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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 The AIP Diet—Helpful Tool or Restrictive Hype?
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 The AIP Diet—Helpful Tool or Restrictive Hype?Living with autoimmune diseases like Crohn’s and Myasthenia Gravis often leads to unsolicited dietary advice, particularly regarding the Autoimmune Protocol…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 The Hidden Cost of a “Good Day”
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 The Hidden Cost of a “Good Day”Living with chronic illness means that a seemingly good day often comes at a cost. Despite engaging in activities, the…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 High Pain, Low Tolerance
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 High Pain, Low ToleranceLiving with chronic illness brings unpredictable challenges, particularly on high-symptom days when energy is scarce. The author reflects on the…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 IBD vs. IBS, Part 2 — Wait…You Can Have BOTH?
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 IBD vs. IBS, Part 2 — Wait…You Can Have BOTH?After sharing Part 1 about the differences between IBD and IBS, my friend Steph sent me a text: “Your blogs…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Sometimes It Isn’t About the Small Thing
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Sometimes It Isn’t About the Small ThingChronic illness brings expected challenges like pain and fatigue, but it also incites emotions like anger, often overlooked. This anger…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 You Are Not Too Much
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 You Are Not Too MuchLiving with chronic illness can make us feel like our symptoms, needs, and hard days are somehow “too much.” But…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Disabled Does Not Mean Incapable
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Disabled Does Not Mean IncapableBeing disabled doesn’t mean being incapable. What I can do today doesn’t guarantee what my body can sustain tomorrow. Chronic…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 IBD vs. IBS — One Letter Changes Everything
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 IBD vs. IBS — One Letter Changes EverythingIBD and IBS may differ by only one letter, but they are very different conditions. From inflammation and complications to…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Same Diagnosis, Different Journey
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Same Diagnosis, Different JourneyTwo people can share the same diagnosis and live completely different realities. Symptoms, limitations, and treatment responses aren’t one-size-fits-all. Someone…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 But You Were Fine Yesterday
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 But You Were Fine YesterdayChronic illness does not guarantee the same abilities from one day to the next. A better day is not a…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome—When Autoimmune Diseases Don’t Come Alone
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome—When Autoimmune Diseases Don’t Come AloneMultiple Autoimmune Syndrome means managing three or more autoimmune diseases that do not take turns. This entry explores overlapping symptoms,…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Crohn’s Disease and Myasthenia Gravis: More Than a Coincidence?
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Crohn’s Disease and Myasthenia Gravis: More Than a Coincidence?When I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 2006, I never imagined I’d later develop MuSK-positive Myasthenia Gravis. Could it…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜Your Immune System Was Meant to Protect You… So What Happens When It Doesn’t?
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜Your Immune System Was Meant to Protect You… So What Happens When It Doesn’t?Did you know there are more than 100 recognized autoimmune diseases? Most people can name only one or two, yet…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Disability Pride Month: We Matter
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Disability Pride Month: We MatterJuly is Disability Pride Month—a time to celebrate disability identity, culture, community, and advocacy. In this deeply personal entry, Kia…
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💚 Before MG Awareness Month Ends: What I Want You to Know About Myasthenia Gravis (Bonus Diary Entry)
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≻: 💚 Before MG Awareness Month Ends: What I Want You to Know About Myasthenia Gravis (Bonus Diary Entry)What exactly is Myasthenia Gravis, and why is it often called the “snowflake disease”? As Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month comes…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Autoimmune Disease May Be Invisible—But We Are Not
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Autoimmune Disease May Be Invisible—But We Are NotWhy Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month Is About More Than Sharing a Ribbon Before my first diagnosis, March was simply another…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Breathing on Borrowed Time
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Breathing on Borrowed TimeWhat a Seven-Week Treatment Interruption Revealed About My Myasthenia Gravis There are moments in life with chronic illness when you…
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The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Where My Dual Diagnosis Story Began
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≻: The Dual Diagnosis Diaries: 💜 Where My Dual Diagnosis Story BeganThe Dual Diagnosis Diaries details the author’s journey living with Crohn’s Disease and Myasthenia Gravis. Through years of struggles, medical…