Myasthenia Gravis

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3 Tips on Celebrating a Holiday Alone

November 23, 2016November 28, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments autoimmune, celebrating, compromised immunity, flu, holidays alone, Jessica Gimeno, lupus, MG, Myasthenia Gravis, Primary Immune Deficiency

In time for Thanksgiving, I decided to re-post one of my most popular articles. REPOST BELOW Last year I spent

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Disability family mental health 

What’s Happening Now! An Update on Me, Fashionably ill

October 28, 2016December 5, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments Asian American, bipolar, depression, disability, Disability Intersectionality Summit, Fashionably ill, how to get stuff done when you are depressed, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, TEDx Talk, updates, What's Happening Now

I haven’t been able to post as frequently on Fashionably ill ® as I would like to lately and there

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chronic illness Disability invisible illness mental health pain Stress 

Sometimes You Shouldn’t Work Through the Pain (Emotional or Physical)

October 10, 2016November 2, 2016 JessicaGimeno 1 Comment bipolar, can't work through pain, depression, injury, Jessica Gimeno, mental illness, Myasthenia Gravis, self-care

I’ll share with you a little secret about health activists: many times we write about the importance of self-care whilst

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Autoimmune chronic illness Disability Exercise Faith family Interviews invisible illness mental health pain 

My Interview with Voices for Change Is Up

September 18, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments bipolar, chronic illness, depression, disability, fatigue, Joe, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, PCOS, podcast, radio, Rebecca Lombardo, Shane Shultz, stigma, Voices for Change

Yesterday, you may have heard my interview on Sirius XM.  If not, here’s a link to listen to my interview

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chronic illness Community Disability Friendship invisible illness pain 

My Commencement Address for Int’nl Fibromyalgia Institute Graduation

August 12, 2016August 14, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments chronic, coach, commencement speech, community, disability, fibro, fibromyalgia institute, graduation, Jessica Gimeno, Myasthenia Gravis, pain

Click on the white triangle below to press play and hear my speech.  My speech is called, “Stronger Together: Community

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Bonding chronic illness Community Disability pain Twilight Zone 

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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chronic illness Disability Fashion Hospital Laughter 

Vacation Pictures from My Surgery

June 26, 2016June 27, 2016 JessicaGimeno 2 Comments chronic illness, Fashionably ill, illness, Jessica Gimeno, laughter, lei, Myasthenia Gravis, tropical vacation, vacationize visit

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted on Fashionably ill ®.  BUT that doesn’t mean things weren’t happening the

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Autoimmune chronic illness Comorbidity discrimination fatigue Friendship invisible illness mental health pain Stress 

Living With Bipolar Disorder & Chronic Body Pain: 6 Dilemmas

March 29, 2016March 30, 2016 JessicaGimeno 6 Comments Arbonne, autoimmune, back pain, bipolar 2, bipolar disorder, body, chronic, chronic illness, chronic pain, comorbidity, depression, Fashionably ill, fatigue, fibro, friendships, hypomania, Jessica Gimeno, light therapy, lupus, mania, mental health discrimination, MG, migraines, mood disorder, Myasthenia Gravis, neuromuscular, online community, PCOS, physical pain, psoriasiform dermatitis, psoriasis, RA, sleep disorder, sleep wake cycle, stigma, suicide rates, therapy, World Bipolar Day

March 30 is World Bipolar Day.  Even though I was diagnosed at 18-years old, I have lived with bipolar disorder

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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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Autoimmune chronic illness 

Updated: 6 Obstacles People With Rare Diseases Face; Readers’ Stories

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 JessicaGimeno 1 Comment Aplastic Anemia, bipolar, breast cancer, bullying, disability, Ehlers-Danlos, hypothyroidism, Lichen Sclerosis, ME/CFS, Myasthenia Gravis, NORD, ovarian cysts, Rare Disease Day, rare form

Did you know that 1 in 10 Americans has a rare disease? In the U.S., a rare diseases is defined

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