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A Spot of Pac-Man
Illustration courtesy of Pixabay / Romeo Scheidegger. Explaining what it is like to live with a chronic illness can be difficult....

A Spot of Happiness
Illustration courtesy of Leo Pharma's Leo Innovation Lab/PsoHappy app. Even if it only lasted for a few hours, I felt like a celebrity. I...


A Spot of Health Activism
This is the last week to endorse your favorite WEGO Health Activists. I am excited to announce I have been nominated for the 2016 WEGO...

A Spot of #WAD2016
Arthritis Foundation map showing the number of states with a shortage of pediatric rheumatologists. Click here to find out more. October...


A Spot of #PsADay16
Today is the first-ever Psoriatic Arthritis Awareness Day! Wishing health and happiness to all spoonies today and always! Check out the...


A Spot of Wild Assumptions
About two weeks ago, I received a Facebook message regarding our family’s psoriatic arthritis diagnoses. When I started reading, I...


A Spot of Feeling Powerful
A big thank you to HealthCentral.com for allowing me to be part of such a great psoriasis awareness project: The Big Picture. Click here...


A Spot of Sanity for Parents
If you don’t already know, my son Andy was diagnosed with psoriasis at age 4 and juvenile psoriatic arthritis at age 5. He’s now 18. Yep,...


A Spot of Back to School
The Arthritis Foundation provided these resources for my AARDA talk on Sept. 8, 2016. For most of Michigan, Labor Day marks the end of...

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