illness

8 Choices You Must Make to Live Successfully with Chronic Illness

Illness doesn’t have to mean a life of pain and loneliness. Here are 8 choices you need to make!
[1] Recognize that the illness is chronic
You will swim through the phases of grief for the rest of your life, because with a chronic condition comes new limitations as the illness progresses. Don’t be too hard on [...]

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Learning To Be Assertive Despite the Fatigue Of Illness

I had just received the third pink slip in two weeks from the lab that said my payment was passed due. Over three times I had called and my insurance company had assured me that the lab work was covered and that they would mail out a check that afternoon. This time, when I finally [...]

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Celebrating Today Despite Living With Illness

A friend of mine is fond of quoting John Lennon’s saying, “Life is what happens when you’re making other plans.” This quaint little attitude seems to be not only an outline of the recent turn of events in my life, but also words of wisdom. How much I like a plan, a clear set of [...]

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