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Life with Chronic Illness
Navigating life with a chronic illness often unfolds in phases. The search for a diagnosis – a rollercoaster of hope and fear, denial and disbelief – usually comes first. Once diagnosed, the initial adjustment to life with this disease and its treatment gets underway. Then, with any luck at all, there’s the stable (ish) phase of just plain getting on with it – life in the new normal. Let’s take a closer look at each of these phases.