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You’re likely familiar with reading labels by now, especially if you have MCAS, mast cell activation disorder, or gastrointestinal sensitivities. You are still learning what everything is and how it affects you. In the spirit of that, let’s take a...
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You have a love/hate relationship with eating. Not because you don’t like to eat - you LOVE to eat! It’s because you have a gastrointestinal tract that simply doesn’t work the way it should. If you suspect it’s because...
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Chronic illness flares are inevitable. There’s times where you know you’ll have a bad day simply because you overdid it the previous day. Usually it’s the day after an outing of some kind: a family get together, a holiday, meeting...
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Oftentimes people with chronic illnesses can feel alone. Being sick can be so isolating especially if you have a form of chronic illness like postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), crohn’s disease, IBS, MCAS, and so many others. While these illnesses...
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This is the question that many potsies eventually find themselves asking. You’ve been increasing sodium but that doesn’t seem to be helping, and now you’re looking at I.V. therapy on how to manage your symptoms of POTS. Manoj and Sam,...
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