Mighty Well
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Friends in the Fight
    • Friends in the Fight

      We Are Mighty Well

      January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

      Friends in the Fight

      Making the Invisible Visible

      December 16, 2020December 16, 2020

      Friends in the Fight

      Holiday Wishlist

      December 4, 2020December 4, 2020

      Friends in the Fight

      3 Ways to Recognize When Someone Needs Support

      December 1, 2020December 1, 2020

      Friends in the Fight

      5 Ways to Give Support to Someone You…

      November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

  • Chronic Illness
    • Chronic Illness

      We Are Mighty Well

      January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

      Chronic Illness

      When Feeling Better Doesn’t Feel Good

      January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

      Chronic Illness

      POTS and ME Awareness: A Surprising COVID-19 Outcome

      January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

      Chronic Illness

      Decorating Your Mighty Pack

      December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

      Chronic Illness

      Making the Invisible Visible

      December 16, 2020December 16, 2020

  • General Wellness
    • General Wellness

      Looking Towards the New Year With Hope and…

      December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

      General Wellness

      Holiday Recipes

      December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

      General Wellness

      3 Ways to Recognize When Someone Needs Support

      December 1, 2020December 1, 2020

      General Wellness

      How to Safely Celebrate the Holidays

      November 21, 2020

      General Wellness

      Introducing: Limited Edition Mighty Well Masks

      November 18, 2020November 19, 2020

  • Shop
  • Home
  • Friends in the Fight
    • Friends in the Fight

      We Are Mighty Well

      January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

      Friends in the Fight

      Making the Invisible Visible

      December 16, 2020December 16, 2020

      Friends in the Fight

      Holiday Wishlist

      December 4, 2020December 4, 2020

      Friends in the Fight

      3 Ways to Recognize When Someone Needs Support

      December 1, 2020December 1, 2020

      Friends in the Fight

      5 Ways to Give Support to Someone You…

      November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

  • Chronic Illness
    • Chronic Illness

      We Are Mighty Well

      January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

      Chronic Illness

      When Feeling Better Doesn’t Feel Good

      January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

      Chronic Illness

      POTS and ME Awareness: A Surprising COVID-19 Outcome

      January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

      Chronic Illness

      Decorating Your Mighty Pack

      December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

      Chronic Illness

      Making the Invisible Visible

      December 16, 2020December 16, 2020

  • General Wellness
    • General Wellness

      Looking Towards the New Year With Hope and…

      December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

      General Wellness

      Holiday Recipes

      December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

      General Wellness

      3 Ways to Recognize When Someone Needs Support

      December 1, 2020December 1, 2020

      General Wellness

      How to Safely Celebrate the Holidays

      November 21, 2020

      General Wellness

      Introducing: Limited Edition Mighty Well Masks

      November 18, 2020November 19, 2020

Mighty Well

Chronic IllnessFeaturedTreatment and Care

COVID-19: 5 Tips for Navigating an Outbreak with Chronic Illness

by Allie Cashel March 11, 2020June 22, 2020
written by Allie Cashel
COVID-19: 5 Tips for Navigating an Outbreak with Chronic Illness

Looking for support or more tips from our Friends in the Fight community? Join our Facebook Group!

As COVID-19 and fears around coronavirus spread around the world, many members of our community are at the highest risk for infection. Being immunocompromised during cold and flu season is already stressful enough, and the global spread of a highly infectious virus adds significant anxiety for our Friends in the Fight, as well as the need for further precaution. 

If you are feeling additional stress during this uncertain time, Mighty Well and your Friends in the Fight are here to support you as you make decisions about how to best manage your health and wellbeing. If you are looking for support or more tips from our Friends in the Fight community, join our Facebook Group!

Here are five chronic illness specific tips for navigating the COVID-19 outbreak:

1. Rebuild your confidence in your medical devices and make sure they are well protected. 

PICC lines, central lines, glucose monitors, ports, and other medical devices already increase our risk for infection, and many of us are feeling extra anxiety around these often vulnerable devices. As you move through public places, we recommend taking extra precaution to keep exit sites, lines, and medical devices clean, safe, and secure. 

If you are living with a PICC Line, PICCPerfect® PICC Line Covers may be a good solution for you. Its advanced fabric includes antimicrobial silver ion technology and moisture-wicking to ensure your PICC line stays clean and dry. 

Now that masks are known to be a crucial step in staying safe during COVID-19, Mighty Well has used the technology from their PICCPerfect to create the new Mighty Mask!

2. Care for your mental health.

This is a very stressful time for our community. As you take physical precautions, we hope you will also take time to check in with your mental health and seek out support as you need it. Everyone’s needs and anxieties are different, but it’s important to recognize that this may be a time of high stress where may you need additional support.

We encourage you to check out Mighty Well founder and CEO’s mental health strategies as well as our top 5 tips to help you find light in times of darkness. Remember, your Friends in the Fight are always here for you. 

3. Stay home and rest when you can!

If it is possible for you, it may be helpful to use this time of heightened concern to stay home and restock your spoons! The CDC has recommended this for all Americans, but this could be especially relevant for members of our community in any corner of the world.

Avoid large gatherings if possible, and consider limiting travel through large airports or other crowded public spaces. It may also be helpful to check out the CDC guidelines here.

4. Stay in touch with your doctors.

Many of the medications we take to care for our conditions long term, like Prednisone for example, further suppress our immune systems. Though most rheumatologists do not recommend stopping medications or changing doses, it is important to check in with your physicians about best practices during this time. Let them know how you are feeling, and ask them about specific steps you can take to maintain your health. They know your case and will be able to make recommendations unique to you. Most doctors are offering telemedicine during this time, to ensure that you get the care you need without risking exposure.

It may also be helpful to ask a friend to go to the pharmacy to pick up any potential refills, and to ask your healthcare providers to call prescription refills in if needed. That way you can be sure to have what you need on hand. 

5. Make use of sanitizers, soaps, and wipes. 

Whenever possible, wash your hands and sterilize the public spaces you are spending time in. This is especially important in doctors offices. Purchase additional disinfecting wipes to wipe down waiting room chairs before you sit down, and make sure to wash your hands or use a product like Purell throughout the day. The Mighty MedPlanner may help you organize these products so that you can easily have them on hand when needed.  

If you are worried about running out of products like these, it may be helpful to ask friends and family if they have extra products they may be able to share. You can also explore making your own soap or wipes. This recipe may be helpful if you ever want to try creating products of your own. 

And, as always, wash your hands!


As a closing note: remember that you know your body best! Consult sources and people that you respect, but trust that you know how to make the decisions that are best for you.

What steps have you taken to protect yourself from coronavirus thus far? We want to hear from you! Share your tips and tricks with our Friends in the Fight here. 

1
FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Allie Cashel

previous post
Why It is SO Important to Remember Accommodation Requests
next post
Conversations with Alyssa Carfi: Founder of Brave Minds Project

You may also like

Careers & Chronic Illness: Tips on Navigating a...

September 23, 2019

Racial Bias in Medicine

August 17, 2020

Garden-Fresh Recipes: Pesto

September 11, 2019

5 Ways to Get the Most From Your...

September 29, 2020

I Lost My “Creative”

March 20, 2017

We are Thankful for our Brand Ambassadors Everyday!

December 5, 2019

5 Simple Ways to Get Better Sleep this...

September 3, 2019

How to be a True Friend in the...

February 18, 2020

Smoothies!

September 11, 2019

Celebrating Intersectionality in Chronic Illness: Five Influencers You...

August 29, 2019

2 comments

Ruth Stafford April 28, 2020 - 11:38 pm

I work in healthcare of elderly so risk for them. Im 64. With heart disease so 2nd risk myslef. So im in constant. Fear

Reply
Ariela Paulsen April 29, 2020 - 11:26 am

That sounds so difficult! Take care of yourself ❤️

Reply

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

About Us

Hi, We're Mighty Well.

The mission of Mighty Well is to help patients and their caregivers turn sickness into strength. We are leading the global charge that changes the perception of patients from victims to fighters. We do this by improving the experience of being a patient. We create the products we wish we’d had: functional and stylish apparel and accessories that you can wear with confidence - and content that can help you get through the good times and the bad. It’s wellness you can wear.

Keep in touch

Facebook Twitter Instagram

Instagram

No images found!
Try some other hashtag or username

Recent Posts

  • We Are Mighty Well

    January 22, 2021
  • When Feeling Better Doesn’t Feel Good

    January 13, 2021
  • POTS and ME Awareness: A Surprising COVID-19 Outcome

    January 6, 2021
  • Looking Towards the New Year With Hope and Self Love

    December 30, 2020
  • Decorating Your Mighty Pack

    December 23, 2020

Categories

  • Adaptive Wear
  • Chronic Illness
  • Featured
  • Friends in the Fight
  • General Wellness
  • Healthy Work Environments
  • Lyme Disease
  • Medical Devices
  • Mightier Together
  • Mighty Models
  • PICC Line
  • Popular Posts
  • The Undefeated
  • Treatment and Care
  • Uncategorized

Tags Cloud

Active Lifestyle Adulting Best Fit for Your Lifestyle Be Your Own Advocate blm Chronic Illness coronavirus coronoavirus covid-19 Disabilities Dysautonomia Family Feeding Tubes Fibromyalgia Gastroparesis holidays invisible illnesses Living Mighty Well Living With a PICC Living with a Port LLMD lyme disease Lyme Into Lemonaid Lyme Literate Doctors mental health Mental Illness mighty mask Mighty Pack mighty well mask Misdiagnosed Mom with Lyme New Years Organization Tips PICC PICC line cover PICC Line Dressing Change PICCPerfect PICC Placement POTS Prevention Self-love Support Systems TPN trans black lives matter Working With a PICC Line

Our Story

Mighty Well - Founder - Emily Levy - Our Story

 

It all started with a cut off sock, a cute hockey player, and an 8 AM finance class. Oh, and a PICC Line. That moment inspired us to launch our first product, the PICCPerfect PICC Line Cover.

 

We know it stinks to feel defined by a diagnosis or feel like just a name on a doctor’s chart. Sounds like you? Read how our founder turned sickness into strength.

Recent Posts

  • We Are Mighty Well

    January 22, 2021
  • When Feeling Better Doesn’t Feel Good

    January 13, 2021
  • POTS and ME Awareness: A Surprising COVID-19 Outcome

    January 6, 2021

Join the Fight

Mighty Well's Facebook Page

Find Us on Instagram

No images found!
Try some other hashtag or username
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Mighty Well © 2018 All Rights Reserved


Back To Top