#chronic-illness

#chronic-illness

Maybe you're living with Crohn's, like I am. Maybe you've faced chronic migraines, cancer, autoimmune symptoms, depression, fatigue, or simply the exhaustion of carrying emotional pain for far too long. We hear so much about symptoms. We hear about flare-ups, inflammation, test results, treatment plans, diets, and what might be coming next. But rarely does anyone ask questions like: When was the last time you laughed? What's something that made you feel alive today?

I ordered another taxi and made my way out to wait in front of the motel, in despair that I might miss my flight. I stood on the dark footpath and spoke on the phone to my sister in Queensland about how I had missed my taxi and how unwell I felt. My health condition can affect my ability to think clearly, and I was telling her how my brain just wasn't working that day.

Using only her memory and a hyper-vivid imagination, Laura Footes paints intuitively when conjuring complex, dreamy scenes from her life. There are no photographic source materials or preliminary sketches when working in the studio; instead, she relies on the raw emotions and mental images that spring forth when recalling her past. The artist's paintings are rendered fluidly in oil paint to depict extremely personal spaces and scenes, all smartly softened and blurred to let viewers enter her life and mind.

Nearly one in four US adults provides unpaid care for a relative or friend because of ageing, illness or disability - a responsibility that can place a heavy yet often hidden burden on carers. Part of a PBS project on caregiving that aims to put faces and names to these statistics, the short documentary Lean on Me offers a small window into the lives of Greg and CoRy Wyszynski, a father and son whose relationship fuses care with deep camaraderie.

I grew up believing courage was about heroes jumping off mountains and running into burning buildings, 300 Spartan warriors standing against the invading Persian army-the kind of thing that is celebrated in epic poems and Hollywood blockbusters. But life has taught me something different. Courage does not just have to look spectacular. In fact, much more often, courage lives in the everyday.

On Wednesday, September 17, supermodel Bella Hadid posted an Instagram carousel which included photos of her receiving medical treatment. "I'm sorry I always go MIA I love you guys," she captioned the post indicating that whatever was going on with Hadid medically had forced her to miss New York Fashion Week. The next day, her mother and ex- RHOBH housewife Yolanda Hadid posted her own carousel, which showed an ill Bella in a hospital environment undergoing a procedure.

This means that your mind is flexible enough to stay calm and steady even in stressful and unpleasant situations. Here are a some suggestions for cultivating this sublime state of mind. Learn to live well despite your limitations. In 2001, I became chronically ill after contracting what appeared to be a routine viral infection. Today, my doctor calls me a "long hauler," a term that came into use when people didn't (for haven't) recovered fully from a bout with Covid.

Mikhaila Peterson announced that her father, Jordan Peterson, is taking time off due to chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) caused by mold exposure. He has had severe symptoms since 2017.

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.

Statements meant to be reassuring, like 'it's probably nothing,' communicate to patients that their concerns are being minimized.

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.