chronic illness

This Is How Deeply The NHS Collapse Is Really Impacting Us

Data shows it's not just our health – and our teeth – that are affected.
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What Conversations With Friends Doesn't Tell You About Endometriosis

An endo diagnosis in just one summer? Wouldn't that be something.
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Here's How The Clinically Vulnerable Really Feel About 5-Day Isolation

"That one action can literally kill someone else.”
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'We Are In The Dark': Despair For ME Patients As Doctors Can't Agree On Treatment

NICE was due to publish guidance, but it has been paused due to backlash.
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This Prize-Winning Photo Shows The Unfiltered Truth Of Self-Isolation

Jameisha Prescod wasn't going to share her self-portrait. Now it's won a major award.
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How It Feels To Be Told You Are HIV Positive

Rory O'Neill, AKA Ireland's biggest drag star Panti Bliss, remembers the day he was told he was dying.
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5 Things Chronic Illness Has Taught Me About Laziness

BBC journalist Jam Prescod shares five things she’s learnt about laziness through living with lupus.
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5 Things Having A Stoma Has Taught Me About Embarrassment

Hannah Witton shares five things she’s learnt about embarrassment through living with a stoma. Listen and subscribe to Chronic with HuffPost UK's Lucy Pasha-Robinson.
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I'm Young, I Have MS, And I'm Worried How I Fit Into A Post-Covid World

Going 'back to normal' leaves little room for those of us who are more at risk in a Covid world. But the world never really included us in the first place.
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7 Things People With Long Covid Really Want You To Know

"There was one GP who just thought it was all anxiety."
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