What do I know for sure about chronic illness, you ask?? Literally NONE of it makes sense. As someone who’s been sick for 25 years, you think I would have it all perfectly figured out - what triggers me, what medications work for me, how to talk about my illness with other people - but NOPE, a lot of the time chronic illness still feels a bit like a mystery to me, so how are other people, especially those without chronic illness, supposed to get it??

From flare ups that appear out of nowhere to “doing everything right” and still getting knocked down, this episode dives into the chaos and contradictions of living with chronic illness.

What I get into this week:

⚠️ How this past week’s flare up has totally rocked me and what’s next

🤕 My TOP 4 reasons that chronic illnesses just don’t make sense!

⛔️ The different things “flare up” can mean

📝 How I remind myself what healing a chronic disease really means 

xx,
Alex

💬 Comment: What’s something about your chronic illness that makes zero sense — but you’ve learned to live with anyway? Drop it below!

TIMESTAMPS:

Intro:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Calling in Sick!

00:00:44 Life catchup + what we are talking about this week

00:04:10 Alex’s Picks of the week (Conrad compression socks, Cadence travel containers)

4 Reasons Chronic Illnesses make NO sense:

00:07:01 The unpredictability of chronic illness

00:11:44 Why we can’t compare ourselves to other people (even if they have the same disease!!)

00:15:33 Why it feels like nobody fully understands chronic illness 

00:16:20 How I define a flare-up

00:19:57 The goal of healing a chronic illness

Conclusion:

00:24:51 One Brain Cell Show: Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition (Bravo)

00:26:45 Thank you for listening!

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