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One of the first things I did when I found out I have chronic hives was search for support groups online. Unsurprisingly, they were easy to find, and there were...

I wondered how parents did it when they started packing for travel. They have so much to take with them on trips. From diapers to the playpen and toys, half...

I have needed prescription glasses with bifocals since I was 8 years old. Back then, I could pick out any nice frame and wear it without issue. However, since I...

Imagine being sick and not having a doctor within 50 miles of your home. Even more so, imagine that the doctor you have is a general practitioner who is not...

If you live with a chronic illness like chronic hives, you know that some day-to-day tasks and chores can be challenging. I want to share some of my favorite "life...

Since I began treatment for chronic hives, I have seen many, many changes in my symptoms. When I was on standard allergy medications, I experienced little relief. During flares that...

Do you ever feel like you wake up in a replay of the day before? That's how I felt for a long time when my hives started. It felt like...

My chronic hives story started the day I was born, or maybe even before that. All I know is I came into this world screaming in pain and bright red...

As I've written about, I was diagnosed with chronic hives in 2021. My journey up to that point involved a smattering of hives through my teens and twenties, then an...

I'm sure you've heard the expression, "Expect the unexpected," which applies to life with chronic hives. The word "chronic" is misleading. The hives aren't always there but decide to rear...

A few months ago, I started a new journey with the doctor. I believed very strongly that my hives were related to my B12 deficiency. The conversation with the doctor...

Recently I heard from a friend that she had this wonderful facial treatment done at a local spa and how she had put on an infrared mask to fight fine...

Now, I am going to go out on a very short limb and guess that most everyone has probably heard the phrase, "but there is nothing I can do for...

Welcome to my summer travel series. Today I want to talk about packing for a trip or vacation with chronic illness. Packing can be the most important part of the...

I have always struggled with my weight. As a six foot tall woman, the weight can normally balance itself out on my body without people really seeing the change. But...

I have needed prescription glasses, with bifocals,  since I was an eight-year-old child. Back then, I could pick out any frame that looked nice to me, and wear it without issue...

Hives are itchy. I mean really itchy! Miserably itchy. And what do we do when we itch? We scratch. And scratching feels good. Itching feels bad and scratching feels good...

Well over a weekend I got the brilliant idea to get a tan. I’m so pale, that i was determined to get myself a tan this spring and summer! So...

Have you ever felt that you are really tired? Exhausted? And sometimes don't know how to deal with the feeling? The past few months have been quite intense for me...

If you have chronic hives you know the feeling when you first are trying to balance treatments from biologics, antihistamines and other medications. You read up on everything that you...