Greetings folks~

This week is National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week. I would like to invite you all to check out this link.  There are interesting blogs to read, some very cool and informative radio spots too listen to…and tons of information. If you or anyone you know suffers from a chronic health condition, please spend some time checking this site out.

I work with many folks who have invisible illnesses.  This invisibility to the outside world poses some very intense difficulties.  Folks look fine…folks might even look great…but, they feel very ill.  We live in a very visually based world and this sometimes translates into people thinking that since someone looks fine…that they are fine.

I have a startling example of this.  A friend of mine went to her GP for some help with one of her conditions.  She had lost a bunch of weight due to a digestive condition…when she eats solid food…she is in extreme pain.  Well, this doctor told her that she looked great and that she must be feeling better.  Hello??? Are you kidding me????  She has to live on a liquid diet!

As I said…we live in a very visual culture…even in the medical profession.

So for those of you who suffer from these sorts of conditions, know that you are not alone.  Know that there are people who can offer you support.  Know that there are people who care.

For those of you who know someone who lives with an invisible condition, I invite you to check out: National Invisible Chronic Illness Week

More to come…