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Andrew’s Amazing Overnight Oats
When my husband Andrew and I first got married, we were both still in college and working full time. This meant there was little to no time on most days to prepare food to eat. I began a quest to find as many healthy and quick recipes that I could that did not involve ordering fast food. There are only so many you can eat protein bars for breakfast. Coffee does not count as breakfast either, haha. For the overnight oats, recommend making at least six hours before consuming. These are only four ingredients! Ingredients needed: 1 Cup of Quick Oats 1 Cup of Unsweetened Almond Milk 4 Tablespoons of…
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What You Give Your Body You Get Back
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Happy One Year of Self Employment to Me
Wow! This week celebrates one year of complete self-employment for me. Navigating those early stages of being self-employed is challenging, let alone trying to accomplish that in the midst of a national and global crisis. When I left my job I was not only leaving the comfort of a stable job but I completely switched career fields. There was definitely a mix of emotions in doing this. I had just spent a ton of time and money getting a degree in the field I was leaving, was this normal? Being the first one in my family to attend college this felt even more uncomfortable. It was ingrained in me to…
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3 Things I Wish I Had Known Before the Radioactive Iodine Test
A radioactive iodine test is a medical test used to measure thyroid uptake to detect possible thyroid problems like hyperthyroidism. There is pretty extensive preparation that is required for it to be accurate. After completing the test and prep, here are a few things I wish I had known about the radioactive iodine test. Read through the information they provide about it thoroughly. There are more restrictions to the diet than you think, such as no soy products. (Which are often used as a dairy replacement). Also, there is a host of medications that one is not allowed to take at differing times. That’s what prolonged me being able to…
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Rare Disease Day
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Low Iodine Diet- My Thoughts: Day 10
When I provided the information for the low iodine diet by my endocrinologist, it looked very frightening in all honesty. A low iodine diet is used for the radioactive iodine test. It goes for typically two weeks before the test, to make sure it is as accurate as possible. The diet takes away foods that are high in iodine, the use of iodized salt, dairy, and soy products. The list of the foods you can not eat far outstretched the foods that you are actually able to eat. This included foods which I personally considered were healthy. I cook most of my husband and I’s meals but there were certain…
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Rare Disease Day
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Rare Disease Day
February 29th is Rare Disease Day! Five Percent of the world has a rare disease of some kind. We are the zebras, so to speak. There is a saying in the medical community that says when you hear hoofbeats think horses not zebras. This tells the professionals think of the “normal” patient, course of treatment, etc. Those of us with a rare disease do not fall under the normal realm. So we are given the term Zebra. It is important to understand what this means given your, your friend, or your family member’s illness. The rare disease that I have is called a primary immunodeficiency. This means that I was…
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Readjusting Goals and Expectations
It is almost two months into 2020, the new decade how are your goals holding up? Did you write goals for the new year? Hopefully, you are accomplishing some or all of your goals. A roadblock with goals at times when you have a chronic illness is that your best is at times ever-changing. Some days it is achievable to be able to accomplish everything on your to-do list. However, there are the days in between where it is a feat to take a shower. When your good days and bad days can vary greatly, it can be frustrating to feel like you are accomplishing your goals. Expectations did not…
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What You Give Your Body You Get Back
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Stepping Away For Sanity
Have you ever come to a point in life where you are one step away from just losing your crap? Where everything thing that happens grates on your nerves like there is no tomorrow? Yep, I have been living that for the last little bit. We all just loveee to post on social media like we are the perfected image of sunshine and puppies but that is not how life works. That is not how our emotions work either. As a perfectionist on top of it, I have this overwhelming urge to ensure a “perfected image.” That is NOT healthy. After a hardcore reality check of having health problem after…
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4 Things I Learned Growing Up With Chronic Illness
When you hear some people talk about the transition phase for when they become diagnosed with a chronic illness, they talk about how hard it is getting used to their new self. I could not imagine living a “normal” life, then suddenly that comes to a screeching halt. My experience is not that, for I truly do not remember a time without any of my illnesses and I am just in my mid-20s.
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Travel Tip: Rest When You are Able
Resting is easier said than done especially when you always have to busy doing something like me. But it is much needed, in everyone’s life and even more important while traveling. Turning down opportunities to go out into the city you are visiting and explore a new site or going out with friends or family can be difficult. It crosses your mind that there is only a certain amount of time in this area so you want to do as much as possible. Rest does not always mean going to sleep. While having appropriate amounts of sleep is much encouraged, sometimes rest means different things. For myself, rest can be…
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What You Give Your Body You Get Back
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What You Give Your Body You Get Back
Hello Lovelies! So, it has been a nice hot minute since we have chatted. Had this marvelous idea that would write during the extensive travels that happened the last couple weeks, let us take a minute and laugh at that. That was a great thought but there was no real way to achieve that when it was all I could do to finish the day then crawl into bed. So everything that did not absolutely have to get done was pushed off. One thing over the last couple weeks had a great reminder of is the fact our bodies really are a machine. What you put into it, is what…
