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Finding Joy in Small Moments: How to Practice Gratitude with Chronic Illness

Written by: Amanda Phillips If there is anything overwhelming in this life, it is to live with chronic illness—exhaustive and filled with frustration or moments of despair. When the body is in combat continuously with pain or tiredness, little seems...

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Halloween with Chronic Illness: Low-Energy Costume Ideas and Activities

Halloween can be so much fun, but often, if you live with a chronic illness or cancer, it just might feel overwhelming. The costumes, parties, and all of those trick-or-treaters can be fatiguing activities when your body already seems to...

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Halloween Candy: Dietary Restriction Management Tips

Written by: Amanda Phillips Halloween is one of those times of the year that's all about fun, costumes, and of course—candy! But for many of us living with chronic illnesses or cancer, the excitement of the Halloween treats can be...

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Scariest Parts of Getting Diagnosed

Written by: Amanda Phillips Getting a diagnosis of some chronic illness, autoimmune disease, or cancer has to be one of those life moments that absolutely upends the world. This is not even the diagnosis per se but rather the overwhelming...

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How to Talk to Your Doctor About Unseen Symptoms

Written by: Amanda Phillips If you're living with a chronic illness, you know that some of the most debilitating symptoms aren't visible to the outside world. Whether it's fatigue, brain fog, or chronic pain, these "unseen" symptoms can take a...

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Coping with Fatigue: How to Manage Chronic Illness Exhaustion

Written by: Amanda Phillips Fatigue. It's an issue most people experience from time to time, but for those of us struggling to live with chronic illness, fatigue can be a constant, overwhelming part of daily life. Not the kind of...

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Taking Care of Your Skin When You Have a Chronic Illness

Written by: Amanda Phillips Once you are fighting a chronic condition, your plate is already full—consultant visits, drug prescriptions, fatigue, and pain. The last thing you would want is to know that your disease and the treatments you receive have...

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Mental Health and Chronic Illness: How to Cope with Anxiety and Depression

Written by: Amanda Phillips To me, living with chronic illness is not just symptom management. I really feel emotional turmoil weighs just as heavy, if heavier. I know the ride that chronic illness can take: anxiety and depression love to...

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10 Tips and Tricks to Relieve Nausea

Written by: Amanda Phillips We've all felt nauseous at one time or another, but if you are living with a chronic condition or regular treatments, such as chemo, it can feel like the most constant and least welcome of companions....

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Advocating for Yourself within the Health Care System

Written by: Amanda Phillips For one to have to deal with a chronic illness, it is absolutely overwhelming to find a way to deal with the healthcare system in general. All the doctor's appointments, the insurance issues, complicated treatments-it's just...

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My Normal - Growing Up with Symptoms and Guilt

Written by: Amanda Phillips As long as I can remember, I was always some form of sick. My stomach would always ache, and I had symptoms no one could ever explain. I thought something was wrong with me, but the...

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I May Not Look Sick, But I Sure Do Act It

Written by: Amanda Phillips You see a Ferris Wheel. I see crowds, anxiety, and no fast way to get to a bathroom. There is a lot of talk about invisible illnesses regarding chronic conditions such as Crohn's disease. To the...

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