Adriel's Life

As I am sure many others living with chronic illness can attest, looking for answers and relief can often feel like hitting a brick wall. I was at this point yet again recently. The most my doctor has been able to do for me was to give me meds for the pain and suggest exercise for the fatigue. But this was not enough. Time and again my blood work does not explain why I feel so awful most of the time. My quality of life was deteriorating and I was not okay with that. Research

If you have a family member, friend, coworker, or acquaintance that has a chronic illness you may wonder how you can help them. If this is the case, I want to start by giving a whole hearted thank you! Many do not feel the need to offer help or support to the chronically ill. So the desire alone is a great start! Assistance can come in many forms. Whether a person has a mental or physical illnesses they are likely to need both moral support and practical help. But it is very

Sometimes it is really difficult to find the words to explain life with a chronic illness, or two, or three, or ten. So here are a few graphics interchange format {GIFs} to do it for us. 1. What is going through your head about 90% of the time 2. What it feels like when you're in the middle of a flare up 3. But you don't want people to worry about you, so you pretend you're fine 4. When people try to get you to do stuff 5. When you've had enough of being out and pretending to