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Being visibly invisible: The debate of stigma and invisible vs visible illnesses

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...

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Please, don’t judge me…

  Welcome to the sixth day of the National Health Blog 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 upon given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's prompt reads: Say WHAT?! What's the most ridiculous thing you've heard about your health condition?  Was there any context? What did you think at the time you heard it - and what do you think...

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