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How to Prepare for a Power Outage: A Chronic Illness Patient's Guide

Written by: Amanda Phillips Living with a chronic illness can make impromptu events, like power outages, even more stressful. Whether you identify as a Spoonie or are managing a chronic illness, your medical routine—whether it...

Best Cities to Live in with Autoimmune Diseases Based on Weather

Written By: Amanda Phillips Living with an autoimmune disease is tough, and one of the huge variables that can help to bring on or alleviate symptoms is the weather. Many of those with autoimmune diseases...

Understanding the Spoon Theory: How People with Autoimmune Diseases Identify as Spoonies

Living with an autoimmune disease can bring all sorts of issues that others cannot fathom. Symptoms such as chronic fatigue, pain, and mental exhaustion are things that the outside world cannot see, and therefore, it...

Reasonable Work Accommodations for Medical Conditions: Know Your Rights and Your Choices

Living with a chronic illness or disability creates a special kind of challenge in the workplace. Fortunately, the ADA provides a safety net—one that assures protection for persons with disabilities, enabling them to request reasonable...

The Power of Optimism in Healing

The physical toll when facing any chronic illness or other major health threat is overwhelming to consider; the emotional fallout from it can be the straw that breaks the camel's back. To date, however, studies...

Creating a Cozy, Healing Environment at Home: Tips for Chronic Illness Warriors

For a person with chronic illness, home is not merely a place of abode but a haven of rest and recuperation. Creating a cozy and healing environment at home can help a person feel better...

Managing Multiple Medications: Tips to Keep You Organized

Medication management is often a reality when people are living with chronic illnesses, and at times it can feel overwhelming. It's a lot to remember—whether you are supposed to take your medicines at this or...

Living With Long-term Side Effects of Medication

For people with chronic illness, medications are usually a long-term proposition necessary for symptom management and quality-of-life enhancement. While these medications can keep your condition under control, many of them have a host of side...

Social and Active with a Chronic Illness: How to Keep It Going

It can be quite hard to remain active and keep a social life when one is living with a chronic illness. Between managing symptoms, fatigue, and the general unpredictability of your health, it is easy...