Educate Yourself about Your Chronic Illness

By Irene S. Roth

When we become chronically ill, it can be hard to know what to do. So, we flounder around trying to carry on as we did. But guess what if that doesn’t work! You will get more and more tired and you will even feel more pain and fatigue.

Therefore, the best course of action as a chronically ill person would be to educate yourself about your chronic illness and try to live the best possible life that you can within the limitations of your chronic illness.

It’s helpful to remember that chronic illness doesn’t have to have us. We have a chronic illness. And chronic illness doesn’t have to have an indelible power over us. Therefore, we don’t have to identify with the illness.

The more effectively we can manage our pain and fatigue and other debilitating features of our illness, the better our life will be. So, this is one of the reasons why we need to educate ourselves. Knowledge is power.

Given the internet, this education can be right at our fingertips, if we know where to look. We should develop a willingness to work at creating a life that is as healthy as it can be without some of the real negative effects of our illness. And if I can do this, so can you.

In this e-book, I will outline 29 tips to educate yourself about your chronic illness. Once you do, you will be well on your way towards living your best life, despite your chronic illness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Irene S. Roth
• Release date: Nov 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370293360

Irene S. Roth

Irene S. Roth, MA is an academic and freelance writer. She writes academically, for teens and tweens and adults. When she isn't writing, she is teaching. She is also pursuing a Master's of Social Work Degree.

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Educate Yourself About Your Chronic Illness

Irene S. Roth

Copyright 2017 Irene S. Roth

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Educate Yourself About Your Condition

2. Adjust Your Life

3. Learn to be Assertive

4. Work Smarter

5. Reorganizing is not Falling Through the Cracks

6. Don’t Feel Trapped in the Past

7. It’s Not Your Fault You Have Arthritis

8. Empower Yourself to be Your Best

9. Adjust Your Beliefs

10. Journal about Your Feelings and Beliefs

11. Read Widely

12. Practise Solitude

13. Seek Medical Support

14. Learn to Pace Yourself

15. Learn to Listen to Your Body

16. Seek Pain Relief

17. Replace You Can’t with You Can!

18. Develop Personal Rules

19. Observe Yourself

20. Reduce Stress

21. Learn What Stresses You Out

22. Enjoy Your Life

23. Simplify Your Life

24. Enjoy the Small Things

25. Plan Outings and Special Events Ahead of Time

26. Learn to Say No

27. Take Workshops

28. Make Sure You Get a Good Night Sleep

29. Don’t Identify with Your Chronic Illness

Conclusion

About the Author

Introduction

When we become chronically ill, it can be hard to know what to do. So, we flounder around trying to carry on as we did. But guess what if that doesn’t work! You will get more and more tired and you will even feel more pain and fatigue.

Therefore, the best course of action as a chronically ill person would be to educate yourself about your chronic illness and try to live the best possible life that you can within the limitations of your chronic illness.

It’s helpful to remember that chronic illness doesn’t have to have us. We have a chronic illness. And chronic illness doesn’t have to have an indelible power over us. Therefore, we don’t have to identify with the illness.

In other words, our life doesn’t have to be destroyed because we have a chronic illness. Instead, we should learn how to live within the confines of our symptoms and manage them as effectively as we can.

The more effectively we can manage our pain and fatigue and other debilitating features of our illness, the better our life will be. So, this is one of the reasons why we need to educate ourselves. Knowledge is power.

Given the internet, this education can be right at our fingertips, if we know where to look. We should develop a willingness to work at creating a life that is as healthy as it can be without some of the real negative effects of our illness. And if I can do this, so can you.

In this e-book, I will outline 29 tips to educate yourself about your chronic illness. Once you do, you will be well on your way towards living your best life, despite your chronic illness.

So, get ready to be impressed and inspired to be your best. And yes, you can have a good life, despite living with a chronic illness.

1. Educate Yourself About Your Condition

Arthritis can seem like a big scary term. We know that being diagnosed can often feel like a lifelong sentence of pain and discomfort, but it doesn’t have to be.

Although arthritis of any kind can be a discouraging diagnosis, there are steps you can take to control pain management, inflammation, and contribute to your own joint health.

The first thing I recommend is to thoroughly educate yourself about your condition. There are many easy steps you can take to do this.

Here are a few ways to educate yourself about arthritis or any other chronic condition:

Learn about the various kinds of arthritis

The most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis, but there are over 100 different types. If you’ve been already diagnosed with arthritis, you should know which type you have.

To better educate