Today I want to begin some writings on chronic illness. A good working definition of chronic illness is an illness or disease that continues for a long time or perhaps will never go away. In many cases of chronic illness, there is likely no end in sight as there might be with a sudden illness […]
December 3, 2015 By 3 Comments
The Decline
Today I feel it is important to discuss a factor in patient care which not only obviously affects the patient, but affects the caregiver as well. This factor is the changing health of the patient — either physically, mentally, or emotionally, or any combination of these. There are times when a patient’s health may change […]
November 23, 2015 By 1 Comment
Commitment
My mind is drawing a blank today. My first thought was I’ve got the dreaded “writer’s block” already. But honestly I’m thinking it has more to do with the illness I’ve been battling for a few years now. I’ll spare you the details of that because the details are not really the point of this […]
