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Chronic Illness and Pain: Sisters, Please Read This!
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mpratt
f you have just been diagnosed with a serious chronic illness, or if you have been living with one for a long time, I just want to take time out to just say something, sister-to-sister: Please do not be angry with yourself if you find that you simply cannot do it all, like you think…
Chronic Pain: Feeling the Heat?
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mpratt
Searing. Exhausting. Oppressive. These and other words are often used to describe the high heat of the summertime. And they’re also words that we use to describe pain, especially the kind of pain that is chronic and unrelenting. This summer has been a very tough one for high temperatures and chronic pain, and one of the…
Chronic Illness: The Choices We Make
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mpratt
It might not seem as if we have many choices when our priority is to stave off flares, infections, and other consequences of living with a chronic illness. But there are some things over which we have control, and one of the “big” ones is how we approach each day. I recently wrote about clothes…
Chronic Pain: While We Are Sleeping
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mpratt
When our pain is severe, it can be difficult to sleep. Even if we’re able to doze, we often awaken with pain, and those wee hours can stretch onward, bringing more anxiety and, yes, more pain. But some of that anxiety can be alleviated if we understand that, even while we are sleeping, God is…
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