#chronic-illness

#chronic-illness

Receiving a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, created a life-altering reality for Jon Gluck, pushing him toward coping through work.

Most people avoid estate planning because it feels like preparing for death. But if you're living with a chronic condition, it's not about dying - it's about staying in charge.

A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one. 60% of our population has only one dream that they get better.

Nearly 500,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the U.S. For about 75% of them, the first sign will be a skin lesion that appears one to four weeks after being bitten by an infected deer tick.

Asking for help is a superpower, not a weakness. By recognizing when we need support, we can navigate the complexities of chronic illness with a stronger foundation.

It was never a cosmetic thing for me. My goal was not to get a breast reduction to be smaller or to lose weight.

In The Body in Pain, Elaine Scarry articulates that pain’s resistance to language not only makes sharing experiences of suffering difficult but also actively destroys the very language we use to convey them.

Stacey said she was now doing well, urged other women to get help: 'Don't ignore it, listen to your body, go seek help.'

I was unable to talk about it with anyone except my husband and a constant guilt weighed on me for needing his help.