Chronic Healing is launched

Posted on Jun 11, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, MCS, Media/Videos, Susie Collins

Jeanne’s Endo Blog morphs into new blog called Chronic Healing.

Jeanne, who blogged at Jeanne’s Endo Blog for a year and is a regular here at The Canary Report, upgraded her site to a whole new format and name: Chronic Healing. Jeanne has several chronic conditions that include endometriosis, fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity, interstitial cystitis, Reynaud’s, irritable bowel syndrome, neuropathy and vulvodynia/vulvar vestibulitis. Though her old blog focused mostly on endometriosis, she now blogs about all her conditions and on chronic illness in general, and since infertility is so common in endometriosis patients, she also writes a lot about that.

Jeanne has become a good friend over the past year, and we email or “tweet” to each other almost daily. I admire her greatly for her enthusiasm and stamina in the face of so many chronic illnesses, many of which cause her immense pain. I also find her a role model for creating a sense of community among her readers and for supporting fellow bloggers.

Jeanne has strong sense of medical justice that permeates her insight on chronic illness, and she never fails to lift my spirits no matter no tightly I am sitting on the pity pot.

In Jeanne’s words about her new blog Chronic Healing:

In a former life, this was known as “Jeanne’s Endo Blog.” What began as primarily an endometriosis blog, that occasionally discussed conditions found to co-exist with endometriosis, has really morphed into a blog about a number of chronic conditions.

With Chronic Healing, my goal is to help patients and their loved ones find (and give) support, information, and resources in regard to chronic conditions. By networking with one another, we can learn so much. We can help each other with ideas to support one another, cope with our conditions, and maximize our quality of life.

There is so much we can learn from fellow patients. In addition to Traditional Western Medicine, there are wonderful alternative medicine options available. These options are not often discussed by Traditional Western medical doctors. Integrative medicine (taking the best Traditional Western Medicine has to offer and the best alternative medicine has to offer) has worked best for me. Drugs and surgery have their place but they are not always the answer.

I had the pleasure to win Jeanne’s first giveaway at the launch of Chronic Healing: a CD by Jannie Funster. YAY! Thanks! Always fun to win something. A cute story about that: Jannie wrote to tell me she was packing up the CD for mailing, and wanted to know if I wanted it scented with jasmine moonbeams, lemon verbena, or chocolate macadamia nuts. I thought, “Oh great, I win something and now I’ll never be able to listen to it because it’s scented!” I had just read an article about the publishing industry starting to put scent in books, so the idea of scented CDs was not too much of a stretch. Come to find out, Jannie was offering imaginary scent! Ooooo, we MCSers LUVS imaginary scent! I picked moonbeams, YUM.

Also, Jeanne went way over board on a post highlighting yours truly. I am truly humbled. It’s very kind of Jeanne to include me in her “posse” and say such nice things about The Canary Report and my work. Thank you, Jeanne, for the kind and generous words, the feeling is mutual!

Keep up the good work, Jeanne!

Link to Chronic Healing.

Link to follow Jeanne on Twitter.

Link to follow Jannie on Twitter.

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Tags: Health, MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, SocialNetworking, Support

7 Responses to “Chronic Healing is launched”

Jeanne

12. Jun, 2009

Susie,

Wow! What can I say to this? This is such a nice post! I don’t even know how to thank you for it.

I greatly appreciate your support! Getting my new blog launched is probably the biggest project I’ve ever tackled, aside from when Hubby and I built our own house (as in built it with our own hands).

It was very tiring and I’m so, so, so glad it’s done!

I can’t tell you how grateful I am to have “met” you. From the very first time you commented on an MCS post I wrote, you’ve had me hooked. Thank goodness you found my blog because that enabled me to find yours!

You are a breath of fresh air on so many levels. Between your amazing advocacy work, the fact that you are simply brimming with information, and your helpful attitude… I feel very lucky indeed to learn from you, pick your brain, and enjoy your humor and sensitivity.

I appreciate your kind words. I’m so happy for you that you won Jannie Funster’s awesome CD. You will love it.

That whole business about the scented packaging cracked me up. You see, from following Jannie’s blog I had been hearing about her jasmine moonbeams for weeks, if not months. I can certainly see how you took her literally. We all know how ubiquitous fragrances are nowadays! That made me laugh. Yes, Jannie’s scents are strictly imaginary. Jannie is one of the most imaginative people I’ve ever met.

As far as the Posse Profile I wrote about you, it’s not overboard. People should know about your awesome works! With that post, I’m simply letting them get to know you and the work you do.

Thank you so much for this lovely post and for featuring my blog and linking to me on twitter.

I also appreciate you linking to Jannie Funster. She is downright hysterical. You know the expression “laughter is the best medicine”? Well, Jannie makes me laugh. When I’m having a bad day, a Jannie Funster blog post can make me smile. Anything that gets her humor attention is good in my book!

Thank you again for this post! I am honored that you devoted this space to talk about my new blog. As you know, I am very excited about my new blog after working for months to transfer over from my old one. Thank goodness I had Cassie Germsheid help me make the switch and that it’s finally live!

Thank you again for this very sweet post. You are amazing!!

Jeanne

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Jannie Funster

15. Jun, 2009

Wow! What a nice link. lovin’ link love!

And your beautiful words. Thanks.

Get the CD yet??

xo

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Melissa Ralston

15. Jun, 2009

Dear Susie,

Thanks for doing a post promoting Jeanne’s Chronic Healing Blog, and congratulations again on winning her first giveaway contest. Jeanne has also come to be a very good friend of mine over the course of the last several months and serves as an inspiration to many. Despite her physical suffering, she continues to forge ahead in all that she does.

I also appreciate your approach on your blog to wellness in general, never under-estimating the quality of our environment on our health. Keep up the amazing work!

Take care,
Melissa

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Endochick

15. Jun, 2009

Congrats for winning the CD. Jeanne did a nice post about you and your blog. Wish I could think of more to write – had words but they are failing me right now as I’m drugged up on anti-nausea meds. Have tummy flu.

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Susie Collins

15. Jun, 2009

Jeanne, I loved having the opportunity to spread the news about your new blog and good work. Thanks again for all your kinds words, it means a lot to me.

Jannie, yes! The CD is here! Hubby just brought it home from post office. Getting ready to run away from pc and give it a listen! Thanks again for your generous donation to Jeanne’s launch.

Melissa, You are so right, Jeanne’s enduring spirit is truly inspirational. Happy to hear you are interested in environmental health, it’s amazing how often that is overlooked even by those suffering chronic illness.

Endochick, so sorry to hear you are under the weather. Tummy flu is the pleh. Please take care of yourself, the blogosphere needs you back in fighting shape!

Aloha to all of you, thanks much for visiting! xoxo

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Jeanne

15. Jun, 2009

Aloha Susie!

I’m so glad the CD arrived on your end and I must say… I just love it when the “healing posse” is in effect. This is a prime example. All I need to do is scroll up to see some truly amazing women!!

I cannot wait to hear what you think about the CD. I think Jannie is very talented. Were the moonbeams intact?

Thanks again for all you do!

Jeanne

xoxo

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Susie Collins

15. Jun, 2009

Jeanne, moon beams intact! LOL.

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