Virtual Conference
A 5-day free virtual conference designed for Your encouragement, inspiration, helpful information. But the perks don’t end there! It’s free, you can wear your pajamas, no walking long distances or sitting by someone with a cold. We’ve designed this special 5-day event to be something life-changing, and practical!
How YOU Can Make a Difference
Get Involved By Bringing Fresh Awareness! If you've ever cringed when people say, "You look so good!" or "Are you sick again?" this week is a time to be around others who also live with invisible illness, be encouraged, and bring new awareness that nearly 1 in 2 people have a chronic illness.
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Update Sent to Plp at Facebook
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Host Interview w/ Lisa at Your Blog For II Wk Blog Tour
Guess what? Lisa is doing a blog tour to help spread the word about Invisible Illness...
II WK Hosts Ground Rounds 8/18
We are so excited and honored to host Grand Rounds 8/18/2009. In case you have not...
Invisible Illness Week Comics
You may feel like crying, but instead, let’s laugh together! We have more in...
20 Things Not to Say to an Ill Person
People have good intentions when they say things to someone with an illness, but...
Invisible Illness Week Founder Wins Women’s Health Hero
Lisa Copen, founder of Rest Ministries, Inc., the largest Christian organization...
Be Your Doctor’s Favorite Patient: Learn to Twitter!
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Read More Posts From This CategoryWhat to Do - How to Help
Host Interview w/ Lisa at Your Blog For II Wk Blog Tour
Guess what? Lisa is doing a blog tour to help spread the word about Invisible Illness...
Tweets! 20 Things to Say to an Ill Person
We’re Tweeting these for 20 days, 7/13 - 8/1 Thank you for tweeting any of...
Want to Pray for II Week?
NICIAW is sponsored by Rest Ministries, a Christian organization that serves those...
Let’s Blog for Our Cause
Whether you have a blog or not, you can help us blog for Invisible Illness Week....
How to Put II Week Blog on Your Site
Help keep your readers updated on all the Invisible Illness Week updates by putting...
20 Things Not to Say to an Ill Person
People have good intentions when they say things to someone with an illness, but...
Blog for II Week by 6/6/09 for II Wk to Win $
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Read More Posts From This CategoryGuest Bloggers
When Police Don’t See Your Invisible Condition
Image via Wikipedia In 2004 I was involved in a terrible auto accident caused by a negligent driver. This resulted in my living with constant severe pain throughout my body primarily caused by a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the herniation /rupture of 8 discs in my spine. As a result of this I now need tinted windows as a medical necessity since... [Read more of this review]
How to Answer, “How are you?”
You know the greeting, “Hi, how are you.” All of us who have invisible illnesses stumble in our minds about how to respond to the question. We never know what to say. It is a general rule of polite society to inquire how another person is feeling. Sometimes this is a formality, asked but not wanting an answer. Lately, I find myself selectively answering... [Read more of this review]
Hope Springs Eternal - Illness and Art
A Prayer Box Patti Made for a Friend with Cancer The thing with feathers that perches in your soul, and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all (Emily Dickinson). Grounds for believing something good will happen (my dictionary). The one virtue that keeps us believing that, if the sun isn’t shining on life today, then the rain must... [Read more of this review]
Feeling “Like the Dog…”
The first story (snippet) is an excerpt from a story I am working on (indefinitely- LOL) and although you may not understand why I’m starting off with this… um- it’ll come to you pretty soon. [wink] “Wilson! For the last time- will you be quiet?” Harmon was simply at his wits end. If that dog didn’t stop barking... [Read more of this review]
Be a Guest Blogger!
Are you interested in having a special blog post you’ve written about living with illness (especially an invisible one?) We’d love to consider it! Please submit it here and we will respond as soon as possible. If it’s accepted we will let you know the date it will appear. And yes, it’s okay if it’s been reprinted before.... [Read more of this review]
Lab Tests When You Are Chronically Ill: Do you wait for results… or call?
It’s never good when your doctor’s office frantically calls you saying “Oh, I’m so, so, so VERY sorry!”. I used to be told “We’ll call you if something isn’t right with your blood work.” Then one day, several months after labs and well into feeling like the living dead, I got an urgent call from... [Read more of this review]
Read More Posts From This CategoryArticles
Study Surprisingly Shows that Chronic Illness is a Taboo Subject
It seems like every where we turn someone is giving us advice on how to treat or cure our illness, what doctor to see, what new potion to drink, or what pill to swallow. Evercare recently did a study on health advice, however, and as someone with a chronic illness you may be surprised to hear the results! [October 11, 2007 08:40:42 PM PST THURSDAY,... [Read more of this review]
You Know You Have a Chronic Illness When…
Let’s face it. . . chronic illness can have its humorous moments if we look for them. Feel free to add yours below in the comments. We’d love to giggle along with you! You bawled when the television show ER went off the air because it was the only TV show where you actually felt like you understood all the technology talk. When you hear... [Read more of this review]
What Awareness Colors Mean for Health
Wondering what awareness bracelet colors are for what health problem? Illness awareness bracelet wristbands are available in nearly every color and in silicone, rubber, and plastic. If you’re interested in supporting your specific’s illness cause, do a search on the internet or check with your local health organization. AIDS - Red Allergy... [Read more of this review]
When Your Spouse Doesn’t Believe You are Ill
The doctor couldn’t find anything wrong with her, despite her complaints about pain and extreme fatigue. He left the room and her husband came back a few minutes later. Hi, Honey,” she replied to her spouse, as she carefully reached out for his hand. But he didn’t reach out to take her outstretched hand; he just let it sit there empty... [Read more of this review]
Winning Your Disability Case in 3 Words
In a disability case, almost any symptom or limitation can be disabling; but to determine whether they preclude work, the relevant questions are how frequent, how severe, and how long do they last? A critical point I make to people who contact me everyday is that their disability case is won or lost based on symptoms/limitations and not on their diagnosis!... [Read more of this review]
When Friends Turn Away
In my life friends have come and gone like autumn leaves in a fall rainstorm; momentary blazes of color, until the ill-wind blows. With every leaf that fell from my fragile friendship tree, they drained the sap of life from my very heart. I struggled to protect myself from the onslaught of good intentions that lacked the conviction and perseverance... [Read more of this review]
Making Desireable Changes
Health problems and symptoms, with the possible exception of pure genetic disorders, carry a signal to change. Even the flu tells us to rest and take Vitamin C. The message can be as obvious as, “get better shoes,” if our feet hurt, or it may be hard to decipher. It can relate to an internal issue, like a headache that means, “Stop... [Read more of this review]
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