Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness is keeping so many truths hidden, even from those closest to us. Here are just a few: The enormous amount of spoons (energy) to appear “normal.” No one sees the hidden costs and the amount of recovery time needed. The acknowledgment […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness For today’s Life with Chronic Pain and Illness post, I wanted to share some doctor-appointment related truths about living with a chronic illness: 1. I’m likely minimizing how horrible I feel. I’m certainly not exaggerating. I don’t want to overshare or be completely truthful because I’m […]
Tuesday Tip For today’s Tuesday Tip, I wanted to share this important reminder: You are not a difficult patient! When you live with chronic pain and illness, you will face a number of obstacles, within your own body and with others, including those in the medical profession. They may make you feel […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness is a struggle, but it’s also full of ironies. For instance: You look fine, but you know you’re anything but fine. You need to rest, but you resist resting because it makes you look like you’re not trying hard enough. You want […]
Tuesday Tip For today’s Tuesday Tip, I wanted to share this reminder. I certainly never grew up expecting to live a life of chronic pain and illness. I’m sure you didn’t either. Chronic pain and illness has certainly changed the way that I do things, as well as the way that I view […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness is a daily struggle. And the costs associated with it are even worse when you have a “productive” day. Society often looks to the completed to-do checklist when considering how productive someone is. For some, living life by a checklist works well. […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness is challenging. It’s even worse on the flare-up days. On those days, here are a few Do’s and Don’t’s to keep in mind: DO NOT put yourself down or feel guilty or ashamed. Your pain and illness are not your fault. […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Raise your hand if you’ve ever been told that “You’ll just have to live with it” in regards to your chronic pain. I may not be able to see you, but I know that many of you reading this are raising your hands. I suspect we’ve all been […]
Tuesday Tip For today’s Tuesday Tip, I’d like to share a few things that many (perhaps all) people living with chronic pain and illness should stop doing. (Actually, most people could probably benefit from at least one item on this list.) I’m going to work on this “Stop Doing” To-Do List for 2026. […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness is difficult, and it’s compounded, in many cases, by brain fog. And brain fog is no joke! For many people, brain fog is as debilitating as the pain. I’ve written about brain fog before, but it’s such a common comorbidity that […]