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	<title>Chronic Twenties</title>
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	<description>Two Twenty-Something Gals and Their Stories of Living with Chronic Illnesses</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Going Public With Illness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[going public]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I write this blog anonymously to avoid mistreatment at the hands of potential employers and clients, or anyone really.  But the truth of the matter is, I live my life very much in public.  The majority of the people who know me, know I have this disease.  The majority of the people I interact with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dental Care 4 Your Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Random]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gum disease]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[links]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[medical research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ra]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shape]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[WebMD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shape Magazine&#8217;s February issue has a tiny article, a paragraph really, about a University of Minnesota study linking gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis (February 2010, page 81).  The study found that people with gum disease are three times as likely to develop RA.
While Shape may not seem like the most reputable source for medical information, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Quota?</title>
		<link>http://chronictwenties.com/medical-quota/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Meds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad luck]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[being healthy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mole removal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[negative mindsets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pre-deductible expenses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quota]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ra]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sprained ankle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think it&#8217;s possible for a person to hit a sort of medical bad luck quota?
So far this year, I&#8217;ve sprained an ankle&#8211;with a torn ligament, had a questionable mole removed, and racked up a fair share of pre-deductible medical expenses for my RA.  Basically, I&#8217;m klutz with bad luck to boot.
Every little medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Balancing Act</title>
		<link>http://chronictwenties.com/medical-balancing-act/</link>
		<comments>http://chronictwenties.com/medical-balancing-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Meds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[compromises]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[just saying]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[RA meds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Always a frustrating situation.  The meds I&#8217;m on compromise my immune system. So if I happen to get sick, it sticks with me longer than it would for others.  If I get a cold sore, I have to go off one of my RA meds or the damn thing will never clear up.
It&#8217;s a constant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Food for You: Nightshades</title>
		<link>http://chronictwenties.com/bad-food-for-you-nightshades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nightshades]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Solanaceae]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chronictwenties.com/?p=185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What the heck is a nightshade? 
The first time I heard the term I had no idea what the person was talking about.
&#8220;Nightshade,&#8221; she said, &#8220;Like tomatoes and eggplant? &#8230;They cause swelling.&#8221;
&#8220;Great, more dietary restrictions,&#8221; I thought.  Growing up in a non-Kosher observant Jewish household, I have pretty strong reactions to people telling me what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chronic Identity &amp; the Law of Attraction</title>
		<link>http://chronictwenties.com/the-chronic-identity-the-law-of-attraction/</link>
		<comments>http://chronictwenties.com/the-chronic-identity-the-law-of-attraction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[law of attraction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maharishi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Positive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chronictwenties.com/?p=181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chronics have to reevaluate who they are in the context of their disease.  It goes back to my first post here, about illness narratives.  Unlike having a cold, the illness story for a chronic becomes part of the life time picture, part of how you view yourself.  Maybe not all the time, but you do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food and Inflammation</title>
		<link>http://chronictwenties.com/food-and-inflammation/</link>
		<comments>http://chronictwenties.com/food-and-inflammation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[dairy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the zone diet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Around this time last year, I took a juice cleanse at my yoga studio.  At the beginning of the class, they said take what you like and leave the rest &#8212; talking about food related things seems to polarize people and they wanted everyone to feel comfortable.  The folks running the cleanse are raw vegans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Do Mornings</title>
		<link>http://chronictwenties.com/i-dont-do-mornings/</link>
		<comments>http://chronictwenties.com/i-dont-do-mornings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Random]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alarm clock]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[body]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[day planning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mornings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[physical activity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ra]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a self-described morning person, coming to terms with the fact that there are things I just can&#8217;t do in the mornings has irked me since my Chronic diagnosis.
Listen here body: I like to do yoga in the morning.  I like to start my day off with physical activity.  I really do&#8230; But it turns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth is Shocking</title>
		<link>http://chronictwenties.com/truth-is-shocking/</link>
		<comments>http://chronictwenties.com/truth-is-shocking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[accepting it]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[being sick]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[feelings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lightning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shock]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chronictwenties.com/?p=167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently learned something shocking about my family&#8211;I alluded to bits and pieces of it last week in one of my posts about gratitude, although it&#8217;s more complicated than I knew at the time&#8230;  It got me thinking about how one handles troubling news.
When I first was told I had arthritis, I didn&#8217;t believe it.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude, The Final Frontier</title>
		<link>http://chronictwenties.com/gratitude-the-final-frontier/</link>
		<comments>http://chronictwenties.com/gratitude-the-final-frontier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Positive]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Random]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beadwork]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[crochet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[daily gratitude]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hobbies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sweatpants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Thanksgiving!  Everyone is all gobble gobble gobble, and gluttonous happiness.
Let&#8217;s talk gratitude for a minute.  Yesterday, I was thankful hobbies.  When I was younger I did bead work and crocheted too.  I all but gave &#8216;em up because of the pain in my joints.  But with meds, and mostly [...]]]></description>
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