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Fibromyalgia & Living Gluten Free [Guest Post]

Last Updated: January 31, 2012

Fibromyalgia and living gluten-free

Fibromyalgia and Living Gluten Free by Julia Wisniewski If you have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, you probably went through a few basic steps. You may have gotten blood drawn and found that there was no conclusive evidence of an illness causing your symptoms. Your symptoms could … [Read more...]

1 Comment Filed Under: Fibromyalgia, Gluten-Free Tagged With: dairy-free, diet, documentary, food sensitivities, gluten, ibs

Food Sensitivity Testing

Last Updated: January 12, 2012

I got the results back from the food allergy/sensitivity test that I had done a few weeks ago and ...go figure... very little showed up. The sensitivity scale goes up 6 notches and I barely fall into the first level for dairy, whey, whole wheat & eggs. I think whey was probably the highest of … [Read more...]

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Juicing Day 3

Last Updated: January 5, 2012

Day 3 started off a bit harder than the previous days. The first two days I really didn't even notice the lack of real food and one glass of juice was plenty to last me for quite a while. However, Day 3 I began my second glass of juice within two hours of my first. I also woke up with a headache. I … [Read more...]

3 Comments Filed Under: Diet and Nutrition, Juicing, My Life Tagged With: diet, food sensitivities, juice fast

Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead

Last Updated: December 19, 2011

Updated 5/15/14 That's me. Or so it feels like sometimes. Nutrition and diet have definitely been on my mind lately with all the stomach issues I've had lately, so it seemed timely to watch this movie today. Some friends had mentioned it to me a while back but I'd put off watching it. If you … [Read more...]

2 Comments Filed Under: Juicing Tagged With: dairy-free, documentary, food sensitivities, gluten, ibs, juice fast, review

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Spoonie. Fibro Warrior. E-health advocate.

Julie Ryan was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2010 and endometriosis in 2012. She's lived with chronic migraine most of her life. In 2019 she was diagnosed with inter-cranial hypertension.

Julie has a degree in Psychology, and works as a freelance writer and marketer. Freelance work allows her to work when she can and not be tied to a desk or a schedule. Julie believes in living an inspired life despite chronic illness.

"I have chronic illness, it doesn't have me."

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Blog title inspired by The Spoon Theory, by Christine Miserandino, an excellent explanation of what it's like to live with invisible illness. Read More…

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