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The Loneliness of Living with Chronic Illnesses & Pain

August 2, 2017November 27, 2017 JessicaGimeno 3 Comments autoimmune, bipolar, chronic, chronic illness, depression, disability, fatigue, how to help sick friend, illness, Jessica Gimeno, laughter, loneliness, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, otitis media, pain, PCOS

(UPDATE: The TV show I discuss in paragraph 2 aired its finale since I wrote this. The writers resolved the

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Recap of This Year’s 4th of July Twilight Zone Party

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments A Walking Distance, bipolar, fatigue, marathon, Martin Sloane, Myasthenia Gravis, online party, pain, PCOS, Rod Serling, SyFy, The Twilight Zone

Another party in the books.  I can’t believe this was our sixth party since I started these online parties during SyFy

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5 Tips for Reconnecting with a Sick Friend

September 25, 2015March 25, 2018 JessicaGimeno 6 Comments 5 reasons people abandon a sick friend, apologies, bipolar, car accident, chronic illness, CRPS, depression, fibromylagia, friends left me after I got sick, heart attack, invisible illness, keeping in touch with sick friends, lupus, mental illness, Myasthenia Gravis, PCOS, POTS, reconnecting with a sick friend, stigma, stroke

One of the most painful things about being sick is having friends abandon you.  When I wrote 5 Reasons People

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“You Have Toothpaste In Your Hair”

February 2, 2015December 2, 2015 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments autoimmune, bipolar, depressed, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair, Joey McIntyre, Jordan Knight, Myasthenia Gravis, neuromuscular, New Kids on the Block, NKOTB, pain, PCOS, Prednisone, Tales of the South Pacific, toothpaste in hair, WEGO

The past week was hellacious for me. I felt trapped in my own body. I had a severe flare up

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What Chronic Fatigue Feels Like

January 30, 2015November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 1 Comment autoimmune, bipolar, chronic fatigue, depression, Facebook, fatigue, fibro, Huntingtons, invisible illness, Jessica Gimeno, Kelly Kapowski, lupus, mental health, mental health stigma, Mr. Belding, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, PCOS, Which Saved By the Bell Character Are You?

What is chronic fatigue? My mom asked me this weekend what it feels like, and I had a hard time

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Autoimmune Bonding chronic illness Disability family mental health pain Women's Health 

If It’s Okay to Cry About Physical Pain, It’s Okay to Cry about Depression Too

January 14, 2015February 13, 2016 JessicaGimeno 2 Comments autoimmune, bipolar, bipolar 2, Christmas, crying, depressed, depression, disability, empathy, hypomania, intuition, Jessica Gimeno, listening, mania, mental health, moods, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, PCOS, Penguins of Madagascar, stigma, the ugly cry

My holidays were great. I think I had one of my favorite Christmases ever with my family. I was happy.

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Lessons on Companionship, Compassion, & Community From The Twilight Zone

January 2, 2015November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 5 Comments Anne Serling, Arlen Schumer, asthma, autoimmune, bipolar, chronic illness, depression, disability, fatigue, Hugh A.D. Spencer, I Am The Night - Color Me Black, Jessica Gimeno, Martin Grams, Myasthenia Gravis, New Year's Eve, New Year's Marathon, Nightmare As a Child, pain, PCOS, psoriasis, Rod Serling, Sy Fy, The Hitchhiker, The Twilight Zone, Time Enough At Last, TZ, Where Is Everybody?, Zoner

It can be lonely being a fan of The Twilight Zone. When I tell friends that I’m a fan, I

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5 Things I Learned In The Dark

November 8, 2014November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 4 Comments allergic conjunctivitis, autoimmune, bedridden, bipolar, Chris Rock, chronic illness, depression, disability, endorphins, Facebook, I Love Lucy, Katt Williams, laughter, lying in the dark, mental health discrimination, music, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, social media, stigma

This week, I was diagnosed with allergic conjunctivitis, which has exacerbated my eyes’ sensitivity to light.   I have spent many

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On Friends, NKOTB, Meeting Jordan Knight, & The Power of Words

October 2, 2014November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 5 Comments ADA, autoimmune, cane, chemo, chronic illness, Jordan Knight, Muscular Dystrophy, Myasthenia Gravis, New Kids on the Block, Nick & Knight, Nick Carter, NKOTB, wheelchair

I haven’t posted in a week because some emotions are hard to put into words.  (Bear with me; this is

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Thank You; Update on Lauryn’s Condition

September 24, 2014November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments Cerebral Palsy, Myasthenia Gravis

In August, I asked Fashionably ill readers to help make a young woman’s birthday special.  Lauryn was spending her seventeenth

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