FEAR AND CHRONIC ILLNESS HALLOWEEN : MONICA MICHELLE AND KYROS STARR TALK ALL ABOUT THE THINGS THAT SCARE THEM - a podcast by Hosts: Monica and Eva

from 2018-10-30T13:00:18

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FEAR AND CHRONIC ILLNESS HALLOWEEN EDITION MONICA MICHELLE AND KYROS STARR TALK ALL ABOUT THE THINGS THAT SCARE THEM. Monica Michelle has been having a tough time with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and a new diagnosis of MCAS and Kyros is have joint problems and some new troubling symptoms. Disability has never been so spooky.

In all seriousness warning if you have problems hearing about depression and things that go along with depression.

Panel Discussion: FEAR

 

  1. Life before Invisible Illness
  2. Things you fear
  3. Losing your job - because you worry about paying your bills
  4. Growing old
  5. Getting in a car accident

  7. The First Fears - Something’s Wrong: Invisible Illness arrives
  8. Things you fear
  9. Losing your job - because you’ll lose your health insurance
  10. Changing jobs - will my new insurance consider my illness a pre-existing condition?
  11. What’s wrong with me? - pain or problem intermittent or minor so you’re unsure what’s wrong.
  12. The internet is a HORRIBLE place to look for what’s wrong with you. Self-diagnosis can lead you down many frightening paths!!
  13. Losing friends because you can’t participate in social events
  14. What if I never get better?
  15. Loss of self-control
  16. Dependency
  17. Worry about worst-case scenarios
  18. Doing things that could lead to more pain (going out with friends, etc)
  19. Missing out - all the things you want to do, but can’t anymore
  20. Doctors Don’t Have Any Answers
  21. Things you fear
  22. More fruitless tests
  23. Spending more money for said fruitless tests with no guarantee that you’ll actually learn anything
  24. Losing your home because of mounting medical bills
  25. Uncertainty
  26. Am I the only one?
  27. Afraid the doctor won’t believe me or will dismiss my illness
  28. Will this medication work / Will it continue to work

  30. Research, Research, Research
  31. Things you fear
  32. Desperation leads you to researching on the internet. You’ll convince yourself that you are dying in 10 different ways before lunch!
  33. Join chat rooms, facebook groups, reddit forums all so you can talk to people in the hopes of finding out something that can lead you to a diagnosis

  35. I Have A Diagnosis! Finally I know what’s wrong, now what?
  36. Things you fear
  37. What does this look like going forward?
  38. What are my new limitations?
  39. Is there a cure or just “bandaids”?
  40. Can I get something for this pain? - “The opioid epidemic”
  41. What are the side effects of the medicine I now have to take?

  43. What Do You Mean I Have Something Else Now? - Most people with an invisible illness have multiple problems, not just the one.
  44. Things you fear
  45. What is this new thing?
  46. Do I tell my doctor?
  47. Having to go through the whole process of figuring out what’s wrong with me now.
  48. Is this too much for one person to bear? Thoughts of suicide.
  49. Losing relationships because they can’t bear the ever increasing hardship of taking care of you
  50. Loneliness and isolation
  51. Fear of death

 

 

Article Links

  1. https://themighty.com/2017/09/chronic-illness-and-fear/
  2. https://themighty.com/2017/07/chronic-illness-fears/
  3. https://themighty.com/2017/05/emotional-side-effects-sick/
  4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1070773/
  5. https://brainlessblogger.net/2017/12/10/6-fears-we-can-have-with-chronic-illness/
  6. http://www.alpineguild.com/COPING%20WITH%20CHRONIC%20ILLNESS.html
  7. https://themighty.com/2016/06/honest-facebook-statuses-about-chronic-illness/ *******
  8. https://themighty.com/2016/12/always-worrying-about-new-diagnoses-chronic-illness/
  9. http://chronicallychloe.com/dear-diary-chronic-illness-and-fear/
  10. https://mcreyscope.com/2014/09/12/the-stages-of-chronic-illness/ - The graphic in this article is especially good
  11. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/turning-straw-gold/201301/5-tough-choices-you-face-when-chronically-ill-or-in-pain
  12. https://welldoing.org/article/emotional-psychological-fallout-chronic-illness
  13. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/turning-straw-gold/201601/day-in-the-life-chronic-illness



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