The Document Trail Nobody Tells You to Start
Nobody hands you a binder on the way out of the ER. Here’s the document trail you’ll wish you’d started sooner — and exactly how to build it now.
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The High Price of “I’m Fine” (and Other Retired Phrases in the Chronic Illness Vocabulary)
Some phrases stopped working the moment my body did. Here’s the vocabulary I’ve quietly retired — and what I actually mean now.
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When Everything Gets Louder: Managing Chronic Illness Flares and Ways to Move Through Them
A chronic illness flare is a period when your symptoms intensify — sometimes gradually, sometimes overnight, sometimes for reasons you can identify and sometimes for absolutely no reason you can name. And if you live with a chronic condition, you already know that flares don’t politely limit themselves to one system. They pile on.
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I Wake Up Missing Spoons
What does it mean to live with a chronic illness and never have enough spoons? Here’s what you need to know.
