http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-invisible-illness/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:45:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-invisible-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-213565 Bonnie Boots Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:09:45 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/?p=72123#comment-213565 Being less than ancient and in pain presents all sorts of challenges. When I was 38, I was struggling with disabling chronic pain. I found that when I was out shopping and needed to ask for help, people were often suspicious of me. I learned to add a brief explanation like "I have arthritis. Could you please help me get this in my shopping cart?" I didn't give my long and complicated REAL diagnosis. I just supplied information anyone could understand ( i.e. arthritis = pain) and asked for help.Given that assurance that I wasn't a kook or con artist, people always went out of their way to help me. Bonnie Boots Publisher Pain Health News Being less than ancient and in pain presents all sorts of challenges. When I was 38, I was struggling with disabling chronic pain. I found that when I was out shopping and needed to ask for help, people were often suspicious of me. I learned to add a brief explanation like “I have arthritis. Could you please help me get this in my shopping cart?”
I didn’t give my long and complicated REAL diagnosis. I just supplied information anyone could understand ( i.e. arthritis = pain) and asked for help.Given that assurance that I wasn’t a kook or con artist, people always went out of their way to help me.
Bonnie Boots
Publisher
Pain Health News

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