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Product Review: Black and Decker Handy Chopper
2008-01-27 19:54:00
One of my all time favorite finds in kitchen gadgets has been the Black and Decker HandyChopper. I have terrible arthritis in my hands so chopping, dicing, and slicing are extremely difficult. I purchased this product and fell in love. I use it to chop chicken for all types of dishes as well as; onions, bell peppers, and all kinds of veggies. It has made my life so much easier because most of my dishes require this kind of precision. I can think of millions of things to make with it. Click to read more ...
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10 Tips for Visiting Someone Who is Sick
2008-01-24 05:43:00
I have unfortunately been on both sides of this article. I have spent time visiting friends and family when they have been sick, but I have more often been the patient everyone is visiting. Many of the visits went very well, but unfortunately others didn?t go so well for them or me. Hopefully my mistakes or my tips from experience will help you. Click to read more ...
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Grand Rounds Vol. 4 No. 18 - The All Too Common Cold
2008-01-23 04:27:00
Grand Rounds is the weekly rotating carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere. Each week, a doctor, nurse, patient or healthcare professional hosts Grand Rounds and compiles links to noteworthy posts about medicine. I learned allot this week, while stuck in bed with a yucky, exhausting cold. I slept, I coughed, I ached, and I lost some of my hair. I cried, went to the doctors, took medicine, and spent time online. That describes my week. But in between all that, I learned allot. I learned to "reach out" and allow friends and family to help me. I learned that even if you used to love orange juice and tea, too much of anything can make you sick of it. I also learned that some things just take time to get better. So even though I am not a doctor, I am prescribing myself lots of rest in the next few days and luckily I found all these new health blogs to read while I have some "free time". I found so much information related to colds and flu from my fellow health bloggers. I ca...
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Movie Review: Juno
2008-01-22 04:44:00
I really wanted to love Juno . I wanted to be blown away and left startled and laughing in my seat. Not only are the reviews for Juno raving and wooshing across my television screen, but also my closest friends urged and begged me to see the movie. ?It?s so you!? they claimed, spouting that I would adore the music and the movie was heartwarming and eye opening. So, I listened. Maybe it?s me, or maybe it?s the slow time of year, but I have to say, I was not impressed. The acting was weak, the plot lines were un-original, and the dialogue was hard to understand and weirdly paced. Juno may have been exciting to moviegoers because it?s a new ?indie? movie with stimulating music, but thrilling and innovative it was not. Good reviews aside, I really, truly did have high hopes for Juno; it?s directed by Jason Reitman, son of famed director Ivan Reitman and full of some of my favorite comedic actors (who doesn?t love Allison Janey?). But, sometimes all we can do is hope, right? Click to rea...
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Craft Project: The Perfect and Personal Pill Box
2008-01-18 05:37:00
Craft Type: Decoupage Time it will take: As simple as 15 minutes! Or as fun as hours and hours? This totally easy and fun craft is a perfect gift for yourself to use in every day life or as a present for someone you love. Not only is it a simple craft to do on a rainy day, but it?s a perfect party craft! Invite some girlfriends over and make each other original and beautiful pill boxes. Click to read more ...
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ButYouDontLookSick.com Top Ten Most Popular Articles
2008-01-17 21:37:00
I know it is easy to only read and focus on the stories and articles that are featured on the front page of our site, but sometimes it is good to take a look back. With a new year upon us, I would like to take this opportunity to re- introduce you to some of our most popular articles on butyoudontlooksick.com. I decided what was most popular by click count and my reader feedback. (Please note that I focused on articles and essays this time around, and did not include reviews from our directory of product, service, book, movie, and website reviews.) If the following articles are new to you, I hope you enjoy them! If you read them when they were originally posted, I encourage you to take this opportunity to revisit the articles. Every day is an opportunity to learn something new. Click to read more ...
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Product Review:Warm Whiskers Heating Pads
2008-01-17 04:29:00
There?s nothing cozier than snuggling up to a warm body on cold winter?s night. And that body doesn?t even have to be human. I recently discovered Warm Whiskers, a company that makes an array of stuffed animal-like products that you microwave for thirty seconds and then cuddle up to. Click to read more ...
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Product Review: Netflix
2008-01-17 04:22:00
Netflix came to my family under the guise of a wrapped diminutive Christmas box over a year ago and it has turned out to be one of the most advantageous gifts we could have received. I don?t know about you, but I have a difficult time getting out of the house. Even before we had our son, we didn?t exactly frequent the movies, but now that feat would be next to impossible. Enter, my sister, who delivered a perfect solution to the movie fiends that we are, when given the opportunity. Click to read more ...
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I am hosting Grand Rounds this week!
2008-01-16 05:49:00
Nicholas from Grand Rounds just wrote me a friendly reminder email about my hosting this week and I was happy to receive the reminder, but overwhelmed to have received the email from my laptop under my sheets. I am bogged down with a horrible, never ending cold...and for those of you who know a cold + Lupus =NO SPOONS! :) I have been exhausted, sneezey, dopey and a bunch of other namesless dwarfs... But in pajamas, with tissues and armed with cough medicine...the Grand Rounds must go on! Click to read more ...
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Essay: Contributing Passion
2008-01-15 02:42:00
I recently discovered my passion in life. I also bought a giant poster for my dorm that says ?PASSION? on the bottom, just to remind myself of why I am living. If you are not passionate about life, then you are not living at all. I used to think that having a chronic illness was simply a burden I had to bear; it was in no way a positive addition to my life. I prevented me from living a ?normal? life. Too many days were spent inside and too many nights were spent crying. I looked at my friends and felt jealousy towards them because they did not have to worry about a nearby bathroom, or making a long drive without stopping. What a beautiful thing! Click to read more ...
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Movie Review: The Bucket List
2008-01-14 05:53:00
I was especially reluctant to see the new movie The Bucket list starring two of my all-time favorite actors Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and favorite director, Rob Reiner. I mean, let?s go over the facts: it?s about two older men who are dying of cancer and want one last chance to see the world. For a girl who watched one grandfather pass away shaking from Parkinson?s and another survive lung cancer, I was not about to get excited to see two men share a hospital room on screen. However, my sister made me swear I wouldn?t see the movie Juno without her, and my friend promised Charlie Wilson?s War to his father, so I was stuck. I thought to myself, okay, I can get through this, think of Jack Nicholson in Something?s Gotta Give or Batman?not as a man dying of cancer. Armed with a giant Diet Coke and some mustered up courage, I sat in my seat waiting for the tears to begin. Funny thing was, they never started. Sure, the movie was sad: two dying men meet in a hospital room and only ...
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Craft Project: Hug-Me T-Shirt Pillow
2008-01-11 20:06:00
Everybody needs a hug once in a while. Sometimes though, due to Fibromyalgia and other muscle and skin aches it hurts to hug! With this awesome craft we can make memorable pillows that hug us back. They?re great to sleep with, keep on the couch, or give as presents! Use a college t-shirt for your child or friend, use an old Walk for a Cause shirt to honor your cause, or use your softest, favorite shirt to make a delectably sweet pillow for those rainy days. Click to read more ...
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Christine is being honored at the Lupus Alliance Lupus Gala Brunch
2008-01-10 20:34:00
Save the Date! I am extremely proud to announce that me and my family will be honored at this year's Lupus Gala Brunch ! We are so excited and hope to see everyone there. The Lupus Alliance is a wonderful organization that is very close to our hearts. We try and support the Lupus Alliance as much as possible throughout the year. Click to read more ...
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Product Review: The FURminator Pet Deshedding Tool
2008-01-10 04:38:00
Anybody with a pet that has fur, knows it gets everywhere. No sooner do you finish brushing Fido or Fluffy, you turn around and the house is full of hair again! It?s a never ending battle to try to control it. There are a million products on the market that are designed to cut down on the hair that your pets shed, and I have tried most of them. There are brushes, gloves, combs and shampoos, but nothing seems to work for long. I heard a few people talking about the FURminator, and I researched it on the web. It?s a strange looking comb, so how can a comb that looks like half a set of hair clippers work??? Well I don?t care how it works, it does, and it works well! Click to read more ...
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Product Review: Homedics Spot Massager
2008-01-10 02:06:00
My mom received two of these massagers for Christmas, and they are impressive. The dome shape is specifically designed for feet, but my mom discovered during the Christmas aftermath that the ?spot? massaging aspect of its title is also appropriate, too! Any achy spot is a great place to put these little massagers. For just $9.99 it is worth a try. Click to read more ...
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ButYouDontLookSick.com on the web!
2008-01-08 19:10:00
We love being connected with our readers! Since we have added those "handy dandy" features at the bottom of every article, we have noticed our readers have shared our articles, posted them on their personal profiles and more. We can not thank you enough for sharing this site with your friends and family. Even though we hope you come to ButYouDontLookSick.com every day for our new articles and tips.. we know there are other places on the web where you guys like to hang out. Social Networking is more and more popular and we like to stay connected! We can use technology as a tool to help each other and build a community. Click to read more ...
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Basics of Online Shopping
2008-01-07 15:37:00
As someone who rarely gets out, online shopping has been a savior to reducing stress in my life when it comes to purchasing gifts or other items for my household. A few weeks ago, my husband and I had early 20-somethings over after church services, and we got to talking about Christmas shopping and how we managed it. I was surprised to see how people younger than me (and I am only 28) were shocked that the abundance of our family?s purchases came from Amazon.com. And I do mean abundance! Click to read more ...
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ACCEPTANCE OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
2008-01-03 07:04:00
An essay submitted by one of our readers. Denial serves a wonderful psychological purpose. Thus the ?NO!! ? when someone gets terrible news. It is nature?s built in kindness to buffer the inevitable. Slowly, carefully, each according to his or her own psyche, we absorb the pain. Click to read more ...
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Organizing Medical & Other Records for Tax Time
2007-12-29 04:34:00
The holidays are over. We will celebrate the New Year. If you?re like me, this isn?t your favorite time of year. But, to look at the positive side of things, it?s a clean slate and time to begin anew. And with that clean slate is another block of 365+ days to stay on top of things and keep our complex lives organized. Click to read more ...
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Book Review: Deception Point - Author: Dan Brown
2007-12-28 05:17:00
I don't know how many of you are of the same mindset as I am. You find one book by an author that you like, and it's almost addictive. For me, that was Dan Brown . Click to read more ...
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Product Review: Battery Operated Flour Sifter
2007-12-24 02:48:00
Perhaps not in time for holiday baking, but for future cooking sprees, here's an idea that might help those with aches, pains, or strains in the hands! The battery operated sifter works just like it sounds. You pop in a couple of batteries, depending on which sifter you purchase, and it does the work for you. No more pumping with the new plastic sifters that are commonly found in the home stores! I found that to be exhausting and painful! I longed for an "old-fashioned" metal sifter that you twirled by hand, but even those can create difficulties for those of us suffering with joint pain. Click to read more ...
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Product Review: My Doudou Bed Bumper
2007-12-15 17:03:00
This is one of those simple ideas that make you say "I wish I thought of that!". The Doudou padded bed bumper easily Velcros right to any wall running next to your bed. This cute and soft bumper then protects you from bumping into the hard wall, while tossing and turning in the night. It also helps keep you warm by protecting you with a barrier between you and the cold wall during those winter months. The word Doudou is a French word that means warm, cozy or comfortable cloth. Click to read more ...
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Personal Essay: Baby Steps, People
2007-12-14 13:24:00
Most of my friends admire me for what I accomplish. Those closest to me know my deepest horror stories, and most embarrassing moments concerning my disease. Having an inflammatory bowel disease is not a pretty picture- or a pretty smell either. It puts extreme limits on your everyday life, and makes you fear going anywhere without immediate access to that porcelain bowl. Like any chronic illness, it drains you of energy, and it heightens frustration when someone asks ?why can?t you go to the party tonight?? Sure, you have no plans, but the only thing getting your attention lately is twelve water bottles, a copy of Cosmo, and your pillow. So unless the host of this party allows you to take a nap in the midst of the red cup parade, you?re not going. Click to read more ...
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Top Ten Gift Ideas for a Crazy, Insane, Intense Running Friend
2007-12-11 19:29:00
Running has been in my life for seven years now, and it has always been a release for me. When I was in full remission, I would always try go running again. When insurance companies tried to get the best of me, I would run it off for half an hour or if I was nervous about a future procedure, running a steep hill relaxed my nerves and calmed me down. I take running seriously, and it is much more than a simple recreational sport. That is why, this Christmas, I am offering you a list of the top ten things any crazy runner, such as myself, would hope to see under a Christmas tree. Happy Holidays! Click to read more ...
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Book Review: Revised and Updated - Coping with Prednisone*
2007-12-10 22:47:00
* and other cortisone-related medicines It may work miracles, but how do you handle the side effects? A guide to the potential nutritional, emotional, and physical side effects of taking long-term cortisone related medicines. Co-authored by a Eugenia Zukerman, world renowned flutist who was prescribed prednisone for a rare lung disease, and her sister, a specialist physician, this book describes Ms. Zukerman's experience with this treatment and provides helpful information on the management of the side effects. Click to read more ...
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Top Ten Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids with Fine Motor Skills Needs.
2007-12-10 00:29:00
Are you looking for a good gift for someone with special needs? Are you a caregiver of a child with fine motor skills issues? These gifts will help you, help them at the holidays. Click to read more ...
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Top Ten Holiday Gift Ideas For People With Arthritis
2007-12-09 21:32:00
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Tips: Decorating the House for the Holidays!
2007-12-08 23:32:00
I love going to people?s houses during the season and seeing how everyone decorates their house, however, when it comes to decorating mine, it?s not my favorite task. Even worse is taking it down at the end of the season. Because I still live at home my parents and sister help so it?s not too bad, but this year I wasn't in the mood and my mother and father are getting older and don't get into it like they used to. So this is how we decorated our house to be simple and still look homey and Christmassy. Click to read more ...
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Product Review: Burt's Bees Honey Lip Balm
2007-12-08 19:27:00
In the wintertime, one of the most annoying issues is dry, cracking lips. The weather outside isn't just frightful for those going out, but it is horribly damaging to the delicate tissues of your pout. I have found a product that will keep your pucker prettier then a petunia in bloom. Click to read more ...
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Tips for the chronically Ill: Writing thank you notes
2007-12-04 03:51:00
After a recent party, I had to tackle the task of writing thank you notes. I know I always like to receive thank you notes, since they brighten up a dreary day. Likewise, I am a grateful person and want to show appreciation for any gift or favor I receive, but there are times, due to fatigue, hand pain, or just plan lack of motivation when writing thank you notes can be a big, overwhelming task. The following tips have helped me and I hope they help you. Click to read more ...
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