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Top 10 Ways to “Vacationize” Your Hospital Visit or Stay – Part 2/2

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments autoimmune, bipolar, chronic illness, depression, fatigue, Jessica Gimeno, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, PCOS

Check out part 2 of my previous post for people who are sick and tired of spending time in the hospital.

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Top 10 Ways to “Vacationize” Your Hospital Visit or Inpatient Stay-Part 1/2

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments autoimmune, bipolar, chronic illness, depression, fatigue, Jessica Gimeno, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, PCOS

Do you ever get tired of spending so much time in the hospital?

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Started Filming the Pilot for Fashionably ill TV Show; Be Part of It

November 19, 2016November 19, 2016 JessicaGimeno 3 Comments cancer, diabetes, Fashionably ill, fibro, fibromyalgia, GoFundMe, Jessica Gimeno, makeover, makeover show, MS, PCOS, pilot

Last week, we started filming the pilot for my TV show–a show that if picked up would feature me giving

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NBC News Interviews Me

June 6, 2016June 26, 2016 JessicaGimeno 2 Comments Asian American, chronic pain, Fashionably ill, mental health, Monica Luhar, NBC News

Hello Fashionably ill readers: I know I haven’t written anything new in a couple weeks–that’s because I have been recovering from

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Myasthenia Gravis Patients Share Pictures of Ptosis

March 23, 2016March 25, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments autoimmune, generalized, IVIG, Jessica Collier, Jessica Gimeno, Kait Master, KathieLea Varnado Bradfield, MG, muscular dystrophies, Myasthenia Gravis, neuromuscular, ocular, Prednisone, ptosis, snowflake, symptoms, Warrior

People with myasthenia gravis (MG, a neuromuscular autoimmune disease) sometimes refer to ourselves as “snowflakes” because symptoms vary person to

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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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Review of Arbonne’s Crème Concealer

September 22, 2015November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 1 Comment Arbonne Creme Concealer, autoimmune diseases, before and after pictures, bisque, bronzer, fatigue, got you covered mineral foundation, makeovers, makeup, Myasthenia Gravis

I’ll make this a quick review as I’m recovering from a rough few weeks with myasthenia gravis (MG).  Last Tuesday,

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“The Only Disability is a Bad Attitude”–Not So Fast!

May 21, 2015December 10, 2018 JessicaGimeno 1 Comment ADA, asthma, autoimmune, bipolar, Bush, cancer, cane, chronic illness, depression, fatigue, invisible illness, Jessica Gimeno, MD, mental health, Muscular Dystrophy, Myasthenia Gravis, negative attitude, pain, PCOS, people with disabilities, power of positive thinking, PWD, suicide, the only disability in life is a bad attitude, the only disability is a bad attitude, victim blaming

One expression people with illnesses and disabilities often hear is, “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.”  I’m sure people who

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My Hero: My Mom #HAWMC

April 6, 2015November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments

Today is Day 6 of the WEGO Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge (#HAWMC on Twitter and Facebook).  And today, I

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My Keys to Happiness: Faith + Laughter #HAWMC

April 2, 2015February 13, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments breast cancer, chemotherapy, Chris Rock, chronic illness, colon cancer, faith, fatigue, happiness, HAWMC, I Love Lucy, James 1:12, Katt Williams, laughter, pain, stress, thymectomy, WEGO

Today, I’m answering the second prompt in WEGO’s Health Activist Writers Month Challenge: Key to Happiness:  What do you think

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