Blog U!

I’ve been trying to think of what to blog about next and, in light of my Conversations of the Autoimmune post, I feel I should connect you with the other Still’s Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis blogs I’ve found helpful!!

* Not Standing Still’s Disease – She's the leading still's disease blogger out there (just enter "still's disease blog" on google! haha) plus that girl does her research!!

* Still’s Life -  Truthfully, what impressed me most about this blog was the information on still's disease because it is very thorough.

* Taking Charge of Still’s Disease - This is a completely information based blog and very helpful. 

* Chronic Curve - I can't get enough of the young and the diseased ;) This tumblr shows that this pre-med student knows herself and her stuff. 

* RA Guy – His 60-second Guide to RA is genius and his superhero theme is, in a word, adorable!

I'm pretty critical of blogs. For example, main blog pet peeve: I don't like posts that are long because it means I have to wade through all that writing to get to the meat of the post. (Hence the reason I bold. I do it in hopes that it will direct your attention if you don't want to read every single word I write) But that said, the blogs above are up to date and very popular. They can link you to other blogs if you're interested in reading more people's personal stories.

If you're reading Me, Myself and Still's Disease and have a blog, feel free to leave a comment with your blog url included for others to connect!

Lunch!

Healthy Lifestyle Update: A 2010 documentary I've thoroughly enjoyed and shared with many people is Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. I first watched it a couple months back and was floored by the results of going to an all fruit and vegetable juice diet, even for just 10 days!! The film follows two men, who have an autoimmune disease called chronic uticaria along with being overweight, and their determination to turn their health around with a micro-nutrient diet, starting first with a juice fast. My mom is my biggest supporter of healthy living and loves to read about ways to improve your health, so I knew she would love see this... as soon as we finished the film, which *spoiler alert* ends with both men coming off all medication for their autoimmune disease, we headed out and bought a juicer!! I'm three juice meals into it and... it's going. hahaha Of course, the fruit based juices are much more palatable then the heavily vegetable based juice recipes (which admittedly both my mom and I have held our noses to down the "mean green juice"!). But if doing this juice fast helps my body get the tools it needs to be healthy and potentially fix itself and I lose several pounds (!!!), then I can surely do this for at least a week!!! ... right?!

Mmmm! Hahaha
... And yes, it does smell like grass XD

Hopefully, next week I'll only have positive things to report on that! My stills has been doing well otherwise. Rashes here and there are common but mostly under control which to me means the 4mg of prednisone are working. Nothing is ever 100% but for the most part my joints are doing fine. My right elbow is tender from time to time but two steroid shots this year probably do that to it!

Wish me luck and have a blessed week everyone!