Surviving and Thriving with an Invisi..., Ilana Jacqueline
Surviving and Thriving with an Invisi..., Ilana Jacqueline
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Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness
How to Stay Sane and Live One Step Ahead of Your Symptoms

Author: Ilana Jacqueline

Narrator: Lori Prince

Unabridged: 5 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Vibrance Press

Published: 03/01/2018

Synopsis

Popular blogger Ilana Jacqueline offers smart and savvy advice, humor, and practical tips for living with an invisible chronic illness. Do you live with a chronic, debilitating, yet invisible condition? You may feel isolated, out of step, judged, lonely, or misunderstood—and that’s on top of dealing with the symptoms of your actual illness. Take heart. You are not alone, although sometimes it can feel that way. Written by a blogger who suffers from an invisible chronic illness, Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness offers peer-to-peer support to help you stay sane, be your own advocate, and get back to living your life. This compelling guide is written for anyone suffering with an illness no one can see—such as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), Lyme disease, lupus, dysautonomia, or even multiple sclerosis (MP). This book will tell you everything you need to know about living with a complicated, invisible condition—from how to balance sex, dating, and relationships to handling work and school with unavoidable absences. You’ll also learn to navigate judg-y or skeptical relatives and strangers and—most importantly—manage your medical care. Suffering from a chronic illness doesn’t mean you can’t live an active, engaged life. This book will show you how.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on April 24, 2023

Ilana Jacqueline, who is also a famous blogger, tells us how to deal with chronic illness to lead a happy, productive life through this book. The experiences that the author describes will certainly melt our hearts. The author doesn't stop after just mentioning chronic disease; she delves deeper......more

Goodreads review by Beth on June 15, 2020

While I will most whole-heartedly agree that chronic illness is an asshole, I couldn't find much help from this self-help book. The author does write a successful blog, which I could see as bring a relatable resource for people newly diagnosed with an illness, and she does offer some encouragement,......more

Goodreads review by ☆Dani☆ on March 26, 2018

This was an absolutely amazing book! This story was a magnificent work of art!!! I was completely blown away with how much this story hit home! It's like the author knew everything that I needed to hear with my chronic invisible illnesses! As a person that battles fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis,......more

Goodreads review by Meghan on April 18, 2018

Over the years I've worked with people who had an "invisible condition", and I've had employers who didn't believe them. I've heard people called lazy, that they're faking being sick to get out of work, and "they looked fine yesterday so I doubt anything's actually wrong." 
This is the book to read i......more

Goodreads review by Alexis on December 04, 2017

As someone who has been accused of using her grandmother's handicap sticker, and been stared at using the motorized wheelchair at Wal-mart, this book struck home. The author is not a doctor, or a researcher or a well wisher. She has been through this, fighting in the trenches like the rest of us. My......more

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