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Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities Q&A with Iris

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Hello and welcome back to Shining The Spotlight series. A series where I’ve been showcasing posts from others who have chronic illness and disabilities to attempt in raising awareness of our varying illnesses and disabilities. Today’s post features Iris from The Dreaming Panda. Before I had you over to Iris. I want to take some time to thank each and every participant who has taken part in Shining The Spotlight, and to everyone who has read, shared and commented on the posts so far. Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you?   My name is Iris, but most people …

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Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities Q&A With Sheryl

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Hello and welcome back to another Shining The Spotlight on Chronic Illness & Disability post. I am so thankful for each and every one of the participants who have shared their chronic illness and disability journey with me and my readers. Today’s post features Sheryl of A Chronic Voice. Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you? Hello, my name is Sheryl and I come from Singapore. I blog over at achronicvoice.com, covering topics on chronic illness, mental health, and general wellness. My aim is to share about life from different perspectives, in order to instill empathy across all …

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Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities Q&A With Pamela

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Hello and welcome back to Shining The Spotlight on Chronic Illness & Disabilities. Today’s post features Pamela. A fellow spoonie who has previously featured on Parenting In Pain. Introduce Yourself And Tell Us A bit About You? I live in Langford, BC, just outside of Victoria. I’m happily married to my amazing husband Ray and we are proud parents of 2 grown kids and three wonderful grandsons. I’m a blogger who writes about Chronic Pain, Chronic Fatigue and Invisible Illness at pamelajessen.com  I also write for The Mighty, The UnChargeables, PainResource.com and various independent publications.  In addition to blogging, I’m …

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Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities Q&A With Barbara

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Hello and welcome back to my Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities series. Today’s interview is with Barbara Moore of Catch Your Breath 60. Introduce Yourself And Tell Us A bit About You?  My name is Barbara Moore. I am a former Business Instructor at a career college. My background is in business and manufacturing finances Chronic illness(es)/disabilities I have? I was diagnosed with COPD in 2015. I have had 2 Sudden Cardiac Arrests at the onset of my COPD diagnosis. I have heart issues that remain undiagnosed at this time My symptoms/condition began? About 10 years before …

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Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities Q&A With Lisa

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Hello and welcome back to Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities. Todays interview is with the lovely Lisa Sniderman. Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you I am Lisa Sniderman, aka Aoede, an award-winning, quirky, folk-pop artist, playwright, and author from San Francisco, and I obsessively create to heal. I combine expressive and teaching arts to inspire young adults and kids at heart to positively impact them. I create and record unique, original full-length fantasy musicals on audiobooks that I adapt to musical theater stage plays. I’ve been honored with more than 50 awards for my songwriting, …

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Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities Q&A With Liz

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Welcome back to another instalment in the Shining The Spotlight series. A series I created for people like myself who are living with chronic illness or disabilities, giving them a platform to tell their story. Todays post is brought to you by Liz from Despite Pain. Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you? My name is Liz and write the www.despitepain.com blog. I’ve lived with chronic pain all of my adult life. I’m married and live on a sheep farm in the hills of the Scottish Borders. I had to take early retirement from work when I was …

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Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disabilities Q&A With Lynley

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Hello and welcome back to nicolajogston.com. Today I am sharing Lynley if Top Lady Talks Q&A for The Shining The Spotlight Series. Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you?  Hi! My name is Lynley Gregory and I’m a 51 year old retired teacher. Chronic illness(es)/disabilities I have? I became disabled 4 years ago following a spontaneous Sacral spinal fracture and subsequent nerve damage. This left me with chronic pain and weakness in my left hip and leg and I now use crutches and an electric powerchair to mobilise. After the fracture, we found out that I had severe …

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Shining The Spotlight on Chronic Illness & Disability Q&A With Jaime

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Hello and welcome to another instalment of Shining The Spotlight series. Todays q&a is brought. to you by Jaime of I Told You I Was Sick Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you?  Hello. I’m Jaime. I’m an autistic woman who received a late diagnosis of this developmental condition in 2015. I’m a content creator who specializes in making content around chronic illness, natural treatments, and life on the autism spectrum.  Chronic illness(es)/disabilities I have? I’m autistic, but I don’t consider it a disability, although it does cause a fair amount of issues living in a neurotypical (non-autistic) …

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Shining The Spotlight on Chronic Illness & Disability Q&A My Story

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Shining the spotlight on chronic illness and disability is a series I created to give others like myself, who live with chronic illness or disability an arena to get their voices heard.  To show the world exactly what it is like to walk a mile in our shoes.  The series officially started at the beginning of November with a number of participants submitting their answers and more to come.  I thought that I would take the time to answer the questions and let me retell my story.  Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you?   Hey. I’m Nicola. …

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Shining The Spotlight on Chronic Illness & Disability Q&A With Amanda

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Hello and welcome to another instalment of Shining The Spotlight. A series where I give others with chronic illness and disabilities the platform to talk about their illness or disability to help raise the awareness of their condition or disability.   Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you? Hi, my name is Amanda Gene. I’m 30 years old, and I have a disability and mental illness blog.  Chronic illness(es)/disabilities I have? I have a visual impairment called Nystagmus, which is where my eyes move continuously. I have night blindness. I also have Cerebral Palsy and Dyslexia. My symptoms/condition …

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Shining The Spotlight On Chronic Illness & Disability Q&A with Anonymous

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Hello and welcome to another instalment of my Shining The Spotlight series.  Today’s Q&A is with one of my friends who wishes to remain anonymous.  This is her story. Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you?  I am a 35 year old female homemaker with a ten year old, loving partner and dogs.  Chronic illness(es)/disabilities I have? I have Crohns disease which at first doctors thought was coeliac disease. I have problems with joints swelling which they think is  rheumatoid arthritis. I also have anxiety issues. My symptoms/condition began?  I was ill after a holiday to Majorca in …

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Shining the Spotlight on Chronic Illness & Disability Q&A with Kaye

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Hello and welcome to the third instalment of Shining the Spotlight on Chronic Illness and disability. Today Q&A is brought to you by Kaye.  If you’ve missed any of the previous posts they are linked above.   Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you? I’m a dual national, UK Aussie. I came over (on a two year secondment LOL) almost 20 years ago with my husband and 5 year old son, leaving family and friends behind, but trying to keep in touch as direct family members dwindle. I want my son – now 25, to know his UK …