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What Autoimmune Patients Should Know About Clinical Trials
Have you considered joining a clinical trial? In the Autoimmune Community Summit session What Autoimmune Patients Should Know About Clinical

Brittany Murray
Oct 26, 20242 min read


Understanding Complex Research
Everyday new studies come out telling us about new treatments, ties between diseases and more. In the session Understanding Complex Research

Brittany Murray
Oct 26, 20242 min read


Shared Decision Making
Shared Decision Making is something that I think we all can agree as autoimmune patients is important. We want to feel heard, we want to und

Brittany Murray
Oct 25, 20245 min read


Raising Awareness with Your Story
The most important thing to take away from this session is: If you want to share your story, share it. It doesn’t matter if you only help on

Brittany Murray
Oct 24, 20242 min read


Prioritizing Self-Care Amidst Grief
Grief has a huge impact on the central nervous system. You can get grief brain, your stress response activates, your pre-frontal cortex

Brittany Murray
Aug 4, 20243 min read


Exploring Alternative Treatment Options for Chronic Pain: My Journey Begins
Over the last year I have been exploring alternative treatment options to leverage in addition to my medications. I tried chiropractic care,

Brittany Murray
Mar 17, 20246 min read


Self Doubt and Chronic Disease
Do you ever catch yourself questioning your condition? Maybe I don't need medication anymore. Maybe I am just tired. Maybe I overdid it. Ma

Brittany Murray
Oct 18, 20233 min read


Psoriatic Disease Awareness
Psoriatic Disease impacts millions of people around the world. Most have Psoriasis, an immune-mediated skin disease caused by systemic infla

Brittany Murray
Aug 29, 20231 min read


What is Psoriasis?
“Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease* (a disease with an unclear cause that is characterized by inflammation caused by dysfunction of...

Brittany Murray
Aug 3, 20232 min read


Traveling with Chronic Illness
I am on my first international trip in over a decade. I did all the research someone might do on what to bring: power converters, fanny pack

Brittany Murray
Jun 23, 20233 min read


Why Every Symptom Matters
Knowing what disease caused which symptom and which condition is the one flaring is a frustrating game.

Brittany Murray
Mar 28, 20231 min read


Working with Chronic Disease
For those of us lucky enough to keep working with chronic disease, it is a blessing, but it does still come with a price. So what's it...

Brittany Murray
Feb 21, 20233 min read


Tips for Finding a Specialist - How I found my dream rheumatologist
Finding the right doctor can be tricky. Not all specialists are the same, and they cover a wide range of conditions. If you are like me, you

Brittany Murray
Jan 23, 20233 min read


The Cost of a One Week Delay - How Prior Authorization Impacts Patients
I take Tremfya for my Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. I started Tremfya in late 2021. Tremfya is the 6th biologic I have tried to treat m

Brittany Murray
Jan 15, 20233 min read


I dislocated a rib coughing? What?
After over 15 years of having asthma I learned that if you cough hard enough you not only get a great ab workout but you can also dislocate

Brittany Murray
Jan 8, 20232 min read


My Story
want to share a piece of my story. I have Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Psoriasis since I was two years old and Psoriatic Arthritis si

Brittany Murray
Jan 8, 20233 min read
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I started ChronicDiseaseDiary for the chronic disease community with the goal of empowering and connecting with others with chronic diseases by sharing my experiences. We are all warriors and deserve a community that offers honesty and support.


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