The Lighter Side of Medicine

Everyone experiences limitations. Some limitations are physical, some are psychological, some limits are based in athletics, some in music…

Chronic illness has an inventive way of limiting what we do, or more accurately, how we do things. Having illness does not necessarily me…

One topic that anyone with a long-term illness or injury has had to discuss is pacing. The idea of pacing yourself is to reduce the amount…

A large part of being chronically ill is knowing your limits. Taking it one step further than that - it is coming to the realization that …

I tend to get self-conscious a lot about my illness. Sometimes I feel like I am being too cautious, other times I feel like I push myself t…