go to t

Actively Autoimmune
Sep 16, 20199 min read
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Behind the #waitingwiggle
I’ve always been a 'wiggler' as I never could sit still. I was told off by my Nana who said I will never be a ‘lady’ if I don’t stop...

Actively Autoimmune
Aug 23, 20192 min read
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Diet & chronic illness: How do you know which diet is best for you?
If you google 'diets for chronic illness' or 'autoimmune disease diets' you are flooded with pages saying - insert diet name- is THE diet...

Actively Autoimmune
Jul 18, 20193 min read
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Why do I keep talking about Self-compassion?
I have started seeing a pain psychologist because I felt my resilience of pain, medical procedures, infections and chronic illness life ba

Actively Autoimmune
May 22, 20195 min read
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PAIN: Is it all in my head?
"Pain is really strange" (S. Haines, 2015) When I was 13 I had my first experiences of 'chronic pain'. I had injured my ankle, and then...

Actively Autoimmune
Mar 6, 20194 min read
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Fatigue & Exercise: How do you exercise when you are exhausted 24/7?
I think when it comes down to exercising with chronic illness you have to look at your mindset. I know for me its no longer "ooh can I be mo

Actively Autoimmune
Nov 28, 20183 min read
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Sun Sensitivity & Me: 5 tips to surviving sunlight
This may be why when first reading about Lupus I was horrified. Yeah the whole immune system attacking itself causing pain, fevers, fatigue,

Actively Autoimmune
Sep 19, 20184 min read
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It's okay not to be okay: How I deal with my lupus anniversary
Anniversaries of significant events or the death of a loved one leads to that date forever marked in your brain. Each year that passes...

Actively Autoimmune
Aug 23, 20182 min read
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My Catheter Journey
I had numerous questions about my experiences with each catheter I have so far used, so thought today I would share my catheter story.

Actively Autoimmune
Aug 21, 20186 min read
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Intermittent Self-Catheterisation: What it is & my experience
So I decided to do my first catheter themed blog based on this and I also filmed a video talking about the products I found helpful whilst s

Actively Autoimmune
Aug 7, 20184 min read
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Pill Shaming: Don't judge me for taking the medication I need
They make me feel like it was ME that chose to take these tablets. Like I thought, "Ooo you know what I fancy, steroids; that round fat face

Actively Autoimmune
Jul 10, 20182 min read
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Has chronic illness turned me into a pessimist?
It's no coincidence once something goes 'wrong' many things follow. Most chronic illnesses overlap or many are connected even if it is not..

Actively Autoimmune
Jul 4, 20183 min read
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How to motivate yourself to work out with a chronic illness
A quote I posted on my Instagram this week touched on the internal battle those of us with a chronic illness or injury have to cope with on

Actively Autoimmune
Jun 27, 20182 min read
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5 Ways to cope with a setback
Forget one step forward, two steps back. Anyone with a chronic illness or recovering from a chronic injury knows that it can take months...

Actively Autoimmune
Jun 20, 20183 min read
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Hope for the best, prepare for the worst: How I get ready for an appointment
Seeing a new Doctor, Specialist or Clinician can be a huge source of stress. It's often after an agonising wait, both for the appointment an

Actively Autoimmune
May 31, 20182 min read
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My Lupus Story: How I Was Diagnosed
Once upon a time (April 2017) in a country far far away (Australia) I got a cold. A very undramatic start to my story.

Actively Autoimmune
May 9, 20184 min read
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Chronic illness and Relationships
I joke that I am not the girl my boyfriend signed up for and that he should claim for false advertising.

Actively Autoimmune
May 2, 20182 min read
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5 Things I have learn't with chronic illness
Cry laughing and doing crosswords..everything I have learnt during my time so far with a chronic illness

Actively Autoimmune
Mar 21, 20183 min read
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6 Things not to say to someone with a chronic illness
Have you tried eating meat? Drinking water? It's great to hear your friend's sister's auntie found Tumeric helped her disease..

Actively Autoimmune
Mar 14, 20183 min read
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