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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Message from middle age woman with chronic health issues to young person with chronic health issues:

Don't wear your diagnoses like a mantle.  You are not your pain or conditions.  Discern what brings you joy and happiness and purpose and focus on living your values.  The more you focus on the good stuff, the less your chronic issues will be at the forefront of your life.  Accept them, make smart choices about how you treat/handle them, and go forth and live.[/quote]

I challenge that the issues she lists (other than the chronic pain) even count as "chronic issues" in the sense that MS or diabetes or something count.  I mean, asthma?  I guess if it's severe, and leading to yearly hospitalizations.  Allergies?  Welcome to being alive.  Plantar fasciitis? Again, welcome to being alive.  Sleep apnea?  That's your "mantle"? So, so, SO treatable.  Just treat it.

If the chronic pain is "my feet hurt from plantar fasciitis" or "I get headaches sometimes", again, welcome to being alive.  If it's more severe than that then I recommend a pain clinic- there are a few in the area that specialize in chronic pain.  [/quote]

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