Archive for the 'Health Info' Category
One person’s story
The following interview is with Sophie Lee who has published a book about her life with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS. I find her story compelling. Does it resonate with you? Q: What made you write this book? A: More than anything, I just wanted to tell the truth about IBS. There are so many myths [...]
The following is a Guest Blog from Allison Gamble. The health benefits of yoga have been well documented for years and known for centuries in some cultures. Recent research suggests that people with chronic illnesses may benefit from yoga. Of the many different forms of yoga, some are more beneficial for certain conditions than [...]
Superman or Clark Kent?
Sam Fuld isn’t a household name — unless you’re a baseball fan. In case you didn’t know, until a few months ago, he “… owned the dubious all-time distinction of having batted more than a hundred times at the Major League level before recording an R.B.I. His reputation, to the extent that he had one, [...]
Can You Heal Me?
If you’ve been reading this blog for the past 9 months, you know that I had a bad health setback. Last August, I had a bad fall left me with broken ribs and a banged up shoulder. It took months to figure out the cause/treatment of on-going pain which turned out was a torn rotator [...]
Who would argue that that exercise makes you healthier? This seems obvious, especially if you live with chronic illness. So, too, there aren’t many who would say that smoking is not harmful to your health (other than tobacco executives)? Yet, most smokers say that they’ve tried to stop but can’t. And I’ve heard many people [...]
Chronic illness has shaped my career. Kairol Rosenthal is a fellow traveler who found that illness can lead you in new directions-if you let it. I’ve asked her to guest post this week because her information is so critical for all of us. Kairol Rosenthal was diagnosed with cancer at 27 and discovered two [...]
Are you thinking: Work=Stress=Worse Health? If you’re saying yes, you’re not alone. In fact, I’ve found that not only people with chronic illness think this, many “healthy” people think it, too. The reality is that working when you’re unwell is difficult. Even more so when you’re symptomatic with unpredictable, waxing and waning illness. It’s no [...]
Do you tell yourself your chronic illness would be more manageable if you had more control over the rest of your life? Do you believe that if you could find a job, influence your boss or be more effective at work, you’d feel better? Yet, do you feel powerless to take action, worried it might [...]
Is the health care reform bill a step toward ensuring that anyone living with chronic illness will receive “adequate” medical treatment? Or is it just more help for the healthy? I don’t have the answer. But I’m delighted that in the increased attention on the burden that chronic illness places on individuals and society when [...]
Chronic illness, complicated as it is, leaves many searching for a simple answer. Lately, a tantalizing headline has gotten much press in the social media ‘disease’ community (yes, I’m on twitter and you can tweet me @WorkWithIllness): “Exercise can Quiet Anxiety that Comes With Illness”. Help me, please. What’s the news here? That people who [...]
