We have all heard the dreaded saying “But you don’t look sick?” But the last thing we want to do is walk around looking like death 24/7. It is true that when you look better you feel better...
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I hear it all the time from doctors and nurses: “Tell me your pain on a scale from 1 to 10”. I always cringe at the thought of summarizing my pain and fatigue down to a number. I also get sca...
My mind won’t stop working. Tick, tock, tick, tock…many nights I just can’t sleep and the only companion I have is the clock and a teddy bear. Teddy doesn’t talk and I can’t get the clo...
https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/insomnia/
It is 5am. I can’t sleep. We have been here before, me and insomnia. It is a date, we know each other well, but I wish I didn’t. As many times as I am at night,and can’t fall asleep… you...
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Breaking up, meeting someone new, hoping for the perfect match. Sound familiar? It should. Welcome to the frustrating and sometimes catastrophic world of doctor dating. Everyone remembers t...
https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/tips-and-articles/finding_doctor_righ/
Criticky Crack, there goes my back. Have you ever felt that type of pain? I have. I’m a California girl which means I’m automatically a warmth-loving, cold-hating, hot shower-praising girl....
Every person that you have faced in your life–whether good or bad–deserves a ‘thank you’. Everyone that you encounter and has made an impact on you in your lifetime deserves this simple a...
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I didn’t know back then that life would change forever. I didn’t know what pain was then. I didn’t know the sacrifices and allowances I would end up making. I didn’t know my hair could hu...
https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/poetry/poetry-i-didnt-know/
How many times have we all felt that we just KNEW something was wrong. We know our bodies, we listen to that little voice in our soul that tells us when something isn’t right. But how many time...
As someone who has been chronically ill for 12 years, I could talk in excess about the number of things I have purchased to ease both body and mind. I am almost entirely housebound, and as a re...
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