Hello Invisible Illness Awareness Week 2015!

Hello Invisible Illness Awareness Week 2015!

If you’ve ever heard anyone say, “You don’t look sick,” while you are battling the pain and fear of a chronic illness you know what Invisible Illness means. September 28th through October 4th is one week in the year specifically focusing on the...
A Case of Chronic Denial – via NYTimes.com

A Case of Chronic Denial – via NYTimes.com

…the [Center for Disease Control] orchestrated a jocular referendum by mail among a handful of academics to come up with a name for it. The group settled on “chronic fatigue syndrome” — the use of “syndrome” rather than “disease” suggested a psychiatric rather...