Can Massage Help with Chronic Illness?
Living with a chronic illness isn’t easy, but there’s one thing that often makes it harder: chronic pain. The good news is, there are many ways to manage pain. This week is Everybody Deserves a Massage Week! Massage therapy has many well-documented benefits and one of which is pain reduction.
Top 10 Items for Your Friends in the Fight Essentials Box
One of the best aids in going about your day is an “essentials box” which has all the things you need to manage your condition and stave off complications and attacks.
Meet Friend in the Fight, Calyx Duff: A Phlebotomist with Lupus
In this Friends in the Fight Series, we feature amazing warriors from around the world who have experienced health setbacks. They share with us their challenges and triumphs to inspire fellow Friends in the Fight. This month we are featuring Calyx Duff, a 26-year old phlebotomist with Lupus who loves to travel the world.
Poems to Help You Stay Strong When You’re Sick of Being Sick
Sick of being sick is a vicious and toxic rut that a lot of people – with or without chronic illness – go through, yet do not talk about. It’s the elephant in the room; that thing that people expect to just go away and dismiss, hoping it was just a phase.
What to Do When Your Insurance Doesn’t Cover Your Treatments
Have you recently discovered that you have a chronic illness, or know someone who has? Despite all the changes and challenges you’re going through, you’re comforted – even for just a little bit – with the fact that you have health insurance. Only to find out later, that your insurance won’t cover some of your […]
6 Tips to Help You Speak Up to Healthcare Professionals About Your Health
Do you feel uncomfortable being completely honest with your doctor or any healthcare professional you encounter? I felt the same way when I was diagnosed with Chronic Lyme. I felt like it was rude to call out a healthcare professional if I thought they did something wrong, or to disagree with my doctor if they […]
Qualifying for Social Security Disability Benefits When You Have Short Bowel Syndrome
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) can be a completely debilitating condition, affecting thousands of families every year. If you have short bowel syndrome and are no longer able to work, Social Security disability benefits may be available for you and your family. The Social Security Administration (SSA) offers financial resources for people in need who are […]
Accepting the Bad Days with Chronic Illness
Life with chronic illness can be hard, isolating, and brutal at times. This doesn’t mean that our lives are any less fulfilling, just that we have more bumps in the road.
4 Ways to Enjoy Dating When You Have a Chronic Illness
It’s Valentine’s Day! A day you may or may not be dreading. While most of your friends are off to a romantic dinner date, you might stay home and think that this holiday is not for you. A lot of my friends have certainly told me this!
5 Light Jobs for Chronically Ill Spoonies to Earn Extra Income
According to American Community Survey, “3.7 million employees now work from home at least half the time.” There are tons of benefits – for both employers and employees – in working remotely. It is especially a blessing for spoonies like us who have a few challenges working in a traditional office. Since there are days […]
5 Lifehacks for Better Living with Chronic Illness
When you’re living with a chronic illness, you have to be a little more creative to get more out of every day. Here are five life hacks that will help you live a fuller life:
Staying Sane During The Holiday Season During Treatment
Everyone’s just so cheery and open to everything during the holiday season, right? And given that you or your loved one is suffering, it can be kind of annoying. You are suffering from physical and perhaps emotional pain because of an illness. You might be thinking, how can everybody else be out and celebrating like […]