Parenting is hard, and single parenting can be even more of a challenge. But when you add in a chronic illness with multiple symptoms, side effects from treatments, and the reality of living with a disability, life just gets even more hectic and overwhelming. We need to remember this is our now, how do we want to keep moving forward? There are many resources out there and in you – you just have to find what works best for you and your little one(s). You’re not making it up. The pain, fatigue, symptoms, and side effects are very real and…
Author: Eileen Davidson
Eileen Davidson
Eileen Davidson is a Vancouver-based invisible illness advocate and an ambassador with the Arthritis Society and patient advisory board member for Arthritis Research Canada. She’s also a single mother and the author of Chronic Eileen.
There are so many resources available to patients online, but blogs offer a particularly clear window into what life is really like with a chronic illness. Blogs give patients the opportunity to connect with others who may have had similar experiences, which can help us feel less isolated. Blogs also offer us the opportunity to learn from one another! The Mamas Facing Forward Featured Blogger series will connect you to blogs featuring real moms living with chronic illnesses – all of whom find their own ways to keep facing forward! This article originally appeared on Chronic Eileen and is reprinted…