visible vs invisible conditions Archives

Welcome to the seventeenth day of the National Health Blog Post Month Challenge hosted by WEGO Health. Every day during the month of November I will be writing a new blog post related to health and living with a chronic illness based on given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's post reads: Invisible Illness versus Visible Illness: What are some stigmas you have experienced with your invisible OR visible illnesses that have made you feel invisible? How have you tackled them? Etymologically the word 'stigma' derives...

Chronic Illness, Writing Challenges

NHBPM Day Twelve: Invisible Disabilities vs. Visible Disabilities

Nov 12. 2012

Another day, and another blog post as part of the annual WEGO Health 'National Health Blog Post Month'. Again, I have decided to use one of the bonus prompts provided for today's post. The prompt that I have chosen really caught my eye; and even more so now, as before my condition deteriorated and started using mobility aids such as my trusted crutch, my condition was very much invisible - even when I am not using the stick, you would...