"It’s a great reminder on those particularly hard days."
What's the October Slide in the chronic illness community? Learn more about it plus ways to cope with seasonal changes.
Let me start by telling you something about the name of this disease: It has been called Sjogren's "Syndrome" since Dr. Henrik Sjogren wrote his extensive paper about it. In recent decades, researchers have learned much more about symptoms that even Dr. Sjogren didn't identify, as well as how the disease works. The term "Syndrome"
Track your chronic pain and symptoms all in one place! As someone who lives with Rheumatoid Arthritis, I couldn't find a PDF template that covered everything I needed to track my arthritis and chronic pain symptoms. This Chronic Pain Symptom Tracker was designed by and for someone living with chronic illness and pain. This planner is perfect for anyone dealing with or caring for someone with a chronic illness. The templates are designed to be customizable for everyone! The Chronic Pain Symptom Tracker is an effective and easy-to-use tool to monitor your daily, weekly, and monthly symptoms. Completely customizable to fit your needs, these templates can help you keep track of and find trends in your symptoms. Track your daily pain, inflammation, or any other symptoms! Track your sleep habits, water intake, weather conditions, and more to learn what factors may contribute to flare ups! The minimalist design is easy to use and perfect for those with visual processing challenges! Pages include: - Daily summary - track symptoms, activities, appointments, sleep, weather conditions and pinpoint the exact symptom locations - Monthly summary - track weight, pain, energy levels, flare severity, hours of sleep and appointments all in one place - Customizable monthly summary - personalize your monthly summary to track symptoms unique to you - Symptom tracker - track symptoms on a scale of 1-10 - Medication tracker - keep a detailed list of all of your medications and side effects - Yearly pain overview - track pain or symptom levels for the whole year in one place! See trends by day, month, and season to learn how your symptoms fluctuate throughout the year - Journal page - keep a health symptom journal using this lined page template! AVAILABLE SIZES ________________________________________ PDF Documents in the following formats - US Letter size (8.5 x 11") PDF print - A4 size PDF print - A5 size PDF print ________________________________________ HOW TO PRINT 1. Print at home using your own personal printer 2. Print at a professional printer (Walmart, Staples, etc.) 3. Print using a professional printer company (Shutterfly, Vistaprint, etc) ________________________________________ DOWNLOAD INFORMATION This is a digital product, no physical item will be shipped. Once payment is received, your digital PDF will be available for download directly in your account and by email. Downloaded items are non-refundable. Files can only be downloaded through an internet browser. Please be sure to read the full product description before making your purchase to be sure this product is right for you.
Check out what essential items I pack in my chronic illness day bag for vacations, day trips, and other fun summer adventures.
"I thought it was completely normal to feel the way I did."
Some of the best tools I've found to manage chronic illness come from my smartphone. These are the best apps for spoonies I've tried so far!
Living with fibromyalgia doesn’t have to stop you from doing the things you love. With these 9 tips, you can live a happier life.
"They don’t know what it feels like to live inside of this body."
Living with a chronic illness can be tough, but the best spoonie hobbies can provide a sense of purpose, reduce stress, and improve overall well-being.
Living with a chronic back condition such as scoliosis is tough. But what does it really feel like living with scoliosis? What is scoliosis pain like?
So many Spoonies aren't talking about exercise intolerance and what it means to our daily lives. How do we live with it and do about it?
Living with chronic pain and emotional torment it causes is hard. So here are 11 tips on what to do when chronic pain becomes too much!
The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino. How to explain what life with a chronic illness really is like to healthy people.
A simple flare tracker for your bullet journal or planner! Great for tracking symptoms and medications for any autoimmune or chronic illness like lupus, crohns, multiple sclerosis (MS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), IBS, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), migraines, fibromyalgia and more.
Spring tends to bring with it increased POTS symptoms. As we gear up for warmer weather, I want to share my tips for living with POTS.
Let's talk about homemaking with chronic illness and the effect it has on our ability to keep up with all the usual homemaking tasks we are responsible for.
A lot of chronic illnesses come with fatigue and other symptoms that impact your energy. Some of them even have exercise intolerance as a symptom. In these illnesses, exercising causes symptoms and…
8 things to keep on your nightstand when you live with chronic pain
The best productivity tools for spoonies are customisable and either work with your symptoms or aim to relieve them.
When I’m busy on a writing project, particularly if it’s poetry or fiction, one of my favourite things to do is go to a local cafe and spend a couple of hours with a couple of cappucino…
Spring tends to bring with it increased POTS symptoms. As we gear up for warmer weather, I want to share my tips for living with POTS.
The SIBO Meal Plans provide you with 4 weeks of meals, recipes, shopping lists and more to help you with your SIBO treatment. Based on the SIBO Bi Phasic Diet.
Traveling with Dysautonomia/POTS can be tricky, but it shouldn’t stop you from doing it. These tips and tricks will help you keep those symptoms at ease.
"So many people don't know that this is my life."
Recently I had a terrible flare up, and someone asked me "what exactly does that feel like? How was a flare-up different from the usual pain of my Ehl
Free printables to track autoimmune diseases and chronic illness. Track your lupus, dysautonomia etc. With our free printables.
Food can be one of the biggest triggers and challenges when it comes to Crohns management and inflammatory bowel disease. Learning which foods to avoid with Crohns and which ones can help reduce inflammation can be a long and painful process. For myself, it took me nearly 3 years of different diets of eliminating and […]
My body was deteriorating and at the time I didn't understand why. These were the 11 early warning signs pointing to my autoimmune disease.
It's time for the March writing prompts! Come join our online writing community and support group for those with chronic illness and disability.
In this post, a POTS patient share the connection between POTS and heat intolerance, as well as how to deal with it.
If you suffer from any Chronic Illness and have no idea what causes it, you might want to ask your doctor to test your Epstein Barr Virus titers.
Learning your limitations is a big part of being chronically ill. Check out some of these smart services to see if they can aid with your daily tasks.