Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness: How to Stay Sane and L

Description: Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness by Ilana Jacqueline In this much-needed guide, popular blogger Ilana Jacqueline writes poignantly about her experience living with two debilitating, yet invisible autoimmune diseases, and offers sound advice and practical tips for living with a chronic illness or disability that others cant see. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Popular blogger Ilana Jacqueline writes poignantly about living with two debilitating autoimmune diseases and presents advice and practical tips for living with an invisible chronic illness. Do you live with a chronic, debilitating, yet invisible condition? You may feel isolated, out of step, judged, lonely, or misunderstood-and thats on top of dealing with the symptoms of your actual illness. Take heart. You are not alone, although sometimes it can feel that way. Written by a blogger who suffers from two autoimmune diseases, Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness offers peer-to-peer support to help you stay sane, be your own advocate, and get back to living your life. This smart, compelling guide is written for anyone suffering with an illness no one can see-such as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), Lyme disease, lupus, dysautonomia, or even multiple sclerosis (MP). This book will tell you everything you need to know about living with a complicated, invisible condition-from how to balance sex, dating, and relationships to handling work and school with unavoidable absences. Youll also learn to navigate judgy or skeptical relatives and strangers and-most importantly-manage your medical care. Suffering from a chronic illness doesnt mean you cant live an active, engaged life. This book will show you how. Author Biography Ilana Jacqueline is author of the award-winning blog, Lets Feel Better. She started the blog at age 22 to share her humbling, hilarious, and heartfelt experiences coping with chronic illness. From full contact fights with skull-cramping migraines to making peace with being a human pincushion, she writes boldly and unabashedly about breaking down, getting back up, and pulling off the bandage that is "coming out" about the shame and frustration of living with chronic illness.Jacqueline is managing editor of The RARE Daily for the international rare and genetic disease nonprofit, Global Genes. She also freelances for pop culture magazines and websites including Cosmopolitan.com and is a columnist for the patient-centered immunodeficiency magazine, IG Living. Her work has been published in the Sun Sentinel, the Happy Herald, The Boca Raton Observer, The Palm Beach Post, Todays Teen Magazine, Todays Teen Online, Materniteens, Lemondrop, xoVain, and xoJane. She lives with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, a form of dysautonomia, and primary immune deficiency disease. As a health advocate and regularly interviewed expert on chronic illness, Jacqueline looks to help patients advocate for themselves at their most vulnerable moments. She recently created a nonprofit organization called Chronic Connect, to help patients who have ongoing disease with support, career guidance, and financial planning. Chronic Connect also creates care packages for patients and caregivers going through difficult periods. You can learn more at Jacqueline lives with her biochemist fiancé and literally the cutest apricot poodle youve ever seen in Boca Raton, FL. Table of Contents Introduction 1 1. Accepting Your Life with Chronic Illness 11 2. Self-Compassion and Rising Above Self-Defeating Thoughts 21 3. What Theyre Going to Say About You 35 4. Making New Friendships and Salvaging Old Ones 55 5. Dating and Relationships 69 6. Creating a Support System 83 7. The World Wont Wait: School and Work 97 8. Remaining Independent 123 9. Becoming Your Own Patient Advocate 135 10. Thriving with Chronic Illness 159 Acknowledgments 167 Appendix: Online Resources 169 References 195 Review "An intimate, humorous, and defiantly real guide to living with chronic illness. Jacqueline ushers the reader with intimate and humorous examples drawn from her everyday life--from passing out in parking lots, to the practicalities of dating and managing relationships, to the pain and frustration of relapse and pill diets while reminding the reader at every turn: Never let your illness define you. An important antidote to the dogmatic kale and vitamins tone of most self-help literature." --Alexa Tsoulis-Reay, senior writer, New York magazine--Alexa Tsoulis-Reay"Just as in her blog, Ilana Jacqueline continues to educate chronically ill patients with a sharp wit, insightful information, and, most of all, hope. I would buy this for anyone going through lifes journey with the extra burden of ill health to give them effective tools and stories that will support them, and of course, a few good belly laughs." --Carri Levy, creator of the Behind the Mystery series for Lifetime TV--Carri Levy Review Quote "Just as in her blog, Ilana Jacqueline continues to educate chronically ill patients with a sharp wit, insightful information, and, most of all, hope . I would buy this for anyone going through lifes journey with the extra burden of ill health to give them effective tools and stories that will support them, and of course, a few good belly laughs." -- Carri Levy , creator of the Behind the Mystery series for Lifetime TV Promotional "Headline" In this much-needed guide, popular blogger Ilana Jacqueline writes poignantly about her experience living with two debilitating, yet invisible autoimmune diseases, and offers sound advice and practical tips for living with a chronic illness or disability that others cant see. Details ISBN1626255997 Author Ilana Jacqueline Short Title SURVIVING & THRIVING W/AN INVI Pages 232 Publisher New Harbinger Publications Language English ISBN-10 1626255997 ISBN-13 9781626255999 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2018 Imprint New Harbinger Publications Subtitle How to Stay Sane and Live One Step Ahead of Your Symptoms Place of Publication Oakland, CA Country of Publication United States DEWEY 616.044 Publication Date 2018-04-26 AU Release Date 2018-04-26 NZ Release Date 2018-04-26 US Release Date 2018-04-26 UK Release Date 2018-04-26 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151528079;

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