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posted 09/07/2008, comments (0)

National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week

This week, September 8-14, is National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week. Sponsored by Rest Ministries, this week in September has been set aside since 2002 to raise awareness about the millions of people in the U.S. who suffer with some kind of chronic, yet invisible, illness. The theme this year is “Hope Can Grow From... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/24/2008, comments (0)

Invisible Illness Week Awareness United Through Ill Bloggers

Chronic illness statistics are staggering, with nearly 1 in 2 people in the USA living with a chronic condition and, according to U.S. Census Bureau, about 96% of illnesses are invisible. With hundreds of thousands of people on the Internet searching for health information and support, thousands of bloggers now post daily journals about... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/05/2008, comments (0)

4 Hurdles When Facilitating an Illness Support Group

By Lisa Copen After planning for your new illness support group for weeks, or perhaps even months, it's finally time to have your first meeting. You've gone through the steps of preparing a proposal to start up a support group. It's been approved by whoever is in charge, such as an organization or church. And you've put together a welcome... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/14/2008, comments (2)

“Encounters with the Invisible” – A Must-Read in English or Spanish

I’ve read a lot of books about fibromyalgia and ME/CFS, but none have touched me like Dorothy Wall’s Encounters with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Although the book is a very intimate account of Wall’s experiences with chronic fatigue syndrome, you will relate to it equally as... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/12/2008, comments (0)

5 Ways to Surrender Frustrations of Living with Invisible Illness

"You look so good! You can't be as bad as you say. You look perfectly healthy." "You think you have fatigue? Try working full-time plus having four children! Then you'll know what chronic fatigue is." "I think you're spending too much time thinking about how you feel. You need to just get out more." "If you really wanted... Read more Chevron

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