Quotes about Chronic illness

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The question is not how to get cured, but how to live. — Joseph Conrad
Happiness will be fleeting if you constantly search for it in places that can be taken away. It's an inside job. — Nikki Rowe
Somewhere inside that hurting body, there is something better, something stronger, something real. — R. M. Drake
The thing is, there is no certainty in this life - in one second your entire world could shift. I'm not saying it will, — Nikki Rowe
She was always fighting a battle but her smile would never tell you so. — Nikki Rowe
I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on. — Sarah Todd Hammer, Determination
People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you can run three miles, — Jennifer Starzec, Determination
I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand, didn' — Jennifer Starzec, Determination
The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me. — Sarah Todd Hammer, Determination
The thought of being able to [move my arms] made me want to give up my legs [instead] since I was accustomed to using th — Sarah Todd Hammer, Determination
The weekend was a much-needed breath of fresh air; Monday always seemed to not only take that breath right back, but add — Jennifer Starzec, Determination
Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself that I could still be p — Sarah Todd Hammer, 5k, Ballet, and a Spinal Cord Injury
The secret of making lasting change is to acknowledge and accept that real change takes time and patience. We didn't get — Dana Arcuri, Reinventing You: Simple Steps to Transform Your Body, Mind, & Spirit
She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor. — Nikki Rowe
I guess it's human nature to question yourself, to question why all the pain has had to happen? sometimes there isn't an — Nikki Rowe
That is what chronic illness is . . . a disconnect between what our souls can do and what our bodies can do. — Barbara Lieberman, The Unchained Spirit: Or, the Glass Is Half-Full But I've Forgotten Where I Put It
I create beautiful art, so I can look back on the life my body fell short of in such a way that it brings me peace. — Nikki Rowe
Mental illness People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin like scars forming a map of all t — Emm Roy, The First Step
Appearing nude on film was not easy when I was twenty-six in Body Heat; it was even harder when I was forty-six in The G — Kathleen Turner, Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles
Chronic illness is hard. Pain is hard. Isolation is hard. The financial cost is hard. Grieving is hard and necessary and — Cindee Snider Re, Discovering Hope: Beginning the Journey Toward Hope in Chronic Illness