A Happy and Inspiring Thought

Illness punched me in the face, but I punched it back and am starting to win the fight.

Caveat: Not all illnesses can be fought in the sense of trying to live the way you did before becoming ill, and fighting this way can worsen some diseases. What you can do (and what I did) is adapt to the new life and keep searching for a treatment that helps. 

Photo: Jonathan Rolande, Flickr Creative Commons, https://housebuyfast.co.uk/

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Darla Nagel is an editor and writing tutor who has an invisible chronic illness. She wants to help other patients and enlighten health care professionals about our experiences. If you’d like to be alerted whenever she writes a new post, sign up by e-mailing [email protected].