Tag: Wellness

When Gratitude Turns to Frustration: One Patients Plea for Change

Canada’s healthcare system is in crisis — and those who need it most are being left behind. Over a million British Columbians don’t have a family doctor, and the cracks are widening. As someone living with chronic illness, I’ve had enough. Here’s my rant, and my plea for change.

Anybody Else Have Pandemic Fatigue?

This pandemic has been hard. Even for people like my husband and me. I mean we are lucky to have 5 of us living in our home, so we were never really alone or really isolated from human contact but that doesn’t mean it’s not been hard for us too.  Life as we’ve known it…

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My Chronic Life

Did you know that 2.8 million people worldwide have MS (1 in 3,000 people). And globally, approximately one in three of all adults suffer from multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). “Get well soon or I hope all is well!” Both common things to say to someone who is under the weather, and while the sentiment is…

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Dealing with Negative Nellie

We are living in a time of really big changes and major upheaval right now. Everyone can have a bad day now and then, but there’s a big difference between being grumpy from a bad sleep and having a shi$$y attitude.  A bad day means that things are completely out of your control, like living…

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Things your Dr might not tell you when you are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis

I have now lived with MS for over 15 years and while I am definitely not an expert, I have come up with a little list of things that I wish my Doctors had told me when I was first diagnosed.  You may be someone who is new to an MS diagnosis or you may…

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