Index for The Things We Don’t Say: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths

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5	Ableism		Pain \| Heron Greenesmith Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky High-Maintenance \| Lindsey M. Clouser
6	Accessibility		Snakes & Accessibility Ramps \| Alix Penn Forgive Yourself for Saying Yes \| Glynis Scrivens The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera
7	Accommodations	school	This Is Hard \| Julie Morgenlender
8	Accommodations	work	I Am Not My Cornea \| Keidra Chaney My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
9	Activism		I Didn’t Cry on My Birthday This Year \| Tara A. Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky Snakes & Accessibility Ramps \| Alix Penn That’s Why the Lady Was on Stamps \| Litsa Dremousis
10	Adenomyosis		We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
11	Adolescence		One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole Snakes & Accessibility Ramps \| Alix Penn Chronically Ill Teens \| Michaela Shelley My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
12	Adrenal Disorder		The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera
13	Ageism		My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
14	Allergies		The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Hope’s Visible in Me: How My Invisible Illness Is Actually Visible \| Jessica Ward
15	Anorexia		The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella
16	Anosmia		We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
17	Anxiety		Yes, We Can: Sex and Chronic Illness \| Kit Stubbs, PhD One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole I Didn’t Cry on My Birthday This Year \| Tara A. PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Miss Treated \| Katherine Ernst “. . . Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen . . .” \| Katie Hiener The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella Pudendal Neuralgia \| Atara Schimmel The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds Wishing I Had a Heads-Up on My Autoimmune Illnesses \| Jamie Jasinski Along the Way \| Dess See also Generalized anxiety disorder See also Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) See also Panic attacks
18	Arthritis		Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar Forgive Yourself for Saying Yes \| Glynis Scrivens Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson
19	Asexual		See LGBTQIA+
20	Asthma		Growing Up with Asthma \| Mark Ludas Hope’s Visible in Me: How My Invisible Illness Is Actually Visible \| Jessica Ward We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
21	Autism		The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg
22	Autoimmune disease		One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar Miss Treated \| Katherine Ernst The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Wishing I Had a Heads-Up on My Autoimmune Illnesses \| Jamie Jasinski My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
23	Autonomic nervous system dysfunction		Hope’s Visible in Me: How My Invisible Illness Is Actually Visible \| Jessica Ward
24	Autonomic neuropathy		The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella
25	Bartholin’s cyst		A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill
26	BDSM		Yes, We Can: Sex and Chronic Illness \| Kit Stubbs, PhD
27	Bilateral pulmonary emboli		We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
28	Bipolar disorder		One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds
29	Bisexual		see LGBTQIA+
30	Brace		see Mobility aid
31	Brain fog		What Is It Like? \| Hannah Rembrandt A Little Understanding \| Mary Lee Evelyn Keeney My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender 219 See also Cognition: impaired
32	Breathing exercises		The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera
33	Cane		See Mobility aid
34	Celiac Disease		My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
35	Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease		Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky
36	Chemical sensitivities		This I Believe \| Marcia Allar The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera If I Had Known Then, What I Know Now... \| Marcia Allar
37	Childhood illness		Introduction Expecting Motherhood, Creating Self \| Sarah Myers PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Snakes & Accessibility Ramps \| Alix Penn Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Growing Up with Asthma \| Mark Ludas High-Maintenance \| Lindsey M. Clouser My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
38	Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome		See Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
39	Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)		See Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
40	Cognition, impaired		Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds All About the Pain \| Nikki Albert See also Brain fog
41	Colitis		The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez
42	College	Graduate program	Adventures in Snow Shoveling: January 9, 2016 \| Danielle Lorenz Miss Treated \| Katherine Ernst What Is It Like? \| Hannah Rembrandt My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
43	College		One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole Imagine \| Michaela Shelley Pain \| Heron Greenesmith The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds Along the Way \| Dess Chronically Ill Teens \| Michaela Shelley The Importance of Representation: Why Using My First Cane Was Scary \| Rebecca Bartlett My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
44	Communication		Yes, We Can: Sex and Chronic Illness \| Kit Stubbs, PhD Going to the Emergency Department with a Chronic Illness \| R.S. Nash
45	Community		Introduction Expecting Motherhood, Creating Self \| Sarah Myers Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky Pudendal Neuralgia \| Atara Schimmel Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds Wishing I Had a Heads-Up on My Autoimmune Illnesses \| Jamie Jasinski The Things That Go Bump...In Your Body \| Lindsey M. Clouser
46	Congenital	heart defect	An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar
47	Congenital		Adventures in Snow Shoveling: January 9, 2016 \| Danielle Lorenz Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson
48	Connective tissue disorder		Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar Pain \| Heron Greenesmith My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
49	Constipation		Along the Way \| Dess
50	Coping		Multiple Sclerosis: My Lost Connections \| Sónia Lopes I Didn’t Cry on My Birthday This Year \| Tara A. PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher “. . . Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen . . .” \| Katie Hiener The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Forgive Yourself for Saying Yes \| Glynis Scrivens Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez Wishing I Had a Heads-Up on My Autoimmune Illnesses \| Jamie Jasinski Chronically Ill Teens \| Michaela Shelley All About the Pain \| Nikki Albert The Quandaries of Chronic Pain \| Elin Walther We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
51	Crohn's disease		PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez Hope’s Visible in Me: How My Invisible Illness Is Actually Visible \| Jessica Ward We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
52	Crutches		See Mobility aid
53	Cyberchondria		Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds
54	Degenerative disc disease		We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
55	Dehydration		The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella Hope’s Visible in Me: How My Invisible Illness Is Actually Visible \| Jessica Ward
56	Depression	postpartum	One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole
57	Depression		Introduction One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole I Am Not My Cornea \| Keidra Chaney An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar Miss Treated \| Katherine Ernst Pudendal Neuralgia \| Atara Schimmel The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley See also Five stages of grief cycle See also Suicidal ideation
58	Deterioration		This Is Hard \| Julie Morgenlender I Am Not My Cornea \| Keidra Chaney Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson
59	Diagnosis	delayed	Introduction Pain \| Heron Greenesmith Miss Treated \| Katherine Ernst The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
60	Diagnosis	misdiagnosed	Pain \| Heron Greenesmith Miss Treated \| Katherine Ernst We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
61	Diagnosis	receiving	A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill Multiple Sclerosis: My Lost Connections \| Sónia Lopes One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole I Didn’t Cry on My Birthday This Year \| Tara A. Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar Pain \| Heron Greenesmith The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Snakes & Accessibility Ramps \| Alix Penn Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez Wishing I Had a Heads-Up on My Autoimmune Illnesses \| Jamie Jasinski Along the Way \| Dess The Things That Go Bump...In Your Body \| Lindsey M. Clouser Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson High-Maintenance \| Lindsey M. Clouser My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
62	Diagnosis	undiagnosed	Introduction PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Pain \| Heron Greenesmith The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera The Things That Go Bump...In Your Body \| Lindsey M. Clouser We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender About the Editor
63	Diagnosis		Pain \| Heron Greenesmith Pudendal Neuralgia \| Atara Schimmel Wishing I Had a Heads-Up on My Autoimmune Illnesses \| Jamie Jasinski Along the Way \| Dess I Wish I’d Known \| Zoe A. Bateman Chronically Ill Teens \| Michaela Shelley The Things That Go Bump...In Your Body \| Lindsey M. Clouser We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
64	Diet		Multiple Sclerosis: My Lost Connections \| Sónia Lopes This Is Hard \| Julie Morgenlender I Didn’t Cry on My Birthday This Year \| Tara A. Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera High-Maintenance \| Lindsey M. Clouser My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
65	Disability		To the Friend Who Told Me that I Talk About My Illnesses Too Much \| R.S. Nash Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar Adventures in Snow Shoveling: January 9, 2016 \| Danielle Lorenz I Am Not My Cornea \| Keidra Chaney PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky Snakes & Accessibility Ramps \| Alix Penn Forgive Yourself for Saying Yes \| Glynis Scrivens The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera All About the Pain \| Nikki Albert That’s Why the Lady Was on Stamps \| Litsa Dremousis The Things That Go Bump...In Your Body \| Lindsey M. Clouser The Importance of Representation: Why Using My First Cane Was Scary \| Rebecca Bartlett My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
66	Disability benefits		Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson That’s Why the Lady Was on Stamps \| Litsa Dremousis Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender See also Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
67	Disability justice theory		Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky
68	Disability pride		Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky
69	Disembarkment syndrome		We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley
70	Dissociation		PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera
71	Dizziness		The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella The Quandaries of Chronic Pain \| Elin Walther
72	Doctors		See Medical professionals
73	Dysautonomia		Going to the Emergency Department with a Chronic Illness \| R.S. Nash The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella 93 See also Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
74	Dyslexia		The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera
75	Ehlers-Danlos syndrome		This I Believe \| Marcia Allar Snakes & Accessibility Ramps \| Alix Penn If I Had Known Then, What I Know Now... \| Marcia Allar
76	Eli Clare		Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky
77	Emotions	acceptance	Yes, We Can: Sex and Chronic Illness \| Kit Stubbs, PhD This I Believe \| Marcia Allar Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar “. . . Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen . . .” \| Katie Hiener Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez If I Had Known Then, What I Know Now... \| Marcia Allar My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender See also Fives stages of grief cycle
78	Emotions	anger	A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill To the Friend Who Told Me that I Talk About My Illnesses Too Much \| R.S. Nash PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar “. . . Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen . . .” \| Katie Hiener The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson Chronically Ill Teens \| Michaela Shelley Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson We Don’t Get Any Medals \| Jane Lesley See also Five stages of grief cycle
79	Emotions	anxiety	See Anxiety
80	Emotions	avoidance	PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher
81	Emotions	compassion	I Didn’t Cry on My Birthday This Year \| Tara A. Pudendal Neuralgia \| Atara Schimmel The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Growing Up with Asthma \| Mark Ludas Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez No Different from Anyone Else \| Glynis Scrivens High-Maintenance \| Lindsey M. Clouser
82	Emotions	confusion	Introduction Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar Expecting Motherhood, Creating Self \| Sarah Myers PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Pain \| Heron Greenesmith The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds Chronically Ill Teens \| Michaela Shelley
83	Emotions	defeat	An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez
84	Emotions	denial	Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez That’s Why the Lady Was on Stamps \| Litsa Dremousis See also Five stages of grief cycle
85	Emotions	depression	See Depression
86	Emotions	determination	A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill See also Willpower
87	Emotions	disappointment	A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg
88	Emotions	discouraged	The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez
89	Emotions	doubt	Introduction Pain \| Heron Greenesmith Forgive Yourself for Saying No \| Glynis Scrivens Growing Up with Asthma \| Mark Ludas Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez If I Had Known Then, What I Know Now... \| Marcia Allar That’s Why the Lady Was on Stamps \| Litsa Dremousis The Things That Go Bump...In Your Body \| Lindsey M. Clouser
90	Emotions	embarrassment	A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill “. . . Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen . . .” \| Katie Hiener Wishing I Had a Heads-Up on My Autoimmune Illnesses \| Jamie Jasinski Along the Way \| Dess Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson
91	Emotions	failure	An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez I Wish I’d Known \| Zoe A. Bateman Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson
92	Emotions	fear	A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill This Is Hard \| Julie Morgenlender I Didn’t Cry on My Birthday This Year \| Tara A. I Am Not My Cornea \| Keidra Chaney An Echo Unheard \| Deepti Dilip Kumar Pain \| Heron Greenesmith Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky Pudendal Neuralgia \| Atara Schimmel The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Anxiety Is My Constant Companion \| Devin Reynolds The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Growing Up with Asthma \| Mark Ludas Along the Way \| Dess The Things That Go Bump...In Your Body \| Lindsey M. Clouser Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
93	Emotions	frustration	Introduction One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole I Am Not My Cornea \| Keidra Chaney PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Pain \| Heron Greenesmith The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson Chronically Ill Teens \| Michaela Shelley The Quandaries of Chronic Pain \| Elin Walther Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
94	Emotions	gratitude	This I Believe \| Marcia Allar This Is Hard \| Julie Morgenlender Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Miss Treated \| Katherine Ernst Good Morning \| Kaitlyn M. Smith Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Growing Up with Asthma \| Mark Ludas Along the Way \| Dess The Quandaries of Chronic Pain \| Elin Walther My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender Acknowledgements
95	Emotions	grief	PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Pudendal Neuralgia \| Atara Schimmel Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson If I Had Known Then, What I Know Now... \| Marcia Allar My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender See also Five stages of grief cycle
96	Emotions	guilt	A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill This Is Hard \| Julie Morgenlender Chronic Contradictions \| Wendy Kennar Things Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to Know \| Dylan Gomez No Different from Anyone Else \| Glynis Scrivens
97	Emotions	happiness and joy	Introduction A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill To the Friend Who Told Me that I Talk About My Illnesses Too Much \| R.S. Nash Imagine \| Michaela Shelley This Is Hard \| Julie Morgenlender PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Miss Treated \| Katherine Ernst Snakes & Accessibility Ramps \| Alix Penn What Is It Like? \| Hannah Rembrandt Grieving the Loss of Body \| Bret Stephenson The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera Growing Up with Asthma \| Mark Ludas Wishing I Had a Heads-Up on My Autoimmune Illnesses \| Jamie Jasinski If I Had Known Then, What I Know Now... \| Marcia Allar All About the Pain \| Nikki Albert The Quandaries of Chronic Pain \| Elin Walther No Different from Anyone Else \| Glynis Scrivens Chronic Pain Versus Masculinity \| Bret Stephenson
98	Emotions	hope	Introduction A Flash of Blue \| Shelia Bolt Rudesill To the Friend Who Told Me that I Talk About My Illnesses Too Much \| R.S. Nash This I Believe \| Marcia Allar One-Two Punch \| Charity Cole The Tale of a POTSie \| Bella Chronic Illness Eugenics \| chaya hazel caninsky Pudendal Neuralgia \| Atara Schimmel The Monster Within \| Annie Wittenberg The Superior Mutant’s Victory Garden \| Raven Kaldera If I Had Known Then, What I Know Now... \| Marcia Allar The Things That Go Bump...In Your Body \| Lindsey M. Clouser The Quandaries of Chronic Pain \| Elin Walther A Little Understanding \| Mary Lee Evelyn Keeney Hope’s Visible in Me: How My Invisible Illness Is Actually Visible \| Jessica Ward My Journey for Answers: Because No One Will Care More about My Health Than Me \| Julie Morgenlender
99	Emotions	hurt	Multiple Sclerosis: My Lost Connections \| Sónia Lopes This I Believe \| Marcia Allar This Is Hard \| Julie Morgenlender PTSD: The Illness I Couldn’t See \| Amy Oestreicher Pain \| Heron Greenesmith “. . . Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen . . .” \| Katie Hiener
100	Emotions	isolation	Introduction This I Believe \| Marcia Allar Along the Way \| Dess Chronically Ill Teens \| Michaela Shelley