By Adrienne Dellwo — 2021
There are many options for managing symptoms and improving quality of life, including lifestyle changes, stress management, therapy, and medications.
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Individuals with disabilities are at a greater risk of experiencing fatigue than the general population, and this risk increases with age.
As a woman with a physical disability, I am usually glaringly aware of how my body is the polar opposite of what is deemed the norm.
I no longer care about my body being perfect. It’s taken a long time to get here, but I’ve realized my body has been through too much to spend time and energy caring about losing that extra 10 pounds or minimizing my scars.
With each diagnosis, knowing her life hung in the balance, she was “stunned, then anguished” and astonished by “how much energy it takes to get from the bad news to actually starting on the return path to health.”
The author and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon examines the disabilities that ramps and designated parking spots don’t address.
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So much of life happens unexpectedly. For me, one unexpected turn started with a phone call from a friend of a friend who also had multiple sclerosis (MS).
If you have a chronic illness, you may know what it feels like to be a “full-time patient.
It pays to organize your approach to heart disease or any chronic medical problem.
If someone were to ask you what the hardest part of living with chronic illness is, they might expect you to respond with one of the physical symptoms you experience, or perhaps how this symptom affects your ability to do certain activities.
New ideas for living well, even if our health is less than ideal.