INSPIRATIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND ENLIGHTENING

http://restministries.com
Online support, blogs and publications for those with chronic illness and pain, with a focus on spiritual transformation

http://www.prayers-for-special-help.com/Prayers-for-Healing.html#axzz2ScIAdtXc
Prayers for Healing

http://www.a-spiritual-journey-of-healing.com/
A Spiritual Journey of Healing

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robin-hoffman/emotional-health_b_3105117.html
Spiritual Nutrition for the Heart

http://www.oprah.com/spirit.html
Oprah's Spirit webpage, dealing with life's difficulties, sign up for newsletter

http://howtobesick.com
Buddhist perspective on living with Chronic Illness

http://www.curemywife.com
Christian support network for women with chronic illness and pain

 

LIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS, SUPPORT GROUPS AND RESOURCES

http://www.zocdoc.com
Search for medical specialists

http://unlimitedenergynow.com/
Resource for free fitness videos, including Yoga and Qi Gong, healthy recipes and downloadable pdfs of information on natural healing

http://www.diseasecantstopme.com
Disease Can't Stop Me website - where new chronic illness meets positive life changes

http://nutriciously.com/course/
Free 6-part course to help you transition to a whole food plant-based diet

http://www.healthline.com/health/addiction/recognizing-addiction#
Recognizing an Addiction Problem 

http://www.mortgagecalculator.org/helpful-advice/keeping-your-home.php
The Guide to Keeping Your Home Through Debilitating Disease 

http://householdquotes.co.uk/keeping-your-home/
​Keeping your home if you become disabled
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https://www.drweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dr-weils-anti-inflammatory-diet-and-food-pyramid-print.pdf
Dr. Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid

http://www.7cups.com
Free, anonymous, and confidential chat with trained volunteer listeners

https://www.aad.org/dermatology-a-to-z
Dermatology A to Z 

http://www.ability-mission.org/index.html
Help with applying for disability grants and benefits

http://www.helphopelive.org
Help Hope Live helps cover uninsured medical expenses for transplants, and catastrophic injuries and illness

https://reference.medscape.com/drug-interactioncheckerhttp://www.doctoroz.com/videos/drug-interaction-checker
Excellent resource to check for drug/supplement interactions

http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/05/21/live-because-living-a-fuller-life-with-chronic-illness/
Living a Fuller Life with Chronic Illness

http://www.dontpunishpain.com/videos/
Feel This Pain - videos to help others understand your chronic illness

http://www.invisiblediseases.com
Invisible Diseases website

http://www.invisibledisabilities.org/
Invisible Disabilities Association

http://www.inspire.com
Online support groups for health, wellness and illness

http://www.healingwell.com/?utm_source=HealingWell.com+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d63099b6ca-Aug2012&utm_medium=email
Newsletter and other great resources for those with Chronic Illness

http://kevinmd.com/blog/2012/06/11-tips-learned-11-years-sick.html
11 Tips Learned from 11 Years Sick

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/smarter-living/five-things-i-wish-i-knew-chronic-illness-crohns-disease-ibd.html
Five things I wish I'd known before chronic illness

https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/
Helping others to understand your fatigue and illness with The Spoon Theory

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/06/27/strong-at-the-broken-places-on-living-bravely-with-chronic-illness/
Strong at the Broken Places - Living Bravely with Chronic Illness

http://www.holistichelp.net/chronic-illness.html
Holistic solutions for living with Chronic Illness

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/turning-straw-gold/201301/5-tough-choices-you-face-when-chronically-ill-or-in-pain
5 Tough Choices You Face When Chronically Ill or In Pain

http://www.invisibledisabilities.org/invisible-no-more/looks-can-be-deceiving/
When you have an invisible disability and you look well

http://www.prettyill.com
Surviving and thriving with Chronic Illness

http://www.getupandgoguru.com/
Empowering website for people with chronic illness, pain and fatigue

http://thepatientpatient2011.blogspot.co.uk/
The Patient Patient - excellent blog site for chronically ill by former med student

http://www.cfah.org/prepared-patient/
Everything you need to be your own best health advocate

http://alpha.healclick.com/index.html
A patients-only site for sharing medical experiences in a private, social setting

http://thehealthsessions.com/
In-depth advice on a healthy lifestyle and coping with chronic illness by a chronically ill psychologist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6en-DiRZQ8&feature=youtu.be&a
Video: Life In Recovery - Getting active after being bedbound/bedridden

http://www.wegohealth.com
WEGO Health: a network of the most influential members of the online health community

http://www.healthline.com
Healthline's mission is to make the people of the world healthier through the power of information

http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/areaspage.html
Help in finding emotional and psychological support for CFS, chronic pain, disabilities and more (UK) and advice

https://www.wristbandexpress.com/content/Awareness-Wristbands-Colors-and-Meanings
Awareness-raising wristbands and the meaning behind the colors



RESOURCES FOR SPECIFIC CHRONIC ILLNESSES

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/in-depth/heart-disease/art-20046167
Heart Disease in Women

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases.html
Heart Conditions

http://www.womenheart.org/
WomenHeart - The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease

https://www.acls.net/guide-to-congestive-heart-failure.htm
A Guide for Congestive Heart Failure

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000816.htm 
Autoimmune Disorders 

http://blog.delimmune.com/2014/07/autoimmune-disease-guide/ 
Autoimmune Disease Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Autoimmune Disorders 

http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/autoimmune-diseases.html
Autoimmune Diseases Fact Sheet 

http://www.aarda.org/autoimmune-information/autoimmune-disease-in-women/ 
Autoimmune Disease in Women 

https://www.benaroyaresearch.org/what-is-bri/disease-information#.VW9Z5dJVikp
Autoimmune Research at Benaroya Research Institute

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/all
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases  

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/healthy_living/hic_Steps_to_Staying_Well/hic_Household_Chemicals_Chart_Whats_in_my_House 
Household Chemicals Chart: What’s In My House? - for those with allergies and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

http://www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.Basement-Mold-Removal.14548.html 
Basement Mold Removal for mold allergies 

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/allergens/ 
NIEHS Allergens & Irritants Guide 

http://www.treeremoval.com/tree-pollen-and-other-common-allergies/ 
Guide to Common Allergies 

http://acaai.org/allergies/types/skin-allergies 
Skin Allergies - ACAAI 

https://www.verywellhealth.com/eczema-and-dermatitis-4013571 
Guide for Dermatitis and Eczema
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http://www.cleanitsupply.com/t/The_Guide_to_Animal_and_Insect_Allergen-Free_Homes.aspx 
The Guide to Animal and Insect Allergen-Free Homes 

http://nationaleczema.org/eczema/types-of-eczema/atopic-dermatitis-2/food-allergies/ 
Food Allergies and Eczema 

http://fmdsa.com
Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America

http://www.fmdaa.org.au/
Fibromuscular Dysplasia Association of Australasia

http://fmdchat.blogspot.com/
Support for those with Fibromuscular Dysplasia

http://cfsunravelled.com/cfs-fibro-recovery-stories/
CFS/Fibromyalgia recovery stories

http://www.meassociation.org.uk/ 
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - ME Association for information and support for those with ME

http://tipsforme.wordpress.com 
Tips for ME - offering great tips and resources on natural ways to reduce stress with ME, CFS, Fibromyalgia

http://www.smihlenfeld.wordpress.com/pain-art/
The pain of Fibromyalgia expressed through art

http://chroniccurve.tumblr.com
Support and resource website for the chronically ill, with a focus on RA

http://www.nationalmssociety.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

http://www.msif.org
Multiple Sclerosis International Federation

http://danandjenniferdigmann.com/
Inspiring website by a couple who both have MS

http://www.aid4disabled.com/
News, reviews, useful links and more for those with MS

http://www.msworld.org/
MSWorld is the largest patient-run MS website in the world

http://www.myasthenia.org
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America

https://www.myaware.org
Myasthenia Gravis Association, Ireland

lymedisease.org
Comprehensive site for Lyme patients - advocacy, education, research, including downloadable resources and physician directory

http://www.lupus.org
Lupus Foundation of America

http://www.jointhealth.org
Joint Health - arthritis help and info

http://arthritisbroadcastnetwork.org/​
Arthritis news and information from Canada

http://www.niams.nih.gov/ 
National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases 

http://blog.intheswim.com/arthritis-swimming/ 
Arthritis and the Benefits of Swimming 

http://internationalpain.org 
Magazine for chronic pain patients - free issues to read online
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http://www.forgrace.org
Empowering Women in Pain with resources and inspiration

http://www.paincamp.com
Chronic Pain Tool Kit

http://www.chronicpaintoronto.com/
Chronic Pain Association of Canada, Toronto Chapter

http://www.pipain.com
Chronic Pain Self-Management

http://www.paintoolkit.org/
Resources for sufferers of Chronic Pain

http://www.burningnightscrps.org/
Burning Nights - a website about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome / Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy 
for sufferers, their families and their friends

http://www.rsds.org
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (aka CRPS)

http://www.crpslawsuit.com/proving-chronic-pain-cases
Making a case in court to prove the chronic pain and resultant damages of CRPS

http://www.edsers.org
Support and information relating to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

http://hypermobility.org/
Hypermobility Syndromes Association (HMSA) in the UK

http://www.lymediseasesupportnetwork.org
Support community for Lyme Disease sufferers

http://www.shy-drager.org
Education and support for those with Multiple Symptom Atrophy

http://www.tnnme.com
Living with Trigeminal Neuralgia

http://www.psoriasis.org
National Psoriasis Foundation

http://www.chronicmigraineawareness.com
Support network for Migraine sufferers

www.iffgd.org/
Complete resource for health information, support, and assistance for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders

http://cvsaonline.org/
Cyclic Vomiting Sydrome Association

http://www.celiaccentral.org/Celiac-Disease/21/
National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

http://www.lynchcancers.com 
Lynch Syndrome

http://www.insurancewith.com/diabetes-travel-insurance/travelling-with-diabetes/
Travelling with Diabetes

 http://www.dysphonia.org 
National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association



DEALING WITH DEPRESSION AND GRIEF

http://www.7cups.com/
Free, anonymous, and confidential chat with trained volunteer listeners

http://psychcentral.com/lib/lifestyle-tips-for-dealing-with-depression/_
Dealing with depression

http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/copingwithfmscfs/a/coping.htm
The stages of grief in relation to illness

http://withsympathygifts.com/blog/griefsupport/grief-relief-101-how-to-cope-when-grieving/
Coping with grief

http://www.psychguides.com/guides/grief-symptoms-causes-and-effects/  
Guides for grief and other psychological issues

http://www.money.co.uk/article/1010322-the-financial-impact-of-depression-and-grief.htm
The financial impact of depression and grief



AGING AND CAREGIVING

http://www.babyboomercaretaker.com/senior-care/chronic-illness/Positive-Living-With-Chronic-Illness.html
Seniors living positively with Chronic Illness

http://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm 
Health Issues in an Aging Population

http://www.caregiverstress.com/senior-safety/
Senior Safety tips and other resources for Caregivers

https://www.homesecuritylist.com/home-safety-seniors/
25 Tips To Make Home Safe For Seniors (Especially Those Living Independently)

https://www.mobilehelp.com/stress-management-for-seniors
Stress Management Guide for Seniors

https://www.aclsonline.us/articles/the-guide-to-overcoming-holiday-depression-for-the-elderly-and-their-caretakers/
The Guide to Overcoming Holiday Depression for the Elderly and their Caretakers  

http://www.aagponline.org/ 
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 

http://safestars.org/senior-depression
Seniors and Depression

http://www.calculators.org/health/aging.php
22 Senior Health Risk Calculators for Healthy Aging 
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http://blog.intheswim.com/health-aging-parkinsons-disease-swimming/ 
Swimming to Benefit Those with Parkinson's and Depression  

https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Index.aspx
Eldercare Locator 

http://adrenalfatiguesolution.com/caregiver-stress/
Dealing with Caregiver Stress

http://www.nanettejdavis.com/
The ABCs of Caregiving

http://reversemortgagealert.org/caregiver-guide
Things to consider as a caregiver

http://www.homeadvisor.com/article.center.Senior-Care.94.html 
Senior Care Resource Guide 

http://www.medicare.gov/your-medicare-costs/index.html 
Medicare Cost Overview 

http://www.medicare.gov/Contacts/staticpages/senior-websites.aspx 
Medicare.gov: Websites for Seniors 

https://www.helpguide.org/category-pages/aging.htm
Alzheimers, Dementia and Aging, and Tips for Caregivers 

http://www.arttherapyblog.com/c/art-therapy-seniors/ 
Art, Music and Dance Therapy for Seniors 

http://blog.poolproducts.com/swimming-osteoporosis/ 
Swimming and Osteoporosis 

http://www.gmhfonline.org
Geriatric Mental Health Foundation 

http://www.newbeginningsdrugrehab.org/guide-to-addiction-prevention-for-seniors/
Guide to Addiction Prevention for Seniors 

http://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/skin-care-and-aging
Skin Care and Aging 



PRACTICAL TIPS FOR DAILY LIFE

http://www.njlifehacks.com/6-essential-tips-to-simplify-life/
Tips to simplify your life

http://www.northwestpharmacy.com/healthperch/glycemic-index/ 
Glycemic index infographic 

http://housekeeping.about.com/od/involvingfamily/a/4ReasonNoHelp.htm
How to get your family to help with chores

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/book-and-product-reviews/product-reviews/health-related/air-travel-tips-for-the-chronically-ill-meeting-tsa-regulations-wheelchair-advice/
Air travel tips for the chronically ill

http://www.insurancewith.com/medical-travel-advice/
Travelling with chronic illness

http://www.disabilityholidaysguide.com/
Vacation opportunities for those with special needs and mobility issues

http://www.cicoach.com/
Working with chronic illness

http://gillycannon.blogspot.com/2013/03/7-ways-to-help-child-deal-with-parent.html
Ways to help children cope with a parent's serious illness

https://www.consumerlab.com/
Independent testing of nutritional supplements: reports, reviews, warnings, information (paid subscription)

http://www.cheapflights.com/news/traveling-with-disabilities/
Information on airline accommodations for disabled travelers

http://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/T037-C000-S004-planning-checklist-for-chronic-illness.html?rss_source=rss
Financial planning checklist for chronic illness


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EXERCISING YOUR BODY AND YOUR MIND

http://www.onblastblog.com
Help for starting your own blog

http://unlimitedenergynow.com/
Resource for free fitness videos, including Yoga and Qi Gong, healthy recipes and downloadable pdfs of information on natural healing

http://arogayoga.com/
Yoga for Chronic Illness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAa7BqI8_c
Lower body exercises you can do in bed

http://www.superbetter.com
A game to build resilience

http://www.brainworkshop.sourceforge.net
Games to improve short term memory

http://www.chronicallycreative.net/
Creative inspiration for the chronically ill

http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
Free online courses from top universities

​http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHonestGuys 
YouTube videos of guided meditations​

http://www.ilivethelifeilove.com/guided-relaxation-meditation/
Guided Meditation for Deep Relaxation

http://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/relaxation-techniques-for-stress-relief.htm
Relaxation Techniques for Stress Relief

http://counterculturist.net/
How to Meditate for Beginners