Check out these 120 resources that will help those living with chronic illness through helping patients and helping patients’ loved ones. I’ve meant to do this for a while, but I have finally compiled an updated breakdown of my health blog posts. This is not all of them, but it’s most of my health posts from the last 6-7 years. I’ve broken them down into groupings, and some posts are in multiple groupings if applicable. And, at the end of the post, I’m telling you all about my newest product: The Chronically Ill Workbook.
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Chronic Illness Generally
What Immunocompromised Patients Need To Know
What No One Tells You About Autoimmune Diseases
Hacks for Chronic Disease Management That You Need
Do I Have a Chronic Illness? What You Should Know If You’re a New Patient
Tips To Make Independently Living with a Chronic Illness Easier
What Is Considered a Chronic Illness? And Other Chronic Illness Basics
6 Tips for How To Accept a Chronic Illness
Resources for Chronic Illness: How Organizing Can Make It Easier
Life with Chronic Illness: One Patient’s Life with 6 Illnesses
So Someone Healthy Has Given You Health Advice
Living with a Suppressed Immune System in a Pandemic
What Is a Chronic Illness? And Other Frequently Asked Questions
Self-Care Tips That Chronic Illness Patients Need
What Is Self-Advocacy? An Answer + Strategies To Help
Living Life with Chronic Illness: Common Problems & Their Solutions
We Need To Talk about the “Disease Warrior” Model
Why You Must Track Symptoms of Your Chronic Illness + Freebie To Help
The Impact of Chronic Illness on an Individual
How Chronic Illness Affects Relationships
Chronic Illness and the Holidays: 10 Rules for a Great Season
How To Stay Healthy in Flu Season
Chronic Illness Advice: Resources for the Newly-Diagnosed Patient
Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Isn’t Listening to You
Building Self Confidence When Chronically Ill
About the Americans with Disabilities Act
Is Chronic Illness a Disability?
Chronically Ill Tips: Preparing for Medical Appointments + Freebies To Help
Answering Questions about Being Chronically Ill
Resources for the Freshly-Diagnosed Chronic Illness Patient
Questions Not To Ask Someone with a Chronic Illness
So You Were Diagnosed with a Chronic Illness: What You Should Do Next
Chronic Pain
Can Chronic Pain Go Away? What You Should Know
What’s Chronic Pain? What You Should Know If You Love Someone with It
What’s In My Tool Box for Dealing with Chronic Pain
What You Need To Know about Living with Chronic Pain in the Winter
What To Do When Chronic Pain Becomes Too Much
Describing Pain Levels to a Doctor
How Is Chronic Pain Different from Acute Pain?
Tools for Pain Management that Aren’t Medications
Illness Guides
Living with Tarsal Coalition: My Experience with Symptoms, Surgery, and More
What Is Endometriosis Like? An FAQ
What Sjögren’s Syndrome Is: A Beginner’s Guide
What Is POTS? A POTS Frequently Asked Questions Post
What You Should Know About TMJ Arthritis
Endometriosis: The Disease Women Aren’t Talking About
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guide A-Z (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three)
POTS
8 Essential Tips for Living with POTS
The Connection Between Dysautonomia and Anxiety
What Is POTS? A POTS Frequently Asked Questions Post
What’s Heat Intolerance? An Explanation
How Does Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Work?
POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1
POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 2
POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 3
POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 4
POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 5
What Every POTS Syndrome Patient Needs for the Summer
Endometriosis
What Is Endometriosis Like? An FAQ
Why Is Endometriosis Misdiagnosed?
What Does Endometriosis Feel Like?
Endometriosis: The Disease Women Aren’t Talking About
Arthritis
7 Arthritis Myths Busted: Do You Know The Truth?
What Sjögren’s Syndrome Is: A Beginner’s Guide
9 Arthritis Products That Help My Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Diagnosis: Diagnosis Stories + The Diagnostic Process Explained
What You Should Know About TMJ Arthritis
What Does Arthritis Pain Feel Like?
Beginner’s Guide: Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Up
How Arthritis Affects the Body
Beginner’s Guide: Infusion for Arthritis
Arthritis Glossary: Frequently Used Words
Caring for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
What Is the Difference between Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Why Is Rheumatoid Arthritis Hard to Diagnose?
My Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment + How I Got There
Problems from My Inflammatory Arthritis + How To Deal with Them
10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Received My Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis
10 Ways To Find Fibromyalgia Relief
What You Need To Know about Arthritis
A Day in the Life of an Arthritis Patient
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guide A-Z (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three)
Tarsal Coalition
Living with Tarsal Coalition: My Experience with Symptoms, Surgery, and More
What To Expect After Subtalar Fusion Surgery: A Patient’s Perspective
The Emotional Side to My Tarsal Coalition Surgery Recovery
Living with Chronic Illness
Tips To Make Independently Living with a Chronic Illness Easier
Resources for Chronic Illness: How Organizing Can Make It Easier
Life with Chronic Illness: One Patient’s Life with 6 Illnesses
Living Life with Chronic Illness: Common Problems & Their Solutions
Holiday Survival Guide: Living Well with Chronic Disease
How To Actually Rest When You Take Breaks
Hacks for Living with Chronic Conditions
Advocacy
What Is Advocacy? A Patient Advocate’s Guide
9 Ways To Advocate for Disability Rights
What Is Self-Advocacy? An Answer + Strategies To Help
How To Become an Advocate for Patients
Holidays
Celebrating Easter with Chronic Illness
Surviving the Holidays with Chronic Illness: How To Survive, Thrive, & Have a Great Time
10 Ideas for Self Care You Need This Holiday Season
Holiday Survival Guide: Living Well with Chronic Disease
Chronic Illness and the Holidays: 10 Rules for a Great Season
Chronic Illness Hacks for the Holidays
Mental Health
10 Ideas for Self Care You Need This Holiday Season
Mental Health and Chronic Disease Management: What You Should Know
The Connection Between Dysautonomia and Anxiety
Self-Care Tips That Chronic Illness Patients Need
Mental Health And COVID-19: How I’ve Been Managing Mine
Building Self Confidence When Chronically Ill
Chronic Illness and Mental Health
10 Simple Self Care Methods That Will Improve Your Life
Gift Guides
Best Gift Ideas for the Holidays: New Chronic Illness Patients
Gift Ideas: Chronic Illness Must-Haves
Holiday Gift Ideas: Best Gifts for Someone with Chronic Pain & Illness
Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Chronically Ill People
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Chronic Illness Patients
Gift Guide: Chronic Illness Gifts
COVID
COVID Diaries of an Immunosuppressed Patient
Mental Health And COVID-19: How I’ve Been Managing Mine
Surgeries
Crucial Ways to Prep for Surgery Recovery Ahead of Time
What To Expect After Subtalar Fusion Surgery: A Patient’s Perspective
Recipes
Food for TMJ Flares: The Best Recipes To Help Heal
14 Amazing Simple Healthy Recipes for Dinner
About The Chronically Ill Workbook
I have a new product for chronic illness patients! In fact, this is the first time I have ever charged for a chronic illness product.
These worksheets are designed to live your best life. They can help you better understand your body and your symptoms. They can help you have better doctor’s appointments.
These worksheets are based on things I have tried to figure out about my body. They are based on documents that I’ve used for myself.
(As a reminder, though, I am not a doctor, and you should always discuss your medical treatment with a medical professional.)
There are 30+ pages of worksheets, trackers, and journals. Contents include:
- Chronic Illness Strategies
- Symptom Inventory
- Symptoms & Their Impact
- Illness & Pain Journals
- Holiday Self-Care Plan
- Medical Info One-Pager
- When To Talk To Your Doctor about a Symptom
- What I Want To Tell My Doctors
Altogether, this workbook is worth over $150 based on the work put into it and the minimum wage. Please pay what you can, whether that be the minimum of $1 or the full $150.
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.
Great list of resources!