Why Did It Have To Be CRPS?

Please help me welcome this week’s “Life With An Invisible Illness” spotlight guest… Jennifer Schwader: Invisible Illness – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) My name is Jennifer and I’m battling CRPS on my right side of my body.  CRPS, commonly known as the suicide disease because of it’s intense pain Read more

Family Fears and Invisible Illness

Life is hard, it’s even harder when you are diagnosed with a debilitating invisible illness. Once that diagnosis is given, it can feel like a life sentence. You start to work through a pattern of grief. At first, you are relieved to know that there’s a name for these symptoms Read more

CRPS SUCKS!

November is National CRPS Awareness Month, and November 7th  2016 is National Awareness Day. I wanted to share with you a little bit about CRPS and why awareness of this unknown disease is so very important. The problem is, I’m not sure how to go about sharing it with you. Read more

“You Look Okay, How Can You Be Sick?”

In this day and age of social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, personal blogs and even GPS tracking, potential employers are now regularly checking prospective employees’ social media pages before hiring or promoting for a position. With that lurking over our heads, it’s unnerving to come out and tell the world Read more

Life With An Invisible Illness

in·vis·i·ble adjective: unable to be seen; not visible to the eye  ill·ness noun: a disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind You might have heard the term around the internet, “Invisible Illness,” or maybe you haven’t. Basically, it’s a person who is very ill, but to the Read more