how scleroderma feels Archives - Living with Scleroderma https://livingwithscleroderma.com/tag/how-scleroderma-feels/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Mon, 28 Apr 2014 01:34:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 31053421 Suit of Armor https://livingwithscleroderma.com/suit-of-armor/ https://livingwithscleroderma.com/suit-of-armor/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:00:20 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=2455 Our skin is our body’s largest organ. It protects innards, moderates temperature, enables sensation and serves as our first line of defense against infections. When healthy, it is amazingly flexible, soft, adaptable to however our muscles and fat change shape. Skin is also vulnerable—to lacerations, blows, piercing, burns. To deal with life’s inevitable struggles, we are told […]

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