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“Behind every stressful thought is the desire for things to be other than they are.”
― How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
― How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
“As with many life-altering events, an autoimmune illness is almost guaranteed to cause you to re-evaluate your priorities.”
― Women, Work, and Autoimmune Diease
― Women, Work, and Autoimmune Diease
“Remember this: You are the expert of your body.”
― Finding Happiness with Migraines: a Do It Yourself Guide, a min-e-bookTM
― Finding Happiness with Migraines: a Do It Yourself Guide, a min-e-bookTM
“I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I don’t have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a respectful and effective partner, not a jailer. The opioid crisis is not my doing.”
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“And the deal with so many chronic illnesses is that most people won't want to believe you. They will tell you that you look great, that it might be in your head only, that it is likely stress, that everything is okay. None of these are the right things to say to someone whose entire existence is a fairly consistent torture of the body and mind. They say it because they are well-intentioned usually, because they wish you the best, but they also say it because you make them uncomfortable. Your existence is evidence of death. . . .”
― Sick: A Memoir
― Sick: A Memoir
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