Woo hoo! Time for one of my favorite gift guides: gifts for chronic illness patients. This is the gift guide where I share all sorts of cool products for the chronic illness patient(s) in your life. (People in my life, I definitely want most of these.)
Patients might want these because they will make their life easier. Patients might want them because they have to spend their money on things like medications and doctor’s visits. Patients might want them because they are illness-specific products. Whatever the reason, there are plenty of reasons why chronic illness patients might want these gifts.
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Household Products
These products will help chronic illness patients in some way or another. Whether taking a chore off their hands or making life more manageable, they will help in some way.
Robot vacuum – The original Roomba! It’s currently 33% off.
Robot vacuum – A more affordable option.
Dash Stand Mixer – WAY more affordable option ($49.99 vs. $499.99)
Humidifier – Currently $25% off!
Dehumidifier – Currently 60% off
Dehumidifier – A more affordable version (still cheaper than the above one, even with the discount)
Air purifier – This would be an awesome gift for someone super at high risk for COVID and/or someone with a suppressed immune system.
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Exercise Products
For some people, exercise helps them manage their condition. For others, exercise isn’t a part of managing their condition, but they like to exercise and don’t feel great about going in-person to a gym. Either way, these products will help.
Set of weights – Currently 30% off!
Set of weights – Similar but more affordable.
Massage gun – (34% off)
Massage gun – A more affordable version.
Alo Moves Gift Subscription – Alo Moves is an awesome online subscription that has classes for a wide variety of exercise styles. I personally have a subscription and love their pilates and yoga classes. As they say, “Whether you’re a complete beginner or you want to step up your routine, get the full studio experience at home with thousands of classes for body, mind, and spirit” (x).
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Mental Health Products
Know someone who wants to focus on their mental health in the new year? Get them some of these products!
A Year of Mindfulness – A 52-week mental health journal
Himalayan Salt Lamp with Aromatherapy Tray
Illness-Specific Products
So far, the items in this post might be applicable to anyone, regardless of their health. But now let’s talk about illness-specific products. Some of these are fun things for people with chronic illnesses (like the Error 404 Immune System Not Found shirt) and some of them are to help with a specific illness concern.
Accessibility Is Not Optional sweatshirt
No More Spoons Only Knives Left Shirt
Growth Amongst the Chaos Shirt
Error 404 Immune System Not Found shirt
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I also want to highlight Mighty Well, one of my favorite companies. They have some incredible products, and the company itself was made by a chronic illness patient, for chronic illness patients.
If you buy anything from Mighty Well, use my code “KATEM10” for 10% off.
LimbO® Waterproof Protector – PICC Line Shower Cover – Know someone with a PICC line or who will be getting one soon? This will help make their life easier.
PICCPerfect® Antimicrobial PICC Line Covers – Having a PICC line is very annoying because the tubes are always where you don’t want them. These covers can help keep it in line!
Self Care Essentials Kit – This has 1 self-care case (see below), 2 single pouch resealable storage bags, 2 dual pouch resealable storage bags, 1 Mighty Well Mask in carbon, 1 Mask Accessory in carbon, 1 reusable gel cold pack to keep medicine or snacks cool, and 1 self-care checklist notepad (see below).
Self Care Notepads – There are 3 notepads: One Day At a Time, which tracks blood glucose specifically; Keep Going, which is mostly empty notepad; and Take (Self) Care, which is mostly a to-do list notepad.
Self Care Case – This is a 2-ring binder ready for customization! It contains: 2 single pouch resealable storage bags; 2 dual pouch resealable storage bags; and 3 interior flex mesh pockets, 2 small and 1 large. This case has a 2-way zipper and one D-ring on the exterior.
See similar posts:
Best Gifts for Someone with Chronic Pain & Illness (2021), Gift Ideas for Chronically Ill People (2019), Gifts for Chronic Illness Patients (2018), Chronic Illness Gifts (2017)
Kate Mitchell is a blogger, chronic illness patient, and advocate who helps people understand chronic illness and helps chronic illness patients live their best lives.
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