They just don’t get it How to explain chronic fatigue syndrome & Fibromyalgia to friends and family By Kelli Ellis Not having support from your family and friends will put a strain on these relationships impacting your stress level which can affect greatly both negative and positive on your health. Explanations need to be ...
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Category Archives: Support
How to Give a Killer Massage
20 massage techniques to help relieve back pain and stress, for your special someone. By Katy Dreyfus http://www.lhj.com/health/stress/relaxation-techniques/how-to-give-a-killer-massage/ Share this with someone special, so you can GET the killer massage.. *g* Posted via email from Kelli's Posterous
20 Things to Say… (Invisible Illness)
Tweets! 20 Things to Say to an Ill Person Oftentimes people are told what not to say. This is a great help in giving them an idea of what to say! Feel free to add your own ideas in the comments below. ...
20 Things NOT to say… (Invisible Illness)
20 Things NOT to say to a Chronically Ill Person These lists are compliments of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Weekat www.invisbleillness.com.Get involved in Invisible Illness Week this year during the week of September 14-20, 2009, including the 5-day ...
Understand before you judge..
There are the things I would like you to understand before you judge me... Please know that being sick doesn't mean I'm not human. I may spend most of my day flat on my back and I might not seem like great company, but I'm still me stuck inside this body. I ...
Surprise!
I was pleasantly surprised today. Today was one of those days where I needed a cane for support, or at least I felt I would before I got home. I went to the post office, then the grocery store next door. They didn't have what I wanted so I crossed the street & ...
Five Simple Words….
Five Simple Words to Keep Chronic Illness at Bay by Madeleine Parish When I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome seven years ago, my illness began to consume my thoughts and time. Questions taunted me like unrelenting harpies: What will I do? How will I manage? Who will take care of me? To try ...
It’s not real.. Not for me apparently. :(
What would you do? How would you react? If you got told by the person that has been your primary support person for the last 3 + years.. That he/she doesn't believe you're sick? Doesn't believe you're really *that* tired? Doesn't believe you're in *that* much pain? And thinks it's all ...
What support looks like
What support looks like: 1) Ask someone how they are 2) Ask what they are doing to cope 3) Ask them what you can do Source: Andrea Martell aka @killandra
