Reaction to illness depends on how severe the illness is, how long it lasts, and a variety of other things. Usually, if a good friend is diagnosed with an illness like cancer or has an unexpected surgery, friends come up with plans like helping with meals, transporting kids, and so on. Even the shorter-term illnesses, like pneumonia, are taken care of by people sending chicken soup or bringing you a book to read.
But what happens when someone has a chronic illness, like fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome? When they’re not always in-your-face ill, but they have times when they feel …read more

Thanks to Kendra at Diabetes Notes and Laura at CFS Squared for the tip off on National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week this week.
What’s an invisible chronic illness? Anything that people won’t know you have just by looking at you. Examples include…

Mental illness
Eating disorders
Endometriosis
Diabetes
Arthritis
Chronic pain
Heart disease
Autism
Migraines
Cancer
Multiple sclerosis
Chronic fatigue syndrome
and anything else you just can’t see

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