*plans a weekend at alma mater with friends*
*college campus gets infested with infectious disease*
*autoimmune patient sighs*
Why I Was Diagnosed With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease As A Thin 21-Year-Old Female
Everything you need to know about Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
The Green Couch
He describes this couch as a “sort of green” and is excited and not at all alarmed that we would probably get it for free.
Big Things Are Happening!
I still think, “what if this goes horribly wrong?” But then, I don’t spend the next three hours formulating worst case results. I immediately shift into, “oh, but what if this goes beautifully well…”
Autoimmunity No Longer an Immune System Mistake, Serves Evolutionary Function
Do you need a pick-me-up? Maybe just want to feel evolutionarily advanced? Well, now you can!
Today Was a Bad Day
I cried today because I couldn’t eat pasta.
The Puzzle Metaphor
It is impossible to fit a piece into a puzzle without others falling into place first.
The Autoimmune Olympics
God blessed Olympic athletes with freakishly extraordinary athletic skills. And then God was like, “Hey wait, let me just take a handful of other people, and give them diseases instead. Lol.”
9 Inspirational Quotations for Battling Diseases
“You either get bitter or you get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you.”
Fate’s Funny Ways
The areas of our life that we can control need to be extraordinary. Extraordinary enough to pull us out of our bad days and remind us how wonderful of a setting we have established for ourselves.
If Movies Starred People with Autoimmune Diseases
Wonder Woman with Lupus and Sjogren’s Syndrome is feeling a bit fatigued. She tells the guys to go on ahead, that she’ll catch up with them later. She neatly folds up her cape into a pillow and curls up for a quick nap aside the destruction.
To My Youngest Cousin, Jake
A great life isn’t an easy one, a great life is one you fought hard to live.
To My Best Friend, Hannah
Thank you for calling me and making me laugh for the past two hours. Thank you for talking to me about boys, and life, and fate. Thank you for reminding of the carefree days before I was sick.
“Personal” Blog Category Created!
I have created a second category of blog posts, called “Personal,” that updates my followers on my personal life. I’m sure there will be a lot of overlap between the “Health” and “Personal” categories, but I think it’s crucial that I incorporate both into my blog.
13 Gifs We Can All Relate To
Fantastically appropriate gif’s for all situations those of us with autoimmune diseases run into
To-Do List After An Autoimmune Diagnosis
Sit for five minutes and lose it.
Research the heck out of your disease.
Fatty Liver Disease Diagnosis
I’m just going to stop right here and simply add that I think “fatty” liver disease is just plain rude for a name.
Combatting Autoimmune Loneliness
You are lonely because with diseases that impact your lives as much as these, your biggest ally is yourself. But with autoimmunity, that ally is kicking and scratching back against you. You exhaust your energy and optimism by battling against a power that celebrates more successes than losses.
Patient Perspective: Liver Biopsy
Here is everything you wanted to know about a liver biopsy! From the needles, to the pain, to the recovery. I spare no details, per usual.
17 Crappy Things That Compare to Having Autoimmune Diseases
Stubbing your toe. Repeatedly.
Chronically KMads 