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	<title>Invisible Illness Awareness Week</title>
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		<title>Reflections on Invisible Illness Awareness Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Invisible Illness Awareness Week is nearly over. I am sitting at the computer reading through some of the many the blogs, articles, comments and more that people have been posting on their experiences facing a world who does not understand their pain. Wow. Truly. . . wow. You have been refreshingly honest, yet hopeful. You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/17/reflections-on-invisible-illness-awareness-week/</link>
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		<title>What Does Invisible Illness Look Like?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Susannah Hunt This year’s slogan for National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week is “DEEP BREATH START FRESH.” That’s kind of what you do when you have asthma. You hope every breath will be a fresh and a better one. And those of you who know me, know I suffer from a severe form of difficult-to-control [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/16/5648/</link>
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		<title>Featured Workshops Today: Helpful Tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for some basic tools you can use to start making life easier today? Marcia Ramsland, entertaining media guest expert, speaker, and professional organizer, is well known as “The Organizing Pro” for her practical tips and clever solutions in homes and offices. She shows us how to &#8220;Simplify Your Home and Housework.&#8221; And then find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/16/featured-workshops-today-helpful-tools/</link>
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		<title>How to Get Some Sleep When the Pain Won&#8217;t Go Away!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shari Smith Since my original injury in September 2009, I’ve had ridiculous issues with sleep, or should I say the lack thereof. I’ve tried multiple prescription sleep medications to no avail. Even strong pain medications make me feel absolutely horrible overall but don’t always break through the pain cycle enough to help me to sleep. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/15/how-to-get-some-sleep-when-the-pain-wont-go-away/</link>
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		<title>Featured Workshops Today: Relationships, Dating and Marriage When Chronically Ill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that living with a chronic illness is difficult enough. But when you are married it also has a great deal of impact on one the most important people in your life&#8211;your spouse. Regardless of how much communication you may have, a chronic illness can easily add additional stress. We would like to present [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/15/featured-workshops-today-relationships-dating-and-marriage-when-chronically-ill/</link>
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		<title>What it is like to have an Adult Child with Fibromyalgia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I started my website I forewarned my parents that I’d like them to write a little something about how they have felt having an adult child with fibromyalgia. I think hearing different perspectives are good for everyone. Below are some of my mom’s thoughts. Soon I will have my dad&#8217;s thoughts as well. From [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/15/what-it-is-like-to-have-an-adult-child-with-fibromyalgia/</link>
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		<title>Labels of Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda Elmore Teeple “Nana is fragile,” my three-year-old grandson Evan declared. “She’s old, like Panda.” Yes, it’s funny, and I take no offense, but our fourteen-year-old Labrador retriever is, in my opinion, far more fragile than me. Poor girl has lost most of her sight and hearing and her spindled legs spread-eagle when she walks. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/15/labels-of-love/</link>
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		<title>Featured Workshops Today: Working and Chronic Illness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are one of the millions of people who live with a chronic illness and yet you still get up and go to work every morning, you may find there is a lack of resources for your particular situation. Although you may feel as though you do not necessarily fit in with the career-oriented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/14/featured-workshops-today-working-and-chronic-illness/</link>
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		<title>Shedding Light on Invisible Chronic Illness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jaime Sanders This week is National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week where all of us with chronic illnesses and those who do not shine a spotlight on the epidemic of having an invisible chronic illness and to be uplifting advocates for so many without a voice. It&#8217;s an unfortunate reality that so many people go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/14/shedding-light-on-invisible-chronic-illness/</link>
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		<title>Featured Workshops Today: Communicating With Others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Communicating is a big deal when it comes to making some practical steps toward living with joy. We recommend the following workshops from past years. &#8220;Helping Others Understand Your Pain&#8221; with Karen Lee Richards, a writer and patient advocate who works at HealthCentral and lives with fibromyalgia. It&#8217;s OK to say NO: Building Healthy Boundaries&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisibleillnessweek.com/2011/09/13/featured-workshops-today-communicating-with-others/</link>
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