Here’s How to Fight Invisible Pain
Millions of Americans talk to their doctors every day about pain. Fortunately, many of these patients will find a solution to their problems. However, it’s not always possible to pinpoint the cause of chronic...
My Fight With Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia
My chronic pain started as a teenager. I’m 53 now. Mostly, I suffer from back pain, rib pain, joint pain, migraines, and facial pain. Ten years ago, my doctor told me my facial pain was...
How to Ease Your Stomach Woes and Get Ulcer Pain Relief
People with ulcers know the struggle of living with chronic stomach pain. It's an uphill battle that can leave you feeling sick if you don’t eat and sick if you do. There’s also the...
Fighting Pain: Military Members with Chronic Pain
Members of the United States military serve our country to protect us and our freedom. Once they return home as veterans, we celebrate them and thank them for our service. But it's crucial that...
How My Chronic Illness Blog Helped My Chronic Pain
My journey with chronic illness has spanned over half my life. As a young teen, I received diagnoses for multiple mental health issues, including Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), major depression and anxiety. To this...
Review: Easy@Home Heat TENS Unit
I have dealt with pain for most of my life—migraines and knee pain in high school, back and shoulder pain that has worsened as I’ve gotten older, and on and on. I now deal...
A Patient’s Review Of “Taming Chronic Pain” By Amy Orr
Having lived with varying levels of chronic pain for over six years now, I often joke that I could write a book. The frustrations that come with an invisible illness don’t come with...
Why We Shouldn’t Call Trigeminal Neuralgia “The Suicide Disease”
I felt a strange sense of relief when I was finally diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN). After so many years of living with facial pain, my doctor gave me a solution and reassured me...
What It’s Really Like Living With A Stoma
Living With A Stoma Overview
It’s hard to believe that I’ve had a stoma for nearly 3 years now. It doesn’t feel like that long at all. Since my first surgery, my health has gone...
5 Things Not to Say to Someone with Chronic Pain
In 2013, I was involved in a car accident that changed my life. Although the damage to my car was surprisingly minor, that 10 seconds would change my life forever.
Prior to the accident, I...
Chronic Illness Patients Face Challenges With Accessibility
The CDC recently reported 90% of the $3.3 trillion spent on health care in the U.S. annually goes to the treatment of chronic and mental health conditions. For all this money, however, there’s not...
Tips to Thrive When You Have an Undiagnosed Chronic Illness
“Teacher, you’re walking like a tipsy woman. Why are you swaying?”
“Are you a grandma? Why do you climb the stairs like that?” (Then, copies my posture).
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?” (After jerking and accidentally...
It’s Time to Transition: Top Plant-Based Foods for Better Joints
If you experience achy, stiff joints, your diet may play a role in the pain that you feel. Some common foods that may be in your diet right now are known to cause inflammation,...
How Do I Manage Crohn’s Disease?
If you or a loved one has been recently diagnosed or has lived with Crohn's disease for a while now, you know how life-changing the diagnosis can be. Living a pain-free life while managing...
Cultivating Gratitude While Facing Chronic Pain
Are you grateful for your life? Are you grateful for the things you've been given? Does that include your chronic pain, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia? What about your other invisible illnesses? I am. This...
What It’s Really Like Living With an Invisible Illness
Many thanks to our guest writer Pamela Jessen for sharing her powerful testimony below on what it's like living with an invisible illness.
When you're living with an invisible illness, you can look perfectly fine...
