2020 came in like a wrecking ball for many of us that is safe to say. At the beginning of every year, we are all […]
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Finding Positives In A Seemingly Negative Lupus Diagnosis
Being diagnosed with Lupus can come with a lot of negatives. It is truly life changing. Honestly, there are a lot of days that it […]
Six Tips For Finding Support While Living With Chronic Illness
Living with a chronic illness isn’t easy and neither is finding a good support system. If you are looking for support check out these six tips for finding the support you are looking for.
How Chronic Illness Changes Friendship
Friends come and go in all walks of life, seemingly more quickly when you have a chronic illness. Leading to friendships that will indeed be life long.
Friendship, Family & Chronic Illness | How To Provide Support
Chances are high that if you have a friend or family member who lives with a chronic illness, or was recently diagnosed, that you don’t really know what you can do to help. This is not meant to be a dig towards you by any means. But most able-bodied people struggle because they don’t really know what to say or do. They feel this way because they can’t really relate to what we are feeling. They can’t relate to the chronic pain, or life altering fatigue. In fact, they often wonder if there is actually anything that they could say or do that would make any difference. They fear hurting their friend or family member so they pull away. This is not deliberate, but it is a reflex. So this is an effort to share some tips and ideas to help prevent that and help friends, family, and those with the chronic illness.
No One Asked For This
Let’s just be really honest. NO ONE ever asks to live with pain. Whether it be the short term pain of an illness or Injury….
How I Really Feel…….About Chronic Illness & Friendship
So you’ve made plans and were genuinely excited to do whatever it was you planned. But the day comes and you feel like CRAP. You […]
